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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 provided: Short help (a few words)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: Property ToolTip
- How to launch help: Automatic launch when hovering over the field.
- For more details: User help
Custom tooltip - Level of help provided: Context-sensitive help.
- How to create it:
- Project editor, to define the appearance.
- Control description window, "Help" tab to define the content
- How to launch help: Automatic launch when hovering over the field.
- For more details: Custom tooltips
Status bar - Level of help provided: Simple help (a sentence, the time, a ProgressBar, etc.)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: Function Message or property Message
- How to launch Help: Automatic launch (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 provided: Help may contain a few sentences.
- How to create it: Field description window, "Help" tab
- How to launch help: Automatic launch (F1 key).
- For more details: User help
Help page - Level of help provided: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: Help editor: Click on
 among the quick access buttons. The window for creating a new element appears: click on "Architecture", then on "Help". - How to launch help: Launch by programming (function 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 provided: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: Help editor: Click on among the quick access buttons. The window for creating a new element appears: click on "Architecture", then on "Help".
- How to launch help: Launch by programming (function 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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