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Jamie Keeling
Jamie Keeling

Reputation: 9966

Adding a help window to an application - C#

I've already searched on SO to see if there has been a similar question but I haven't found anything so far.

I'm looking to add a help window to my application, similar to the ones found in many other applications (Example below):

HTC Sync

As you can see the help window allows you to give plenty of instructions for particular functions of an application, as well as the ability to print it off for future reference.

How would I go about adding this to my application?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4542

Answers (4)

Forgotten Semicolon
Forgotten Semicolon

Reputation: 14100

Look into the HelpProvider class.

Upvotes: 2

AllenG
AllenG

Reputation: 8190

You're looking for MDI Forms. Printing, menu bars, etc, are done the same as any basic winforms application.

Upvotes: 0

thelost
thelost

Reputation: 6694

You can also look for a CHM editors / builders.

Upvotes: 2

Reed Copsey
Reed Copsey

Reputation: 564333

The screenshot you posted is based on Windows Help. There is an SDK available from Microsoft to generate this.

In addition, there are many commercial products that dramatically simplify help creation, such as Adobe's Robohelp.

Upvotes: 5

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