ShowPopupHelp

Description

Displays pop-up help for the specified control.

Applies to

Any control

Syntax

ShowPopupHelp ( helpfile, control, contextid )

Argument	Description
helpfile	String for the Help file name to be used
control	Dragobject for which the pop-up help is displayed
contextid	Long for the context ID number

Returns

Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

A typical location for the ShowPopupHelp call is in the Help event of a response window with the Context Help property enabled. Events relating to movement of the cursor over a control or to the dragging of a control or object are also logical places for a ShowPopupHelp call.

You must type a correct context ID number for the contextid argument or you get a message that a Help topic does not exist for the item calling the ShowPopupHelp function.

Examples

Example 1

This example calls a help file in a subdirectory of the current directory:

ShowPopupHelp ( "Help/my_app.hlp", this, 510)