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DynamicHelp

View Help files in your Windows Forms apps. ComponentOne DynamicHelp™ for WinForms provides Help on individual controls, including hyperlinks, images, tables, and more. This type of Help system is available in apps like Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, and ComponentOne Doc-To-Help.

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Watch this short video to learn what DynamicHelp for WinForms is, why you should use it, and what makes it so unique.

Watch how help authors can use DynamicHelp for WinForms to map help topics to the application interface directly without the need for additional programming from software developers.

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  • User Interface Integration

    DynamicHelp improves the usability of your application by offering immediate and relevant Help, as it is needed, right within the application. A separate Help system doesn't need to be opened and searched.

  • Easy Setup

    Add any .NET control to your form, and drag-and-drop the C1DynamicHelp component to your form. An extender property is added to the .NET control allowing you to easily link to a help topic.

  • Developers and Help Authors Can Perform Topic Mapping

    Software developers can map topics to controls at design time, or Help Authors can use authoring mode, a special run-time mode with a simple interface, to do the mapping themselves. No additional code needs to be added once DynamicHelp is integrated with the application.

  • Quickly Activate/Deactivate Authoring Mode

    The developer can specify a way for Help authors to quickly activate and deactivate authoring mode for topic mapping. Any method can be used, such as a keystroke combination, an environment variable, a .config file, and so on.

  • Help Content Selection and Copying Support

    The Help that is displayed in the DynamicHelp Help window can be selected and copied to the Clipboard to be pasted into other applications.

  • Control How to Trigger the Help

    You have complete control over how the help topic is triggered by the end-user. Display context-sensitive help corresponding to the control that is being hovered over, the control that has the focus, or programmatically set up how the help topic is triggered.

As a leading component vendor in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner program, ComponentOne has been providing the widest range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools, and applications for over 22 years. ComponentOne product lines encompass custom WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, Mobile, and COM components, documentation tools, and Web Parts for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services.

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