Name

NSHelpManager — Mac OS X 10.0

Synopsis

This class provides an interface to an application’s help manager object used to provide online help in the application. You won’t need to use this class, as Project Builder and Interface Builder provide support for integrating help documents with an application.

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@interface NSHelpManager : NSObject
                                  // Accessor Methods
   - (void)setContextHelp:(NSAttributedString *)attrString 
                                 forObject:(id)object;
                                  // Class Methods
   + (BOOL)isContextHelpModeActive;
   + (void)setContextHelpModeActive:(BOOL)active;
   + (NSHelpManager *)sharedHelpManager;
                                  // Instance Methods
   - (NSAttributedString *)contextHelpForObject:(id)object;
   - (void)removeContextHelpForObject:(id)object;
   - (BOOL)showContextHelpForObject:(id)object 
                                 locationHint:(NSPoint)pt;

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