# 1.8 Using Help

The Boa Constructor environment provides links to different help files from your environment.
As of Boa 0.6.0 the following help files are included:

- Boa Constructor Help
- Boa Constructor getting Started Guide
- Python 2.5 Documentation
- wxWidgets 2.8.4
- wxPython 2.8.4 API Documenation
- wxStyledTextCtrl Documenation
- Object Graphics Library 3.0

Additional help books can be added (see help books).
The easiest and fastes access to help is just about anywhere in Boa via CTRL-H, then key in what you are looking for and Boa will find all references in ALL the helpbooks it knows about (e.g. wxPython, Python etc) and shows it in a display similar to below.

The help window provides standard HTML based navigation and a search facility.

If the help does not display correctly, you may need to configure your environment.

- The Python or wxPython help may fail to display if the path to the installed Python directory is incorrect. The path to the Python help is in the platform preferences file. This is PrefMSW.py for Windows and PrefGTK.py for UNIX.
- The wxPython help may fail to display if it is not in HTML form. Your wxPython distribution may store their help in Compiled HTML (chm) rather than standard HTML (html/htm). The Boa Contructor tool cannot display compiled HTML. Instead, you should download the HTML version of the documentation from the wxPython site.

### Other good places to look for help are:

- The demo files provided with wxPython (depending on the installer you used you might have to download them separately from the wxPython site).

- Hint: Checkout the Boa plug-in for it, just activate it from Preferences/Plug-ins/Plug-in files/wxPythonDemo and restart Boa

- The wiki pages on wxPython at: http://wiki.wxpython.org/
- There is are a very helpful community out there which will most likely be able to help you.

- Mail your question to Boa-constructor-users@lists.sourceforge.net if they Boa specific
- Or mail your question to wxPython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org if they are not Boa specific