Question about online help

[Guest]

Hello group,

I have been making a measured but successful transition from a number of
development platforms to NET/VB.NET over the last year or so.

One thing I've yet to get into is online or context sensitive help in "Smart
Client" style applications.

What tools do y'all use for authoring and creating help files? Previously
in various other circumstances I've used a "roll-your own" approach to
integrating help with applications.

I have a fairly complex VB.NET application about 1 week from deployment and
would like to integrate some context-sensitive "Press F1" style help into the
application, but haven't the foggiest idea where to start or what tools to
use.

Ideas? Suggestions?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have a fairly complex VB.NET application about 1 week from deployment
and
would like to integrate some context-sensitive "Press F1" style help into
the
application, but haven't the foggiest idea where to start or what tools to
use.

You can use HTML Help Workshop to create help. The HelpProvider component
(available in the toolbox) can be used to integrate help with Windows Forms
forms and controls:

Microsoft HTML Help Downloads
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp>

Related topics:

<URL:http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/htmlhelp/hhvbnet.html>
<URL:http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=HTMLHelpArticles>
<URL:http://www.help-info.de/>