Request: OnContextItemHelpRequested

[Uffe]

Hi!

I would like the option of having my Add-In open up its help file when the user hits F1 when working with elements or diagrams from an MDG Technology I've created.

This should be doable by adding a context item broadcast event function which identifies the element, package, diagram, attribute, method or connector in focus when F1 was pressed.

The function should return True if the Add-In takes responsibility for the help, False otherwise (like OnContextItemDoubleClicked). To be on the safe side, you could always refrain from firing the event if the context item has a stereotype from one of Sparx' own profiles.

Sound good?

Cheers,


/Uffe

[Geert Bellekens]

Uffe,

Isn't that what

Code: [Select]

Sub EA_ShowHelp(Repository as EA.Repository, MenuLocation As String, MenuName as String, ItemName as String) is for?

Geert

[Uffe]

Not according to the help file: "... enables the Add-In to show a help topic for a particular menu option."

It is supposed to fire an event specifying which menu item was active when F1 was pressed. I've never actually got that to work, but that's a different story.

What I want is an event which specifies which model element (or diagram, or package, or attribute, etc) was active. That way I can display the help page that describes that specific diagram (etc).

So it'd have the same parameters as EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked (GUID and ObjectType), rather than the menu-related string parameters of EA_ShowHelp.