+    if ( text.empty() )
+        return false;
+
+    if ( m_helpController )
+    {
+        // if it's a numeric topic, show it
+        long topic;
+        if ( text.ToLong(&topic) )
+            return m_helpController->DisplayContextPopup(topic);
+
+        // otherwise show the text directly
+        if ( m_helpController->DisplayTextPopup(text, wxGetMousePosition()) )
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    // if there is no help controller or it's not capable of showing the help,
+    // fallback to the default method
+    return wxSimpleHelpProvider::ShowHelp(window);
+}
+
+// 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);
+    }