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Trigger a Help event.to display it! I added a HelpProvider to my MDIParent form and set the namespace of the HelpProvider to be the help file. So far so good - when I press F1, I get HTML Help popping up with my Help file. This is good but I've been requested to make Help pop up when the user clicks on "Help" in the menu, or on a specific Help Button. I'm trying to trigger the HelpRequested event for the parent form, but I'm not sure how to do this. Another question: How does the help file get distributed when I publish the application and install it on site? I'm guessing I'll have to add it as a project Resource, but I'm not sure if that will work... will it? Right now it just seems to work nicely, but I haven't tried installing on another machine yet. Finally (this one's probably the most minor): when the help file loads, it always says "Could not find file" (or something like that), and the root-level category is selected. The user has to actually click the root-level category to see its text. I'm pretty sure this is just a configuration problem, but I can't seem to find anything to solve it. TIA. Assuming the following is in your help drop down menu
Contents Index Search use the following for contents Private Sub ContentsToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ContentsToolStripMenuItem.Click ' Contents dropdown menu Help.ShowHelp(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace) End Sub --- for index Private Sub IndexToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles IndexToolStripMenuItem.Click Help.ShowHelpIndex(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace) End Sub -- for search Private Sub SearchToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SearchToolStripMenuItem.Click Help.ShowHelp(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace, HelpNavigator.Find, "") End Sub --Distribution of help file Help file can be used as a resource OR place the help file where in same directory as your executable OR use Oneclick distribution option OR Create an MSI file and include in MSI file -- Show quoteHide quoteUse the following command to to define path of help file HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "HELPFILE.chm" Place the help file in the BIN/DEBUG or BIN/RELEASE folder Hope this helps! Alam coms***@ntlworld.com lord.zol***@gmail.com wrote: > I've managed to get a nice little chm help system written. Now I need > to display it! > I added a HelpProvider to my MDIParent form and set the namespace of > the HelpProvider to be the help file. So far so good - when I press F1, > I get HTML Help popping up with my Help file. > This is good but I've been requested to make Help pop up when the user > clicks on "Help" in the menu, or on a specific Help Button. I'm trying > to trigger the HelpRequested event for the parent form, but I'm not > sure how to do this. > Another question: How does the help file get distributed when I publish > the application and install it on site? I'm guessing I'll have to add > it as a project Resource, but I'm not sure if that will work... will > it? Right now it just seems to work nicely, but I haven't tried > installing on another machine yet. > Finally (this one's probably the most minor): when the help file loads, > it always says "Could not find file" (or something like that), and the > root-level category is selected. The user has to actually click the > root-level category to see its text. I'm pretty sure this is just a > configuration problem, but I can't seem to find anything to solve it. > > TIA. Assuming the following is in your help drop down menu
Contents Index Search use the following for contents Private Sub ContentsToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ContentsToolStripMenuItem.Click ' Contents dropdown menu Help.ShowHelp(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace) End Sub --- for index Private Sub IndexToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles IndexToolStripMenuItem.Click Help.ShowHelpIndex(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace) End Sub -- for search Private Sub SearchToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SearchToolStripMenuItem.Click Help.ShowHelp(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace, HelpNavigator.Find, "") End Sub --Distribution of help file Help file can be used as a resource OR place the help file where in same directory as your executable OR use Oneclick distribution option OR Create an MSI file and include in MSI file -- Show quoteHide quoteUse the following command to to define path of help file HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "HELPFILE.chm" Place the help file in the BIN/DEBUG or BIN/RELEASE folder Hope this helps! Alam coms***@ntlworld.com lord.zol***@gmail.com wrote: > I've managed to get a nice little chm help system written. Now I need > to display it! > I added a HelpProvider to my MDIParent form and set the namespace of > the HelpProvider to be the help file. So far so good - when I press F1, > I get HTML Help popping up with my Help file. > This is good but I've been requested to make Help pop up when the user > clicks on "Help" in the menu, or on a specific Help Button. I'm trying > to trigger the HelpRequested event for the parent form, but I'm not > sure how to do this. > Another question: How does the help file get distributed when I publish > the application and install it on site? I'm guessing I'll have to add > it as a project Resource, but I'm not sure if that will work... will > it? Right now it just seems to work nicely, but I haven't tried > installing on another machine yet. > Finally (this one's probably the most minor): when the help file loads, > it always says "Could not find file" (or something like that), and the > root-level category is selected. The user has to actually click the > root-level category to see its text. I'm pretty sure this is just a > configuration problem, but I can't seem to find anything to solve it. > > TIA. 
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