help window

[cable]

Thanks for quick relying at my about box topic.

Theres one more question:
how can I launch the help window?

And to implement the features of the standard context menu at
another place (button or menu), is it possible to get the source code
of the context menu?

Regards,
cable.

[anhedonic]

well...im not sure what you mean but you can bundle a help document with your project

which would be extracted on execution.
Your could find out where it was extracted via

var path = getAdditionalFile();
Application.setBasePath(path);
Shell.open("myhelp.hlp");
or
Shell.open(path+"myhelp.hlp");

when you press F1 on your application it tries to open your help file by default...
i hope this helps... you should go through the swfkit's help file its pretty informative.

oh btw im not 100% that the above will work as i didnt test it...
I think this should get your noodle thinking to figure it out yourself, if your really stuck just say so in this topic.

[cable]

Thanks,

in the IDE's Operation Panel tab bar under Apllication Definition/Behaviour I checked the option 'help'
so the Context Menu shows a help entry, and clicking at it will
launch that help window. Thats why I thought I don't have to call
var helppath = getAdditionalFile(); ... Application.setBasePath(helppath);
because its already known to the application ... Am I wrong?

Generally I would like to know, how the context menu works, because
I want to implement some of the features somewhere else, like graying out
unavailable viewing options etc..

cable

[SWFKit]

function help()
{
Application.sendMessage(getMainWnd().handle, 0x0112, 32778, 0);
}

help();

The standard context menu cannot be modified, but you can define your own context menu using the menu editor.