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A computer file explaining how to use the associated software.

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Inline package overview documentation using roxygen

I imagine this is a simple thing that I keep overlooking in the documentation, but I can't seem to figure out how to get package-level documentation to work in R. I'm not referring to function or class-specific documentation, but the documentation…
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Helpfile (.chm) on network drive not opening from delphi(.exe) application

Application exe along with chm help file is placed within a folder on network drive in Windows7. Initially help(.chm) did not work(open fine but content wont appear) and security settings(trust applied) were changed and now we can double click to…
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Add and get CHM file version

I need to add version info and retrieve it from the CHM file to make it possible to make an alert message to a user about a new CHM-file version available and downloaded. It means, that I should compare versions of CHM on different machines (Server…
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ironpython: How to call a chm Helpfile on Windows with parameters

I´m trying to call a chm file in my IronPython code that has a reference to a specific chapter. Calling the chm file works fine Example: import clr clr.AddReference("System") from System.Diagnostics import Process …
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Is it possible to add your own help file to the Delphi XE2 IDE?

For a library I am working on, I have created a help file (Help 2 format). It would be very convenient if the other developpers of my team that use the library, could search the help from inside the Delphi IDE. Is it possible to make Delphi XE2…
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HTML Form within a compiled help file

I am making a help file (.chm) for a project I am working on, but am having trouble with an HTML form element. What I want the form to be able to do is send an email so users can contact me about bugs, quetions, etc, but when I try the 'Submit'…
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Helpfile does not open to correct context with F1 key

Using Delphi XE2 and also Delphi 6 I discovered that hitting F1 to open the help file to a help context does not open the help file to the proper context yet using the menu item for which F1 is the shortcut, opens the help file to the proper…
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Identify which help context ID is being sent to a help file?

I'm working on an application with hundreds of forms and a corresponding help file with over 2,000 topics. I have one particular form which I am assigning a Context ID, but when I press "F1", the help file opens on its default page (Which means the…
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Creating helpfile in HTML

I am facing the fun task of creating a Help File for a large project. I have discarded CHM files due to the constraints and are now looking into HTML based files but I am still undecided on the format.... There are 3 areas I'm focusing…
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Open a .chm file on local network in a c# application

In my code I am trying to open a helpfile (.chm) from the local network using the following code private void helpToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Help.ShowHelp(this, @"\\server\Helpfiles\HelpFiles.chm"); } If I wanted to…
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How to have app support .HLP help files in Win7?

How can my app which displays a .HLP file be able to display this file in Win7? Is there a redistributable that could be included with the app to provide this support?
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Powershell help module not able to find help files in MacOS

I am running PowerShell Core 7.2.6 installed via homebrew on MacBook Air M1 (12.6). However, when I try to use the help module to find some examples , I get this error. REMARKS Get-Help cannot find the Help files for this cmdlet on this computer. It…
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C# wpf html help file

C3, WPF, Windows 7, Microsoft Ribbon, Visual studio 2010, dotnet 4.5 I would like to write the help files in html and include them inside the .exe file as an resource. Is there a way of telling the explorer to get the html pages directly from the…
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XML/XSLT ALink Menu in CHM connecting params in reverse

I've been trying to figure out this XSLT/XML problem for the past few days (it's code I have the pleasure of trying to fix). Using XSLT, am grabbing what's in the XML tags "see" and trying to create a "see also" (or related files) ALink menu in the…
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Nuget and Visual Studio Help

Are there any conventions, patterns, or tools for offering Visual Studio help files with Nuget?
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