I'm trying to add some help to my GUI developed in VC++ 2008. I want to compile a chm file, or a hlp file that can be accessed from my menu. Anyone can give me any idea about how to do this?
Thanks a lot
Sorry, I misunderstood your question earlier.
For opening the Help file, you can use WinHelp
Some Links:
There are some issues with WinHelp in Windows Vista and Win2K8, For details on how to deal with them, Look here
You could just ShellExecute the .chm file. That will open it.
ShellExecute( hWnd, _T( "open" ), _T( "help.chm" ), NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL );
If you are using managed C++:
In the namespace
System.Windows.Forms
you can find the class Help with static methods ShowHelp, ShopHelpIndex
More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.help.aspx
If you are using unmanaged C++ (WIN32 api):
You can just launch the *.chm file. Example how to do it you can find here: How do I call ::CreateProcess in c++ to launch a Windows executable? . Or here http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/newbiespawn.aspx
Under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\HTMLHelp , create an entry
named help.chm
value C:\path to\help file.chm
Then to open the chm at a particular topic call