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  • Summary
  • Tooltip
  • Custom tooltip
  • Status bar
  • Help window
  • Help page
  • CHM file
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Summary
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 :
    1. 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.
    2. 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:
    1. 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.
    2. 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)
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 05/24/2023

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