Is it possible to associate a specific NI help topic with one or more controls at runtime?

[WNM]

I would like to associate some of the NI Vision help topics already installed with the toolkit with front-panel controls so that a user can pull up them up if they question how the control is to be used.  I would like to do this without having to resort to cutting/pasting text from the help topic (or convoluted navigation instructions to the topic) into the tip-strip/description window associated with a control.  Bookmarks to the topics on the NI website won't work either because the machine where the code will be run will not have network access.

[yamadj · Accepted solution]

Hey WNM,

Have you tried using the "Control Online Help Function" from the Dialog and User Interface > Help palette?

Once the toolkit is installed on the user's computer, the help files (.chm files) should be included in the support directory. Once the toolkit is installed you can use the function mentioned above to pull up those help files programmatically in the application.

Additionally, if the user doesn't have access to those help files you could include local copies in your application directory and then open them similarly from there. I've posted a link to those help files below.

Control Online Help Function - http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361H-01/glang/control_online_help/

*Note: Although online is in the name the user should not need to have online access to use this function.

 NI Vision for LabVIEW Help - http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/5517412BFF1C697286257F710051ABD2

[WNM]

Thanks Jordan, I should be able to work with this.