whatthishelp Vs HelpContextid

[vishalmarya]

how does whatthishelp work ?

where would i put help tip .

Thanks

[Buzby]

You have to create a help file, then link it to the project using the PROJECT / PROPERTIES window.
Then you have to set the HelpContextID for each control on the form to be the HelpContextID of the appropriate help page in the help file.
Then you set the WhatsThisHelp=True, WhatsThisButton=True and when the user clicks on the What's This button, and then the control, the HelpContextID is used to display the correct page in the help file.

It's long winded, and crap (in my opinion)

It also (as far as I know) only supports the old style .HLP files, not the new-style compiled .CHM help files.

[vishalmarya]

Originally posted by Buzby
You have to create a help file, then link it to the project using the PROJECT / PROPERTIES window.
Then you have to set the HelpContextID for each control on the form to be the HelpContextID of the appropriate help page in the help file.
Then you set the WhatsThisHelp=True, WhatsThisButton=True and when the user clicks on the What's This button, and then the control, the HelpContextID is used to display the correct page in the help file.

It's long winded, and crap (in my opinion)

It also (as far as I know) only supports the old style .HLP files, not the new-style compiled .CHM help files.

Thanks for your reply .

Actually i don't have a help file which i can link to my prog and test everything myself .


i know how to implement context sensitive help (helpcontextid) ,

and thought helpcontextid and whatthishelp were different
things .

And u mean that .CHM files made in help wokshop won't work for helpcontextid and whatthishelp ?

[opus]

I used my .chm file to holp the context sensitve help statements, and it works!
If you need help look at HTML Help
And you may read in this old thread, whow I made it work (finally) Opus finds his way to Context sensitive Help