On 2014-03-24 13:41, Richard Mace wrote:
> Hopefully the actuall creating of the .INF file will be a straight
> forward process as well :)
The DocView help has a section for developers briefly explaining how to
create INF files. More detailed information is in the fpGUI code
repository in the /doc
> Hi Graeme,
> > It looks very interesting.
> > How would I instruct DocView to open at a particular section of a help
> > file from Lazarus?
>
> DocView (binary download) comes with an extensive help file explaining
> all it's uses (concatenating help files at runtime, defining help as an
> envir
On 2014-03-23 23:37, Luca Olivetti wrote:
> Not as straightforward but it's possible.
The thing is, I like things straightforward, cross-platform and
developer friendly. ;-)
Again, thanks for the info on THelpManager.
Regards,
- Graeme -
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fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using
El 23/03/14 19:06, Graeme Geldenhuys ha escrit:
> On 2014-03-22 19:35, Luca Olivetti wrote:
>> You just have to create a class derived from THelmManager (in unit
>> HelpIntfs).
>
>
> Thanks for that info.
>
>
> On a side note:
> I see the Lazarus team still didn't update the OnHelp event - whic
On 2014-03-23 19:50, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> Please describe where the event should be added, what the parameters
> and result do, what the default implementation does, for those people
> not having Kylix.
Marco explained it. The event should replace the TApplication.OnHelp and
TCustomForm.OnHel
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 08:50:14PM +0100, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >[...lots of words, maybe helpful for someone having Kylix 3...]
>
> I will try to rephrase my question:
> Please describe where the event should be added, what the parameters
> and result do, what the default implementation does,
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:30:27 +
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>[...lots of words, maybe helpful for someone having Kylix 3...]
I will try to rephrase my question:
Please describe where the event should be added, what the parameters
and result do, what the default implementation does, for those peo
On 2014-03-23 18:57, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:06:16 +
> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> type
>> THelpEvent = function (HelpType: THelpType; HelpContext: Integer;
>> HelpKeyword: string; HelpFile: string; var Handled: Boolean): Boolean of
>> object;
>
> Please
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:06:16 +
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>[...]
> type
> THelpEvent = function (HelpType: THelpType; HelpContext: Integer;
> HelpKeyword: string; HelpFile: string; var Handled: Boolean): Boolean of
> object;
Please explain, what it should do.
Mattias
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On 2014-03-22 19:35, Luca Olivetti wrote:
> You just have to create a class derived from THelmManager (in unit
> HelpIntfs).
Thanks for that info.
On a side note:
I see the Lazarus team still didn't update the OnHelp event - which uses
the event signature written for Windows 3.1 help viewers (a
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 02:15:44PM +, Richard Mace wrote:
> I have uploaded a test.chm file to www.rocksolidpbx.co.uk/downloads if
> anyone has the time/interest in taking a look.
That file seems to contain GIFs, a format deprecated for a long time.
Probably nobody got around to implementing i
El 22/03/14 19:59, Graeme Geldenhuys ha escrit:
> So you can define numerical or keyword help inside your application -
> just like you would do with LCL or VCL applications. I don't know if you
> can override the default help viewer in LCL based apps.
Sure you can.
You just have to create a clas
On 2014-03-22 08:46, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> Do you think it's likely CHM support (the default Lazarus help file
> format) has been withdrawn without any mention in the release notes?
No, but the do seem to make it incredible difficult to use CHM help in
applications - whereas HTML help is ea
On 2014-03-22 06:51, Richard Mace wrote:
> Hi Graeme,
> It looks very interesting.
> How would I instruct DocView to open at a particular section of a help
> file from Lazarus?
DocView (binary download) comes with an extensive help file explaining
all it's uses (concatenating help files at runtime
On 2014-03-22 07:43, Richard Mace wrote:
>
> Does the "INF" help file format support screen shots?
Yes it does. And you can map clickable areas (hotspots) on screenshots too.
Regards,
- Graeme -
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fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal
http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/
I have uploaded a test.chm file to www.rocksolidpbx.co.uk/downloads if
anyone has the time/interest in taking a look.
Richard
On 22 March 2014 10:20, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> On 22/03/2014 11:06, Richard Mace wrote:
> > I did look at that wiki page and after I installed the chm components it
On 22/03/2014 11:06, Richard Mace wrote:
> I did look at that wiki page and after I installed the chm components it
> did load the chm file, but it won't display any images?
The FPC ref.chm has images (.pngs); you could check out how these are
generated...
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On 22/03/2014 11:06, Richard Mace wrote:
> I did look at that wiki page and after I installed the chm components it
> did load the chm file, but it won't display any images?
I have no idea (haven't used images in CHM myself); perhaps post a
sample file somewhere so somebody else could have a look?
I did look at that wiki page and after I installed the chm components it
did load the chm file, but it won't display any images?
On 22 Mar 2014 08:49, "Reinier Olislagers"
wrote:
> On 21/03/2014 21:51, Richard Mace wrote:
> > Hi All, I am trying to integrate a CHM help file into my application,
>
On 21/03/2014 21:51, Richard Mace wrote:
> Hi All, I am trying to integrate a CHM help file into my application,
Well did you look here
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Add_Help_to_Your_Application#CHM
> but I can only find HTML components in Lazarus 1.2 Is CHM help still
> supported or should I
>
>
> You can always use DocView as well. DocView is a stand-alone help viewer
> (no external dependencies). Very fast, and with inline user annotation
> support, bookmark support, font customization, advanced search etc. It
> reads the INF help file format which is also very easy to author, and
>
Hi Graeme,
It looks very interesting.
How would I instruct DocView to open at a particular section of a help file
from Lazarus?
Richard
On 21 March 2014 22:33, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 2014-03-21 20:51, Richard Mace wrote:
> > Is CHM help still supported or should I be doing just HTML
>
>
On 2014-03-21 20:51, Richard Mace wrote:
> Is CHM help still supported or should I be doing just HTML
You can always use DocView as well. DocView is a stand-alone help viewer
(no external dependencies). Very fast, and with inline user annotation
support, bookmark support, font customization, advan
Hi All,
I am trying to integrate a CHM help file into my application, but I can
only find HTML components in Lazarus 1.2
Is CHM help still supported or should I be doing just HTML
Thanks in advance
Richard
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