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"What's This" implementation via menu

For a VB.NET 2003 standard Windows MDI application, is there a way of
implementing the "What's This" functionality through the applications main
Help menu? All forms in the application have a HelpProvider. The forms do
not have the 'HelpButton' property enabled because they are not dialogs.

Thanks.
Feb 24 '06 #1
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Hi Bill,

Based on my understanding, you need the "What's This" function to your
application's forms. But you do not want to apply the Help Button to them.
Please let me know if I have misunderstood anything.

If so, I am afraid such feature hasn't been provided by the .NET framework.
You need to implement it by yourself. The general convention is to provide
a "what's this?" help item in the form control's context menu.

Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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Feb 27 '06 #2
Hi Gary,

Yes, that is what I want to implement. Thanks for your feedback. Now I
know not to hunt for the feature in .NET :-)

Bill

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Hi Bill,

Based on my understanding, you need the "What's This" function to your
application's forms. But you do not want to apply the Help Button to them.
Please let me know if I have misunderstood anything.

If so, I am afraid such feature hasn't been provided by the .NET framework.
You need to implement it by yourself. The general convention is to provide
a "what's this?" help item in the form control's context menu.

Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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Feb 27 '06 #3
You are welcome, Bill. :)

Good Luck!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
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