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11Oppidan - 18 Feb 2005 10:26 GMT

Hello.

It seems that in order to get the help (?) button to show in the top right
of a form, the minimum and maximum properties need to set to false. I would
like to have a help, minimise and exit button on my form. Is there any way
to do this?

Many thanks for your assistance.

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11Oppidan - 18 Feb 2005 10:30 GMT

Sorry I forgot to add I am using VB .NET code in my app. Thanks

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"Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]" - 21 Feb 2005 05:27 GMT

Hi 11Oppidan,

Thanks for your posting!!

Just as Herfried pointed out, this can not be implemented in Winform.
Actually, this is a limitation of Win32 code not the Winform, in win32, we
can not have a window with both help button and minimize/maximize buttons.
And the workaround is adding a help menu for the form.

Hope this information makes sense to you.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 18 Feb 2005 14:43 GMT

"11Oppidan" <11Oppidan@community.nospam> schrieb:

> It seems that in order to get the help (?) button to show in the top right
> of a form, the minimum and maximum properties need to set to false. I
> would like to have a help, minimise and exit button on my form. Is there
> any way to do this?

What you want to archieve is not supported. Typically this is be done by
providing a "What's this?" menu command in the application's "Help" menu.

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