C++ .Net 2.0 supported in RH7?

[Guest]

I am working with my developer to integrate a CHM with our desktop application. Our application is written in C++ .Net 2.0

We want to call the RH7 Map IDs; Use custom markers from FM8 imported into RH7 as CSH map IDs.

In RH7, Adobe supplies an API for C++ .Net at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 7\CSH API\RoboHelp.NET

Their documentation (supplied as a CHM file) specifies C++ .Net, but I cannot tell if this is still usable with C++ .Net 2.0

Can we use their supplied API?

[Guest]

.net is .net. Even if it is used for .net 1.0, you should be able to call the functions from 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5.

[Pete_Lees]

Aran,

As anubisascends says, I don't believe that your developers need to use more than the standard .NET methods for calling .chm files; no third-party API is required. Information for .NET developers on how to attach .chm files to their applications is widely available in places such as the following:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa983560.aspx
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=HTMLHelpArticles
http://helpware.net/mshelp2/demo2/h1xNET.htm

With .NET 2.0, I believe that Microsoft corrected an oversight in earlier versions of .NET and provided a HelpNavigator.TopicId value for passing context integers to .chm files. The syntax is something like this:

Help.ShowHelp( hwndCaller, CHM_file_path, HelpNavigator.TopicId, context_integer);

For more information, see:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/72b0cc4y(VS.85).aspx

An alternative is to use "unmanaged" code to call the HTML Help API directly, as described in the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317406

Then the developer can use HH_HELP_CONTEXT commands to pass context-integers to your help file.

Pete