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- Summary
- Tooltip
- Custom tooltip
- Status bar
- Help window
- Help page
- CHM file
In a WINDEV application, users have multiple help features at their disposal: - Tooltip.
- Status bar.
- Help window.
- Advanced tooltip.
- Help page.
- CHM file.
Tooltip - Level of help: Short help (a few words)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: ToolTip property
- How to open the help: Automatically started when the control is hovered by the mouse cursor.
- For more details: User help
Custom tooltip - Level of help: Context-sensitive help.
- How to create it:
- Project editor, to define the appearance.
- Control description window, "Help" tab to define the content
- How to open the help: Automatically started when the control is hovered by the mouse cursor.
- For more details: Custom tooltips
Status bar - Level of help: Simple help (sentence, time, progress bar, etc.)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: Message function or Message property
- How to open the help: Automatically started (the window must have a status bar).
The information specific to a control is displayed when the control has focus. - For more details: User help
Help window - Level of help: Help message that can contain a few sentences.
- How to create it: Control description window, "Help" tab
- How to open the help: Start automatically (F1 key).
- For more details: User help
Help page - Level of help: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: Help editor: Click in the quick access buttons. The new element window appears: click "Architecture" then "Help".
- How to open the help: Started programmatically (WHelp)
- How to open the context help of a window or control :
- Context-sensitive help page on a control:
- Specify the number of the page to display in the control description window.
- Use the WHelp and NumHelp functions.
- Context-sensitive help page on a window:
- Use WHelp and specify the number of the page to display.
- For more details, see: Creating the help (CHM)
CHM file - Level of help: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: Help editor: Click in the quick access buttons. The new element window appears: click "Architecture" then "Help".
- How to open the help: Started programmatically (WHelp)
- How to open the context help of a window or control:
- Context-sensitive help page on a control:
- Specify the number of the page to display in the control description window.
- Use the WHelp and NumHelp functions.
- Context-sensitive help page on a window:
- Use WHelp and specify the number of the page to display.
- For more details, see: Creating the help (CHM)
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