embedded help viewer and .net 3.0

[alien]

can you embed the help viewer into a .net 3.0 application (wpf)?

[hgalindo]

I'd like to bump this and ask the question again. My developers are asking me this about Flare....

[Richard Ferrell]

Shouldn't be any reasons why you can't do that,

[rgramann]

Hi Richard,

Do you know if this user ever got the embedded help working with WPF? I have tried something like this...

System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
panel.Visible = true;
panel.Name = "HelpPanel";
panel.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
mHelpSystemClient = new HelpViewerEmbeddedClient();
mHelpSystemClient.Load(@"...\Manual.mchelp");
mHelpSystemClient.HelpSystem.DynamicHelpPanel = panel;
_WinFormsHost.Child = panel;
.
.
.
mHelpSystemClient.HelpSystem.ShowTopic(1000.ToString());

But no joy. When this code executes the external Madcap Help Viewer opens up, which I suspect is some type of failover. Does the embedded control reference the parent form (WinForm) of it's host panel in any way? If so...there ain't none I tried hosting a WinForms form in the WPF WindowsFormsHost control by setting it to the Child property, but no go; Child expects a System.Windows.Forms.Control, which Form is not.

That's as far as I've gotten...tech support time.

Cheers

Ron

[Paul Griffiths]

Did this get resolved? I'm about to start documenting a .NET app and would be interested to know what my options are.

[RamonS]

I think you should look at what is best for the audience. Just because the application is coded using a specific runtime doesn't mean you have to favor a particular help format.

[Paul Griffiths]

That's why I said I would be interested to know what my options are.

[RamonS]

Oh, I applied "options" to DotNetHelp only, you meant it in general and overall. Gotcha.