Chapter 28. Developing a Help System for the User Interface

This chapter explains how to add “Help” support to an application using Visual Basic .NET. Most applications typically do not consider help design issues when first developing an application. This is mostly because developers are focused on finishing the planned features to support the application requirements. More often than not, help support is added at the last minute (if at all).

As part of the Microsoft .NET Framework, the help support for Windows Forms is greatly simplified as compared to developing it for Windows applications in the past. Because the help support is quite easy to integrate into an application, you should consider adding help support from the start of your development. ...

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