internal static void StartHelpViewer(String pageID, Boolean runAsAdmin) // run HlpViewer.exe and show the topic
{
String catalog = "";
String locale = "";
if (Globals.selectedCatalog != null)
{
//We can open with just a CatalogID if it came from the registry
if (selectedCatalog.FromRegistry)
{
catalog = Globals.selectedCatalog.CatalogID; // The viewer will look up the registry to find the path
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Currently only registered collections can be opened in VS 11 HlpViewer.exe");
//if (File.Exists(selectedCatalog.LocationPath)) //an .mshx file?
//catalog = selectedCatalog.LocationPath;
//else if (Directory.Exists(selectedCatalog.LocationPath)) // a location dir
//catalog = selectedCatalog.LocationPath;
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(catalog))
{
MessageBox.Show("Catalog name not registered or invalid location:\n" + "Name: " + selectedCatalog.CatalogID + ", Location: " + selectedCatalog.LocationPath);
return;
}
catalog = "\"" + catalog + "\""; //wrap in quotes in case of spaces
locale = selectedCatalog.Locale;
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(catalog)) //default to something
{
catalog = HlpViewer.VS11CatalogName;
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(locale))
{
locale = "en-US";
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(pageID))
{
pageID = "-1"; //root node
}
HlpViewer.StartReturn sRet = HlpViewer.Start(catalog, locale, pageID, runAsAdmin);
if (sRet != HlpViewer.StartReturn.ok)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error running HlpViewer.exe: " + sRet.ToString() + "\n" + HlpViewer.path);
}
}
private void RunVSHlpViewerElevatedBtn_DropDownItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e) //fill catalog drop down list
{
int i = (int)e.ClickedItem.Tag;
_catList = FlatCatalogList.GetAll();
if (i >= 0 && i < _catList.Count)
{
HlpViewer.StartReturn sRet = HlpViewer.RunAsAdmin("/catalogName", _catList[i].CatalogID, "/locale", _catList[i].Locale);
if (sRet != HlpViewer.StartReturn.ok)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error running HlpViewer.exe: " + sRet.ToString() + "\n" + HlpViewer.path);
}
}
}
private void RunVSHlpViewerElevatedBtn_ButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_catList = FlatCatalogList.GetAll();
if (_catList.Count > 0)
{
HlpViewer.StartReturn sRet = HlpViewer.RunAsAdmin("/catalogName", _catList[0].CatalogID, "/locale", _catList[0].Locale);
if (sRet != HlpViewer.StartReturn.ok)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error running HlpViewer.exe: " + sRet.ToString() + "\n" + HlpViewer.path);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("No VS 11 registered catalogs found.");
}
}