Question

I use Help & Manual to create web help (HTML) files. I would like to link this to my Delphi 2007 application so that it pops up when users press the F1 key, and ideally, to pop up to a context sensitive spot.

This is what I’ve tried:

Adding the HTMLHelpViewer unit to the uses clause of the main form.
Setting the HelpFile property to the name of the index.htm file.
Setting the OnHelp event (this event doesn’t get fired on F1, btw).

I also have searched Stack Overflow and other web links to try to find the steps to accomplish this, and while I find clues, I cannot seem to find a step by step way of accomplishing this.

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

It seems that you forgot to set HelpContex or HelpKeyword properties. The help is only invoked if there is control with HelpContex <> 0 or HelpKeyword <> ”.