I am using Delphi XE8 and Devexpress Express VCL. The XE8 has changed the help file to CHM. DevExpress also release the .CHM help files. Is there a way to link the CHM files to XE8 IDE's help menu?
Documentation - In RAD Studio XE8 or later, extend the Help | Third-Party Help submenu with a Developer Express VCL submenu containing links to the CHM help files of installed products
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We have implemented the functionality described in this ticket. It will be included in our next update(s).
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Hello Chee Yang,
In the current version of our controls, we do not have an automatic algorithm that would integrate our items into the IDE's help menu. However, I agree with you that it would be convenient to have such items there. We will consider the possibility of embedding our .CHM file links into the default help menu with future versions of our Installer.
Meanwhile, I suggest that you take a look at the approach Embarcadero offers to insert custom links into the default help menu (Third-Party_Help_Menu_Item_(Delphi)).
The suggestion you propose is using Delphi IDE API by adding a menu item to Help. Perhaps DevExpress may consider adding the function in the design time packages.
As I mentioned above, we will think over this possibility.