Windows Forms User Assistance Notes

• Providing Windows Forms Help via the HelpProvider: 1) Drag and drop the HelpProvider control onto the form in which you want to provide help, 2) in the properties tab of the HelpProvider control, click on the ... button for HelpNamespace and enter the path to a Help File (*.htm, *.chm, *.col), 3) select a control on the form for which you want to provide help and then set the ShowHelp property to true, 4) set the HelpKeyword property for the control to the name of the HTML page that pertains to this topic and then 5) set the HelpNavigator property to Topic. Note: after doing the preceding steps, select the control for which you want to see help and then press the F1 key. Set the HelpKeyword property to a keyword in the help file's Index and then set the HelpNavigator property to KeywordIndex to have the Index lookup the keyword specified. What you enter in HelpKeyword depends ENTIRELY on what you set the HelpNavigator property to.
• Providing Windows Forms Pop-up Help via the HelpProvider: 1) Drag and drop the HelpProvider control onto the form in which you want to provide pop-up help, 2) select a control on the form for which you want to provide pop-up help and then set the ShowHelp property to true, 3) set the HelpString property to whatever you want the pop-up message to display, 4) select the parent form and then set HelpButton property to true and then 5) set the form's MaximizeBox and MinimizeBox to false. Note: after doing the preceding steps, an extra button on the control area of the title bar of the form with a question mark in it should appear: click on this button and then click on the control for which you want to display the associated pop-up help for.