CHelpDlg Class Reference
Detailed Description
CHelpDlg dialog This class can be used as a base class for all dialogs that wish to use context-sensitive Help.It will properly route the context Help options to the main app's WinHelp implementation. It has the following features: 1) F1 will result in the display of Help for the whole dialog. 2) Shift + F1 will result in context Help for the control that currently has focus. Note that there is an alternative here. If you want Shift + F1 to be equivalent to clicking the '?' button, ie, you want the floating arrow to appear, just define the symbol FLOATING_ARROW in the .cpp file. 3) If you place a Help button with ID = IDHELP, it will display Help for the whole dialog.
All you need to do is the following: 1) Build your dialog as you normally would. 2) If you want context-sensitive Help, make sure you check the Context Help check box in the More Styles tab of the resource editor. 3) For any controls that you want context-sensitive Help, make sure you check the Help ID check box in the General tab of the resource editor. 4) If you want a Help button in your dialog, put one there with the ID = IDHELP. 5) Use Class Wizard and derive from CDialog. 6) Edit the .h and .cpp files and make CHelpDlg the base class instead of CDialog. Note you must replace ALL refs to CDialog with CHelpDlg. 7) Enjoy!
Note that this presumes you have selected the Context-Sensitive Help option when you created your project. This will do the right thing about creating the resource.hm and YourProject.hm files.
