J.Santos Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) Hi guys! I just finished writing my first shader in VOP's (and is already broken again... ) and need/should write a "floating help" (the one you get when you press F1 or the blue question mark sign...) How can that be done "visually", without the need to enter into code? Because the main of my shader was to be able to do it completely on VOP's (so, in a visual way...). I know how to create the tooltips... is there a similar approach to the help? Thanks for your time! Edited May 16, 2011 by J.Santos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourfather Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Houdini uses a special markup for the help pages. There's more information about it in the help. http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini11.0/help/format http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini11.0/help/central Unfortunately the only way to get those help pages is to create the markup either manually or with a script (that you write). If you just want help when hovering over parameters then that can be added through the type properties dialog (once the shader is an OTL). Each parameter will have a help text box in the type properties dialog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Santos Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 Thanks Luke! That was really helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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