+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxHelpProvider
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxHelpProvider *wxHelpProvider::ms_helpProvider = (wxHelpProvider *)NULL;
+
+// trivial implementation of some methods which we don't want to make pure
+// virtual for convenience
+
+void wxHelpProvider::AddHelp(wxWindowBase * WXUNUSED(window),
+                             const wxString& WXUNUSED(text))
+{
+}
+
+void wxHelpProvider::AddHelp(wxWindowID WXUNUSED(id),
+                             const wxString& WXUNUSED(text))
+{
+}
+
+// removes the association
+void wxHelpProvider::RemoveHelp(wxWindowBase* WXUNUSED(window))
+{
+}
+
+wxHelpProvider::~wxHelpProvider()
+{
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxSimpleHelpProvider
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxString wxSimpleHelpProvider::GetHelp(const wxWindowBase *window)
+{
+    wxLongToStringHashMap::iterator it = m_hashWindows.find((long)window);
+
+    if ( it == m_hashWindows.end() )
+    {
+        it = m_hashIds.find(window->GetId());
+        if ( it == m_hashIds.end() )
+            return wxEmptyString;
+    }
+
+    return it->second;
+}
+
+void wxSimpleHelpProvider::AddHelp(wxWindowBase *window, const wxString& text)
+{
+    m_hashWindows.erase((long)window);
+    m_hashWindows[(long)window] = text;
+}
+
+void wxSimpleHelpProvider::AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text)
+{
+    m_hashIds.erase((long)id);
+    m_hashIds[id] = text;
+}
+
+// removes the association
+void wxSimpleHelpProvider::RemoveHelp(wxWindowBase* window)
+{
+    m_hashWindows.erase((long)window);
+}
+
+bool wxSimpleHelpProvider::ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window)
+{
+#if wxUSE_TIPWINDOW
+    static wxTipWindow* s_tipWindow = NULL;
+
+    if (s_tipWindow)
+    {
+        // Prevent s_tipWindow being nulled in OnIdle,
+        // thereby removing the chance for the window to be closed by ShowHelp
+        s_tipWindow->SetTipWindowPtr(NULL);
+        s_tipWindow->Close();
+    }
+    s_tipWindow = NULL;
+
+    wxString text = GetHelp(window);
+    if ( !text.empty() )
+    {
+        s_tipWindow = new wxTipWindow((wxWindow *)window, text, 100, & s_tipWindow);
+
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+#endif // wxUSE_TIPWINDOW
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxHelpControllerHelpProvider
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxHelpControllerHelpProvider::wxHelpControllerHelpProvider(wxHelpControllerBase* hc)
+{
+    m_helpController = hc;
+}
+
+bool wxHelpControllerHelpProvider::ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window)
+{
+    wxString text = GetHelp(window);
+    if ( !text.empty() )
+    {
+        if (m_helpController)
+        {
+            if (text.IsNumber())
+                return m_helpController->DisplayContextPopup(wxAtoi(text));
+
+            // If the help controller is capable of popping up the text...
+            else if (m_helpController->DisplayTextPopup(text, wxGetMousePosition()))
+            {
+                return TRUE;
+            }
+            else
+            // ...else use the default method.
+                return wxSimpleHelpProvider::ShowHelp(window);
+        }
+        else
+            return wxSimpleHelpProvider::ShowHelp(window);
+
+    }
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+// Convenience function for turning context id into wxString
+wxString wxContextId(int id)
+{
+    return wxString::Format(_T("%d"), id);
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxHelpProviderModule: module responsible for cleaning up help provider.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class wxHelpProviderModule : public wxModule
+{
+public:
+    bool OnInit();
+    void OnExit();
+
+private:
+    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxHelpProviderModule)
+};
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxHelpProviderModule, wxModule)
+
+bool wxHelpProviderModule::OnInit()
+{
+    // Probably we don't want to do anything by default,
+    // since it could pull in extra code
+    // wxHelpProvider::Set(new wxSimpleHelpProvider);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+void wxHelpProviderModule::OnExit()
+{
+    if (wxHelpProvider::Get())
+    {
+        delete wxHelpProvider::Get();
+        wxHelpProvider::Set(NULL);
+    }
+}
+