You can add and delete keywords using buttons located on the panel which can be shown up by pressing the «Keywords» button (Picture 4). There is a standard text editing toolkit as well as some tools for working with images, videos, tables, and variables (variables usage allows you to replace recurrent data with variable in this case if you change variable value, corresponding text will be changed in the whole document).įor increasing a convenience of help file searching, you have to create a list of keywords. To fill out the particular topic, select it in the project tree and then enter its content in the editor window. To change order of topics and their names use «Rename», «Move Up» and «Move Down» pop-up menu items. New topic can be created either by clicking «Options -> Add topic» in the main menu, or by using «Add -> Add topic» pop-up menu item, which can be activated by right-click on any project tree item (Picture 3). To make a help file structure handy and exhaustive, you have to create topics for different Visual Basic application elements. To change CHM format export parameters use «Options -> Project settings -> Export to CHM». Also you can use «Create» item in the «File» menu. To create a new help file project select «Create a new project» radio button in the «Dr.Explain projects» window (Picture 2) and then press «OK». You can use a trial version it has the same functional as a full version, however, all images in exported file will have watermarks. To complete an installation process, follow the setup wizard instructions (Picture 1). After finishing, run a downloaded program. To download Dr.Explain installation program, click «Free download» button on the product web-site. How to integrate a help file into the Visual Basic application.How to create an annotated image of Visual Basic application interface.How to work with a help file structure.How to create and adjust a Dr.Explain project.This article is devoted to creation of help file in CHM format and its further integration into the Visual Basic application. How to Create Help Files for Visual Basic (VBA.NET) Windows-Application in Dr.Explain Dennis Crane

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