I want to have the Minimize, Maximize, and Help buttons

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PIEBALD - 21 Mar 2007 18:13 GMT

I want to have the Minimize, Maximize, and Help buttons on a WinForm (.net
2.0), but the help says

"
The value of the HelpButton property is ignored if the Maximize or Minimize
buttons are shown.
"

A) Why? Shouldn't the developer be allowed to decide?
B) Is there an easy work-around?

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 21 Mar 2007 22:55 GMT

"PIEBALD" <PIEBALD@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

>I want to have the Minimize, Maximize, and Help buttons on a WinForm (.net
> 2.0), but the help says
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>
> A) Why? Shouldn't the developer be allowed to decide?

No, because it would violate Windows' UI guidelines.

> B) Is there an easy work-around?

Add a "Help" menu to the form's menu bar.

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PIEBALD - 22 Mar 2007 01:53 GMT

> > A) Why? Shouldn't the developer be allowed to decide?
> No, because it would violate Windows' UI guidelines.

Oookaaay... I don't think I detect any sarcasm in that response, so I'll
assume you're serious.

A1) _Why_ is that a guideline?
A2) If it's only a _guideline_ I should be able to violate it at will, like
so many other guidelines.

> > B) Is there an easy work-around?
> Add a "Help" menu to the form's menu bar.

B1) I don't have a menu bar on this application, it would only have Help.
B2) I thought Microsoft was getting away from menu bars, and that the
guidelines now state this.

In the meantime I chose to add a button to the form... and I even made it
pseudo-right-clickable -- how's _that_ for violating UI guidelines?

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