- Summary
- Tooltip
- Status bar
- Help window
- Advanced tooltip
- Help page
- HLP file (Winhelp)
In a WINDEV application, users have multiple help features at their disposal: - Tooltip.
- Status bar.
- Help window.
- Advanced tooltip.
- Help page.
- HLP file.
Tooltip - Level of help: Short help (a few words)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: ToolTip property
- How to display the help: Automatically displayed when hovering over a given control.
- For more details, see: User help
Status bar - Level of help: Simple help (sentence, time, progress bar, etc.)
- How to create it:
- Control description window, "Help" tab
- Programming: Message function or Message property
- How to display the help: Automatic on any window with a status bar.
The information specific to a control is displayed when the control has focus. - For more details, see: User help
Help window - Level of help: Help message that can contain a few sentences.
- How to create it: Control description window, "Help" tab
- How to display the help: F1 key.
- For more details, see: User help
Advanced tooltip - Level of help: Advanced context-sensitive help (may contain images).
- How to create it: WINDEV help editor: Click
 in the quick access buttons. The creation window appears: click "Architecture" then "Help". - How to display the help:
- Advanced tooltip on a control:
- Show context-sensitive help icon in the window ("Style" tab of the description window)
- Indicate the help file associated with the window ("Help" tab of the description window)
- Specify the number of the page to display ("Help" tab of the control description window)
- For more details, see: Creating the help (CHM or HLP)
Help page - Level of help: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: WINDEV help editor: Click in the quick access buttons. The creation window appears: click "Architecture" then "Help".
- How to display the help: Programmatically (WHelp)
- How to display the context help of a window or control:
- Context-sensitive help page on a control:
- Specify the number of the page to display in the control description window.
- Use the WHelp and NumHelp functions.
- Context-sensitive help page on a window:
- Use WHelp and specify the number of the page to display.
- For more details, see: Creating the help (CHM or HLP)
HLP file (Winhelp) - Level of help: Advanced help (help pages, links, summary, images, etc.).
- How to create it: WINDEV help editor: Click in the quick access buttons. The creation window appears: click "Architecture" then "Help".
- How to display the help: Programmatically (WHelp)
- How to display the context help of a window or control:
- Context-sensitive help page on a control:
- Specify the number of the page to display in the control description window.
- Use the WHelp and NumHelp functions.
- Context-sensitive help page on a window:
- Use WHelp and specify the number of the page to display.
- For more details, see: Creating the help (CHM or HLP)
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