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njkuenne
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Using DS_CONTEXTHELP

InstallShield 2008 Premier, InstallScript MSI project

I am trying to provide context sensitive help for the dialogs in my installation wizard. Via the "Other Windows Styles" property for the customized dialogs, I have checked the DS_CONTEXTHELP option. This displays a question mark button on the dialog next to the close button. During the installation, pressing this button enables a question mark cursor, which is supposed to allow a user to click on a control in the dialog and get context sensitive help. However, I have been unable to get this working.

I have tried the following:

  • included a message box in the OnHelp event in Setup.rul
  • included a message box in the "case 8:" switch statement for DialogName.rul
  • included a message box in the WaitOnDialog() while loop for DialogName.rul


None of those message boxes displayed when using the question mark cursor to click on a control. While F1 did fire those messages, and adding a "Help" button by the "< Back" and "Next >" buttons would also work, I'm trying to use the built in functionality provided, namely the DS_CONTEXTHELP feature.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Thanks.

Neal
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njkuenne
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Has anyone had any experience with adding Help to an InstallShield Wizard dialog? Is there another approach I should be trying instead of using the question mark button?
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