Re: HelpProvider
From: Ulrich Kulle (infoREMOVE##THIS_at_help-info.de)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:30:07 +0100
Hello Yoshita,
> I want help from u regarding providing information about form and controls
> which are presented on the form.
> when ever user presses f1 if the form has focus then it has to provide
> information about the form( eg.what it does etc)
> When the control has focus , if the user presses f1 key then it has to
> provide info regatding that control i.e what the control is meant for.
> Like that i want to provide help information to the end user to make him
> know how to use the application.
>
> For eg in my application there is one form and it is having 2 text box
> controls and i've placed HelpProvider control.
>
> For form i 've set the properties like this
>
> show help on helpProvider1 = true
> HelpString on helpProvider1= Drugs Entry Form
>
> For First textbox i set the following properties
>
> show help on helpProvider1 = true
> HelpString on helpProvider1= Enter Drug name
>
> For Second textbox i set the following properties
>
> show help on helpProvider1 = true
> HelpString on helpProvider1= Enter Dosage level
>
> After running the application so the form is having the focus and when i
> press f1 it is displaying the message dugs entry form
>
> , when select 1st textbox and press f1 then it is displaying Enter Drug
> name and
> when select 2nd textbox and press f1 then it is displaying enter dosage
> level.
>
> Again when am selecting form and pressing f1 then it is displaying the
> message Enter dosage level.( it is displaying the message of the control
> which i 've selected previously before selecting the form.
>
>
> So instaed of providing message using helpstring i've used one htmel page.
> In this i 've written some text. and i 've included this file into
> application using the property
> HelpNamespace of HelpProvider control.
>
> When am running the application and pressing f1 key then it is displaying
> the information into Browser i dont want to display the info into browser
> but want to display in seperate document .
> Plz tell me how to do this one.
it is not quite clear for me what is meant with "seperate document". You only
can show a HTML topic in a browser window or a CHM file topic by HTMLHelp
viewer.
Have a look at my examples at:
http://www.help-info.de/en/Visual_Basic_net/vbnet.htm
HTH
Best regards
Ulrich Kulle
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