Using the HelpButton 1

[Bluejay07]

Hello,

I'm using VS2005. I have created an HTML help document and I would like to use it in my VB.net program.

On the form properties, I noticed the HelpButton feature. According to the description: "Determines whether a form has a Help button on the caption bar". If I set this property to true, the help button does not appear.

Does this property work and if so, how can I use it?

How can I integrate my help document into my program?

Thanks.

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[jebenson]

The "?" Help Button will only appear in the title bar of your form if the Minimize and Maximize buttons are not displayed (i.e., MaximizeBox = False and MinimizeBox = False).

Check out this link for some basic HTML Help code:

http://www.startvbdotnet.com/controls/helpprovider.aspx

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[Bluejay07]

Thanks Jebenson for the info. It pointed me in the right direction.

Another question, If I wanted to keep the min/max button, I would have to have a help menu and load it from there. In VB6's project properties, there was a Help File Name field and the help file was access with a shell command such as
Shell "hh.exe " & App.Path & "\" & App.HelpFile, vbNormalFocus

How could I accomplish this with VB.net?

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[Bluejay07]

I guess it would be very similar to the click event in the example you provided.

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