我们使用 RoboHelp 并生成一个 chm 文件,有时也称为 HTML 帮助文件。 .NET Framework 的Help 类有一个您调用的方法ShowHelp,传递chm 文件和您要显示的主题。您可以告诉它按主题标题、ID 等显示。我们使用主题标题显示,因此调用如下所示:
System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp(null, "Help/ExiaProcess.chm", HelpNavigator.Topic, helpTopic);
接下来,您可以创建一个名为 HelpProvider 的类,该类创建一个名为 HelpTopic 的附加属性。这允许您将 HelpTopic 属性附加到任何 FrameworkElement。该类还使用静态构造函数将内置 F1 帮助命令挂钩到命令处理程序,这些处理程序从源中检索附加属性并打开帮助。
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Input;
/// <summary>
/// Provider class for online help.
/// </summary>
public class HelpProvider
{
#region Fields
/// <summary>
/// Help topic dependency property.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This property can be attached to an object such as a form or a textbox, and
/// can be retrieved when the user presses F1 and used to display context sensitive help.</remarks>
public static readonly DependencyProperty HelpTopicProperty =
DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("HelpTopic", typeof(string), typeof(HelpProvider));
#endregion Fields
#region Constructors
/// <summary>
/// Static constructor that adds a command binding to Application.Help, binding it to
/// the CanExecute and Executed methods of this class.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>With this in place, when the user presses F1 our help will be invoked.</remarks>
static HelpProvider()
{
CommandManager.RegisterClassCommandBinding(
typeof(FrameworkElement),
new CommandBinding(
ApplicationCommands.Help,
new ExecutedRoutedEventHandler(ShowHelpExecuted),
new CanExecuteRoutedEventHandler(ShowHelpCanExecute)));
}
#endregion Constructors
#region Methods
/// <summary>
/// Getter for <see cref="HelpTopicProperty"/>. Get a help topic that's attached to an object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object that the help topic is attached to.</param>
/// <returns>The help topic.</returns>
public static string GetHelpTopic(DependencyObject obj)
{
return (string)obj.GetValue(HelpTopicProperty);
}
/// <summary>
/// Setter for <see cref="HelpTopicProperty"/>. Attach a help topic value to an object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to which to attach the help topic.</param>
/// <param name="value">The value of the help topic.</param>
public static void SetHelpTopic(DependencyObject obj, string value)
{
obj.SetValue(HelpTopicProperty, value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Show help table of contents.
/// </summary>
public static void ShowHelpTableOfContents()
{
System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp(null, "Help/ExiaProcess.chm", HelpNavigator.TableOfContents);
}
/// <summary>
/// Show a help topic in the online CHM style help.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="helpTopic">The help topic to show. This must match exactly with the name
/// of one of the help topic's .htm files, without the .htm extention and with spaces instead of underscores
/// in the name. For instance, to display the help topic "This_is_my_topic.htm", pass the string "This is my topic".</param>
/// <remarks>You can also pass in the help topic with the underscore replacement already done. You can also
/// add the .htm extension.
/// Certain characters other than spaces are replaced by underscores in RoboHelp help topic names.
/// This method does not yet account for all those replacements, so if you really need to find a help topic
/// with one or more of those characters, do the underscore replacement before passing the topic.</remarks>
public static void ShowHelpTopic(string helpTopic)
{
// Strip off trailing period.
if (helpTopic.IndexOf(".") == helpTopic.Length - 1)
helpTopic = helpTopic.Substring(0, helpTopic.Length - 1);
helpTopic = helpTopic.Replace(" ", "_").Replace("\\", "_").Replace("/", "_").Replace(":", "_").Replace("*", "_").Replace("?", "_").Replace("\"", "_").Replace(">", "_").Replace("<", "_").Replace("|", "_") + (helpTopic.IndexOf(".htm") == -1 ? ".htm" : "");
System.Windows.Forms.Help.ShowHelp(null, "Help/ExiaProcess.chm", HelpNavigator.Topic, helpTopic);
}
/// <summary>
/// Whether the F1 help command can execute.
/// </summary>
private static void ShowHelpCanExecute(object sender, CanExecuteRoutedEventArgs e)
{
FrameworkElement senderElement = sender as FrameworkElement;
if (HelpProvider.GetHelpTopic(senderElement) != null)
e.CanExecute = true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Execute the F1 help command.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Calls ShowHelpTopic to show the help topic attached to the framework element that's the
/// source of the call.</remarks>
private static void ShowHelpExecuted(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
ShowHelpTopic(HelpProvider.GetHelpTopic(sender as FrameworkElement));
}
#endregion Methods
}
有了这些,您可以通过如下代码调用您的帮助:
private void HelpButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Help.HelpProvider.ShowHelpTopic("License Key Dialog");
}
更好的是,现在您可以像这样将帮助附加到 UI 中的任何 FrameworkElement,
<Window name="MainWin"
...
...
xmlns:help="clr-namespace:ExiaProcess.UI.Help"
...
...
help:HelpProvider.HelpTopic="Welcome to YourApp" />
...
...
<TextBox help:HelpProvider.HelpTopic="Bug Title" />
...
...
<ComboBox help:HelpProvider.HelpTopic="User Drop Down"/>
...
现在,当用户在窗口或任何元素上按 F1 时,他们将获得上下文相关的帮助。