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Providing Web Applications with Context Sensitive Help Using RoboHelp WebHelp

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This article shows how to implement context sensitive help for your ASP.NET web applications using RoboHelp WebHelp.
//	WebHelp 5.10.001
// this value should be identical to the value used in whproxy.js
window.whname = "wh_stub";

// this file will be used by Topic and NavBar and NavPane and other components
// and this file is used in child frame html.
// and the whstub.js will be used in the start page.
// see reference in whstub.js.
// Internal Area
var gbInited = false;
var gWndStubPage = null;
function getStubPage()
{
	if (!gbInited)
	{
		gWndStubPage = getStubPage_inter(window);
		gbInited = true;
	}
	return gWndStubPage;
}

function getStubPage_inter(wCurrent) {
	if (null == wCurrent.parent || wCurrent.parent == wCurrent)
		return null;

	if (wCurrent.parent.whname && "wh_stub" == wCurrent.parent.whname) 
		return wCurrent.parent;
	else
		if (wCurrent.parent.frames.length != 0 && wCurrent.parent != wCurrent)
			return getStubPage_inter(wCurrent.parent);
		else 
			return null;
}

// Public interface begin here................
function RegisterListener(framename, nMessageId)
{
	var wStartPage = getStubPage();
	if (wStartPage && wStartPage != this) {
		return wStartPage.RegisterListener(framename, nMessageId);
	}
	else 
		return false;
}

function RegisterListener2(oframe, nMessageId)
{
	var wStartPage = getStubPage();
	if (wStartPage && wStartPage != this) {
		return wStartPage.RegisterListener2(oframe, nMessageId);
	}
	else 
		return false;
}

function UnRegisterListener2(oframe, nMessageId)
{
	var wStartPage = getStubPage();
	if (wStartPage && wStartPage != this && wStartPage.UnRegisterListener2) {
		return wStartPage.UnRegisterListener2(oframe, nMessageId);
	}
	else 
		return false;
}

function SendMessage(oMessage)
{
	var nMsgId = oMessage.nMessageId;
	if (nMsgId == WH_MSG_ISINFRAMESET && oMessage.wSender != this)
		return true;
	var wStartPage = getStubPage();
	if (wStartPage && wStartPage != this && wStartPage.SendMessage) 
	{
		return wStartPage.SendMessage(oMessage);
	}
	else 
		return false;
}
var gbWhProxy=true;

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Written By
President Starpoint Software Inc.
United States United States
Bob Pittenger is founder and President of Starpoint Software Inc. He holds a B.A. degree from Miami University, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and an MBA from Xavier University. He has been programming since 1993, starting with Windows application development in C++/MFC and moving to C# and .NET around 2005 and is a .NET Microsoft Certified Professional Developer.

Bob is the author of two books:
Billionaire: How the Ultra-Rich Built Their Fortunes Through Good and Evil and What You Can Learn from Them
and
Wealthonomics: The Most Important Economic and Financial Concepts that Can Make You Rich Fast.
Visit http://www.billionairebook.net for more information.

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