Installer.HelpText Property (System.Configuration.Install)

HelpText Property

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Installer..::.HelpText Property

Gets the help text for all the installers in the installer collection.

Namespace: System.Configuration.Install
Assembly: System.Configuration.Install (in System.Configuration.Install.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property HelpText As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Installer
Dim value As String

value = instance.HelpText

public virtual string HelpText { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property String^ HelpText {
    String^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get HelpText () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The help text for all the installers in the installer collection, including the description of what the installer does and the command line options for the installation executable, such as the InstallUtil.exe utility, that can be passed to and understood by this installer.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
NullReferenceException	One of the installers in the installer collection specifies a null reference instead of help text. A likely cause for this exception is that a field to contain the help text is defined but not initialized.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the HelpText property. This property is defined in the Installer class, which, when called, returns the description of the Installer and the command line options for the installation executable, such as the Installutil.exe utility, that can be passed to and understood by the Installer.

Visual Basic

' Override the property 'HelpText'.
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property HelpText() As String
   Get
      Return _
      "Installer Description : This is a sample Installer" + ControlChars.NewLine + _
      "HelpText is used to provide useful information about the installer."
   End Get
End Property

// Override the property 'HelpText'.
public override string HelpText
{
   get
   {
      return "Installer Description : This is a sample Installer\n"
           + "HelpText is used to provide useful information about the "
           + "installer.";
   }
}

Visual C++

   // Override the property 'HelpText'.
property String^ HelpText 
{
   virtual String^ get() override
   {
      return "Installer Description : This is a sample Installer\n"
           + "HelpText is used to provide useful information about the "
           + "installer.";
   }
}

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Installer Class

Installer Members

System.Configuration.Install Namespace

Installers