Including the "?" menu automatically

1. Open the window into which the "?" menu must be added.
   This window must include a main menu. For more details, see Main menu of a window.
2. On the "Window" tab, in the "Bars and menus" group, expand "Main menu" and select "Add the '?' menu". The help menu creation wizard starts.
   Proceed to the next step of the wizard.
3. Select the options that will be proposed by the "?" menu:
   
4. Answer the questions and close the wizard.
   The "?" menu automatically adds the internal window named "IW_MenuHWinDevHelp" into your application. The context menu of this window corresponds to the "?" menu. To display this context menu, click "?" in the window menu and select "Open the '?' menu".

Options proposed by the "?" menu

• New in the version: displays the list of changes made to the current version. This list was specified when creating the client version of application. For more details, see Letting users know about changes.
• Help for the application: launches help (in HLP or CHM format) for your application. This help file can be automatically created by WINDEV.
  Select the help file to display or choose to automatically generate the help for the application.
• Help for AAF (Automatic Application Features): launches the Automation Features Help for your Applications (in PDF format). This document allows the users to become familiar with the automatic features proposed in the WINDEV applications. This PDF file is also available in the "Help" subdirectory of the WINDEV installation directory and it can be modified if necessary.
  This option automatically adds the "CCMenu" component into the application. This option uses a procedure from this component to operate.
• Did you know...: displays a "Tip of the day" window.
  This window presents different tips for using a WINDEV application. These tips correspond to the different AAFs (Automatic Application Features) available in WINDEV. These tips are also started by default when the application is started.
  For more details, see Managing the "Did you know" feature.
  This option automatically adds the "TipOfTheDay" component into the application. This option uses a procedure from this component to operate.
• Replication tool: launches universal assisted replication tool (ReplicSynchro). This option is recommended only if the assisted universal replication was implemented in the application.
  This option automatically adds the "CCMenu" component into the application. This option uses a procedure from this component to operate.
• Enable remote debugging: for remote application debugging. This option is used to start WDDebug on the user computer. Therefore, the user can allow the remote debugging of the application. This option automatically adds the "CCMenu" component into the application. This option uses a procedure from this component to operate.
• Enable execution audit: starts the recording of an execution audit report containing asserts, errors, memory occupancy... This option saves the various elements collected in a ".waudit" file, which can then be processed by the application developer.
• Create an image of the memory footprint: saves the application state in memory in a ".wmem" file which can be opened later by the application developer.
• Create or edit a report...: calls Reports & Queries to create or customize an application state. If Report & Queries is not installed on the current computer, a window allows the user to download this software or to install it from a specific location.
• Create, modify a query...: launches Reports & Queries to create or customize an application query. If Report & Queries is not installed on the current computer, a window allows the user to download this software or to install it from a specific location.
• Send feedback, notify incidents, create a business rule...: opens a wizard enabling the user to send an email to the application developer to report any malfunctions encountered, make suggestions and suggest operating procedures.. The problems, the suggestions and the business rules can be retrieved by the Project Management Hub and/or by the Business Rules pane.
  This option automatically adds:
  • the "Feedback" component in the application.
  • the project corresponding to the current WINDEV application into the Project Management Hub.
    Enter an email address to receive this information.
    For more details on this option, see Managing the user feedback.
• Show outgoing requests: displays all suggestions, malfunctions and business rules sent by the current user. Depending on the filter used, the requests correspond to the current application, to some applications or to all the applications.
  This option can be selected only if the previous option is selected. For more details, see Managing the user feedback.
• Update application: to update the application (a network installation of the application is required). This update can be performed via the local network or via a Web page.
  This option automatically adds the "CCMenu" component into the application. This option uses a procedure from this component to operate.
• Restore a version of the application...: to return to an earlier version of the application. If a problem occurs, this choice allows you to go back to an earlier version that operates properly. To use this option, the application must be in network setup and the history of versions must be enabled.
• License agreement: displays application license (in Text, HLP or CHM format).
  This option automatically adds the "CCMenu" component into the application. Indeed, this option uses a procedure of this component to operate. The license file used is the one defined when generating the setup procedure of the application.
• Register product...: opens an independent web page to manage license registration.
  Enter the name of the Web page to start.
• About: opens the application's "About" window. This window can be automatically created by WINDEV.
  Select the window to display or choose to automatically generate an "About" window. To automatically generate this window, select its different characteristics. For more details, see About window.

Modifying the options proposed by the "?" menu

1. Open the window containing the "?" menu.
2. Click "?".
3. To modify:
   • the options proposed by default:
     select "Wizard for editing the '?' menu" and make the desired changes.
     Alternatively, you can use the ribbon: under the "Window" pane, in the "Bars and menus" group, pull down "Main menu" and select "Assisted editing from the '?' menu".
   • the style, the code and the position of the options, or to add new custom options:
     select "Open the '?' menu" and use the context menu of the option to modify (right mouse click).
     Alternatively, you can use the ribbon: under the "Window" pane, in the "Bars and menus" group, pull down "Main menu" and select "Open '?' menu".

Deleting the "?" menu

1. Open the window containing the "?" menu.
2. Right-click to open the context menu of the "?" option and select "Delete".
3. Delete the internal window named "IW_MenuHWINDEVHelp" from the application (for example, select "Delete from disk" in the context menu, in the "Project explorer" pane).
4. Delete (if necessary) the components used by the menu:
   • the "CCMenu" component.
   • the "Feedback" component.
   • the "TipOfTheDay" component.

"?" menu and User Groupware

• Optimize access speed to the database.
• Save data.
• Save application.
• Repair the database.