[VB.NET] Help Files

I recently completed a project which required me to provide some sort of user documentation so i decided to include a help file in my project.

Once you have compiled your help file, add it to your project by clicking:
Project --> Add Existing Item

Once the dialog box appears browse for your compiled help file and select and add it to the project. Now we need to add the Help Provider control to the form. Simply drag an drop the Help Provider control (F1 button as icon) on to your form. Now the control should appear at the bottom of the screen.

Now we need to set the HelpNameSpace property of the control to ..\HelpFile.chm the file name would be the name of the file you added to your project.

Once you have completed that all that is left is to make the Help File appear ;)

Code:

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'show the contents of the help file
Help.ShowHelp (Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNameSpace)

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Code:

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'show the index page of the help file
Help.ShowHelpIndex (Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNameSpace)

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Code:

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'show the search tab of the help file
Help.ShowHelp (Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNameSpace, HelpNavigator.Find, "")

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No, if user click the icon of the program it should give a prompt messages notify that program or system is already running...

by the way you give me step by step process in creating Help file..
start from adding the HTML file to the "HTML Help Workshop" which is the help comfiler...

Please..?

Sorry i don't keep really good tabs on my code bank submissions :(

But a good and very simple HTML Help compiler is the Shalom Help Maker very easy to use and compiles pretty small i guess :)

created a Shalom Help file very easy. Took all of about 5 minutes to run through the getting started doc and then I was able to create my help file easily. Also helps to have a program called WMSnap. Which is freeware.

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Originally Posted by edgarbenilde

by the way you give me step by step process in creating Help file..
start from adding the HTML file to the "HTML Help Workshop" which is the help comfiler...

Please..?

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Create a doc file and while saving save it as .html and then drag helpprovider1 from toolbox and set helpnamespace property of helpprovideer as your html file . for detail [enter link description here][1] visit this blog.