"B. Chernick" wrote:

> I have a basic help system set up for my program (Winforms, VB/Dot Net 2.0). 
> Hit F1 and get help for each current screen. Now my boss has suddenly decided
> the help needs to be more 'granular', for lack of a better term.  While I can
> and have set help for individual controls, what she wants is something a
> little more obvious and visible, perhaps icons next to each control.  I can
> see a number of ways to implement this but feel free make suggestions.
>
> Also, I have a memory from long ago of an application in which it was
> possible to put the cursor into what could be called 'What is it?' mode.  You
> click on a control and get Help instead of the usual action.  Anyone remember
> this? Any built-in way to do this in VS?