Adding general help for the main window
Adding general help for the main window is a little different from adding context-sensitive help. Here, you must provide some connections that tell VA Smalltalk to display help; whereas, for context-sensitive help, F1 automatically triggers a help request.
To add general help, do the following:
1. Open the settings for the Window part.
2. Set the information as before, but set its
helpTopicId to the ID you specified in the help source for the related help panel. For information on
helpTopicId, see
Adding context-sensitive help for a part.
3. Add a Help pull-down menu to the existing menu structure, and add a General help menu choice. For information on adding pull-down menus, refer to Getting Started.
4. Connect the clicked event of General help to the help action of the main window.
Now, when the user selects General help, the related help panel is displayed.
Last modified date: 10/15/2019