JerryAttrick
Technical User
With assistance from subscribers to this forum, plus researching various web sites, I’ve designed an application that does what I want (well 98% of what I want!). Now I’m trying to add a help menu with zero success. I run a free version of Delphi6.
The Delphi User Guide I have is little use and I have become more confused than when I started: I’m seriously thinking of simply writing some instructions in a .txt file and bundling it with the .exe file in a small zipped package. But before I go that far is there a simple way of incorporating a rudimentary helpfile?
I already have a menu with Help > > Contents, Search for Help on..., How to use Help, About… The latter AboutBox item works fine, as do other sections of the Menu bar like ‘Settings’ and so on.
An old Borland Delphi publication bundled with the D6 software called “Quick Start” mentions using existing Help and Contents files by renaming them but I cannot get this to work. Neither can I find the ‘Action Manager’ referred to there. The closest I can find is Project/Options/Application tab/Browse button where I can see the .hlp file but cannot make the .cnt file enter there.
I should now be obvious I’m a raw beginner klutz - perhaps beyond help! I find the eventual results from Delphi satisfying but the complexities of the task exceedingly time-consuming, daunting and often confusing.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
The Delphi User Guide I have is little use and I have become more confused than when I started: I’m seriously thinking of simply writing some instructions in a .txt file and bundling it with the .exe file in a small zipped package. But before I go that far is there a simple way of incorporating a rudimentary helpfile?
I already have a menu with Help > > Contents, Search for Help on..., How to use Help, About… The latter AboutBox item works fine, as do other sections of the Menu bar like ‘Settings’ and so on.
An old Borland Delphi publication bundled with the D6 software called “Quick Start” mentions using existing Help and Contents files by renaming them but I cannot get this to work. Neither can I find the ‘Action Manager’ referred to there. The closest I can find is Project/Options/Application tab/Browse button where I can see the .hlp file but cannot make the .cnt file enter there.
I should now be obvious I’m a raw beginner klutz - perhaps beyond help! I find the eventual results from Delphi satisfying but the complexities of the task exceedingly time-consuming, daunting and often confusing.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
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