/// <summary>
/// Assign the add-in help file to the
/// given ribbon push button contextual help.
/// This method checks for Revit 2013 at runtime
/// and uses .NET Reflection to access the
/// ContextualHelp class and SetContextualHelp
/// method which are not available in the
/// Revit 2012 API.
/// </summary>
void AddContextualHelp(PushButtonData d, int i)
{
// This is the normal code uses
// when directly referencing the
// Revit 2013 API assemblies:
//
//ContextualHelp ch = new ContextualHelp(
// ContextualHelpType.ChmFile, helppath );
//
//d.SetContextualHelp( ch );
// Invoke constructor:
ConstructorInfo[] ctors
= _contextual_help_type.GetConstructors();
const int contextualHelpType_ChmFile = 3;
object instance = ctors[0].Invoke(
new object[] {
contextualHelpType_ChmFile,
HelpPath
}); // + "#" + i.ToString()
// Set the help topic URL
PropertyInfo property = _contextual_help_type
.GetProperty("HelpTopicUrl");
property.SetValue(instance, i.ToString(), null);
// Invoke SetContextualHelp method:
Type pbdType = d.GetType();
MethodInfo method = pbdType.GetMethod(
"SetContextualHelp");
method.Invoke(d, new object[] { instance });
}
/// <summary>
/// Assign the add-in help file to the
/// given ribbon push button contextual help.
/// This method checks for Revit 2013 at runtime
/// and uses .NET Reflection to access the
/// ContextualHelp class and SetContextualHelp
/// method which are not available in the
/// Revit 2012 API.
/// </summary>
void AddContextualHelp( PushButtonData d, int i )
{
// This is the normal code uses
// when directly referencing the
// Revit 2013 API assemblies:
//
//ContextualHelp ch = new ContextualHelp(
// ContextualHelpType.ChmFile, helppath );
//
//d.SetContextualHelp( ch );
// Invoke constructor:
ConstructorInfo[] ctors
= _contextual_help_type.GetConstructors();
const int contextualHelpType_ChmFile = 3;
object instance = ctors[0].Invoke(
new object[] {
contextualHelpType_ChmFile,
HelpPath } ); // + "#" + i.ToString()
// Set the help topic URL
PropertyInfo property = _contextual_help_type
.GetProperty( "HelpTopicUrl" );
property.SetValue( instance, i.ToString(), null );
// Invoke SetContextualHelp method:
Type pbdType = d.GetType();
MethodInfo method = pbdType.GetMethod(
"SetContextualHelp" );
method.Invoke( d, new object[] { instance } );
}