Help Interface

Dual interface used to provide F1 Help from a modal or non-modal dialog box.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("4A791148-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802")> _
Public Interface Help
[GuidAttribute("4A791148-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802")]
public interface Help
[GuidAttribute(L"4A791148-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802")]
public interface class Help
[<GuidAttribute("4A791148-19E4-11D3-B86B-00C04F79F802")>]
type Help =  interface end
public interface Help

The Help type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Collection Returns the name of the current collection loaded.
Public property Filter Gets or sets the collection filter.
Public property FilterQuery Returns the filter query string for the current Help collection filter.
Public property Help Used for compatibility with DTE2, when used as Windows.External, Help2 object returns itself.
Public property HelpOwner Gets or sets the help owner.
Public property HxSession Returns the HxSession object.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method CanShowFilterUI Do not use.
Public method CanSyncContents Determines if a URL can be synchronized to or not.
Public method Close Closes the Microsoft Document Explorer window and all of its pages.
Public method Contents Selects the Contents navigation window and opens it if it is closed.
Public method DisplayTopicFrom_OLD_Help Provides support for .chm and .hlp files.
Public method DisplayTopicFromF1Keyword Provides F1 Help for a modal or non-modal dialog box.
Public method DisplayTopicFromId Finds and displays the first topic defined by the supplied F1 keyword and context help ID.
Public method DisplayTopicFromKeyword Performs a lookup by using the K-keyword index.
Public method DisplayTopicFromURL Displays a help topic specified by the URL in Document Explorer.
Public method DisplayTopicFromURLEx Displays a help topic in Document Explorer and triggers a specified event after the topic has been loaded.
Public method FilterUI Displays the user interface to create, edit, or delete filters.
Public method GetNextTopic Given a URL returns the next URL in the table of contents.
Public method GetObject Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
Public method GetPrevTopic Given a URL returns the previous URL in the table of contents.
Public method Index Selects the Index window.
Public method IndexResults Selects the Index Results window.
Public method Search Selects the Search dialog box.
Public method SearchResults Selects the Search Results window.
Public method SetCollection Loads a Help collection into Document Explorer.
Public method SyncContents Synchronizes the table of contents to the supplied URL.
Public method SyncIndex Looks up the topic specifies by the K-keyword but does not display the topic in Document Explorer, unless specified.

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Remarks

This interface is deprecated. See Help2 for information about the current implementation.

Notes to Callers

Call to add F1 Help to a modal or non-modal dialog box.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSHelp Namespace