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Adding a help window to an application - C#

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c#

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winforms

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?

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Jamie Keeling Avatar asked Aug 04 '10 16:08

Jamie Keeling


2 Answers

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.

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Reed Copsey Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 00:09

Reed Copsey


You can also look for a CHM editors / builders.

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thelost Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 00:09

thelost