Setup Context Sensitive Help

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trids
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Setup Context Sensitive Help

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Hi Folks

I'm integrating AutoItv3 with TextPad, and am having great fun .. Thanks for these great tools to everyone concerned =o)

Just thought I would share something that has helped me a lot in using AutoItv3, but can be used with any other application that has a help file with topics that match keywords that can be highlighted in TextPad.

To setup Context Sensitive Help in TextPad for AutoItv3.
  • Setup a tool in TextPad that runs explorer.exe
  • Set Parameters = mk:@MSITStore:D:\Program%20Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt.chm::/html/functions/$Sel.htm
    ..making sure that your path to your Autoit.CHM helpfile is indicated
  • Assign a hotkey to the Tool (I use Alt-F1)
To use..
  • Open an AutoItv3 script in TextPad
  • highlight a puzzling AutoItv3 command or function
  • Press your hotkey (Alt-F1 for me)
  • Help for the command pops up!
Hope this helps!
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Post by CyberSlug »

Might as well link to the other forum:

http://www.hiddensoft.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=710
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trids
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Post by trids »

That topic was lost, but is now restored..

http://www.hiddensoft.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171

:wink:
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