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Asked: 2026-06-05T23:07:13+00:00

I want to implement a simple help form to appear once the application has

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I want to implement a simple help form to appear once the application has been installed and first launched, I just wanted to throw this question on here to see if anyone has came across a simple means of implementing this.

The way i’m currently thinking of is, by adding a simple table in my SQL CE database where a boolean value will be changed once the application has been launched more than once but i’m thinking this might be an unnecessary call to the database and a waste of code.

Any opinions on this matter will be greatly appreciated.

.net Framework 4.0
C# Windows form.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would say if you’ve already got an SQL CE database, then that’s an appropriate place to store that.

    As an alternative, if you want something really simple I’ve done this in the past:

    if(!File.Exists("dontshowhelp.txt"))
{
   ShowMyDialog();
   File.CreateText("dontshowhelp.txt");
}

    I like the above method because when you do updates or upgrades to the program, as long as you keep the same folder structure that kind of file wont be touched by an installer/uninstaller and so the setting “persists”.

    Then of course there’s always the registry you can set a simple DWORD value in a similar fashion.

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