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A computer file explaining how to use the associated software.

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Clicking on a button to display .CHM help file in VB.NET

I want to display a .CHM help file when clicking on a button in VB.NET. Could anyone show me code how to do this? Private Sub cmdHelp_Click(ByVal sender As System.Objects, Byval e As System.EventArgs)Handles cmdHelp.Click 'Please help provide…
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Context help in Visual Studio

Is there a way to change the context sensitive help in Visual Studio so that it will only search against the text under the caret instead of a compilation error in your code? More info: After you compile and receive a compilation error(underlined),…
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What is the recommended way to present a Help file?

It seems that anymore I have no clue what is going to happen when I launch the Help of a program. Which makes it all that much more confusing when having to decide how to create a help file for my application. For example, it might open my web…
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Registering Help Book in Qt app

I am building a Qt application on Mac OS X and I decided to create a Help book. I attempted to use the official docs, but the help book does not appear in the help menu. The help book is located in my.app/Contents/Resources/HC.help/. It itself seems…
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Can I programmatically export class diagrams from Visual Studio 2008?

I can export a class diagram as an image from Visual Studio by right-clicking on the surface and choosing "Export Diagram as Image..." Is there a way to do this through command line? I'd like to be able to generate all of my class diagrams as…
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Creating Chm file

I want to create a chm file for my application. Which is the best and easiest free software available? I tried HTML Help Workshop, but it is very tough. Is there any free software available?
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Bulk-edit HelpContext and/or HelpKeyword of project files?

currently I'm editing the HelpContext and/or HelpKeyword properties of the appropriate controls one after another in my D2009 project forms, where applicable. Is there any tool which can collect all those mentioned properties from all project files,…
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Cannot use Ctrl-F with CHM help file opened with Delphi XE2

With Delphi XE2 (Update 2) create a Win32 VCL application with a button on a form. Make sure HTMLHelpViewer is in the uses list. In FormCreate set the application help file to a valid CHM help file, e.g. Application.HelpFile:='C:\path to my help…
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How to view chm file in a web browser?

I have a CHM file created in HelpNDoc application. Now in a browser page that I created I have a help option in navigation. When I click this help option I want the CHM file to show in the browser. How can I do this?
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Create a script to rename help file topics ending in ".txt"

I imported text files to create a help but the problem is that the extension of the files is also put in the topic name. I need a script that renames the topic names ending with ".txt" to remove this part. I tried to: rename all my text files by…
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Innosetup - reference a file from [Code] before the installation starts

This is sort of a continuation of this question. I have a file that I want to include with my installation package (a .CHM help file) that I need to access during installation from code. It doesn't need to be installed to the user's machine. So I…
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Sandcastle setup - Navigation to webpage was canceled

I am try to use Sandcastle Help File Builder, but can't quite get it to work. Here is what I have done: 1) installed the program; works like normal 2) enabled xml in the project I want documentation for that gets generated in the /bin 3) created a…
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How to create a help file

I want to create a help file opens when pressed F1 anytime. How to create it and include to code?
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Editor for end user documentation in C# WinForm app

I'm developing a WinForm app in c# 4.0 and would like other (non-developer) colleagues to contribute writing a context sensitive end-user helpfile. First I thought I could use "HTML Help Workshop" from Microsoft, but it seems outdated (Vista and…
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How to see mathematical expressions correctly in a Help html of a function (appearing after right-click) in R GUI?

I am using 32-bit Revolution R Enterprise (7.3) GUI for R (3.1.1) on 64-bit Windows 8.1. When a function (say, urca::ca.jo) is right-clicked in Object Browser of RevoREnt after its package is loaded, an html file is shown in an opened window: in my…
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