HelpFile Property

Applies To

MenuItem Object, ToolbarButton Object.

Description

Returns or sets the Help filename, as a string, for the Help topic attached to the menu item or toolbar button. Read-write. Microsoft Windows only.

Remarks

To use this property, you must also set the HelpContextID property.

See Also

HelpContextID Property, StatusBar Property.

Example

This example adds a new menu item to the Help menu on the Visual Basic Module menu bar, and then it sets the status bar text, the Help filename, and the Help context ID for the new menu item (note that the HelpFile and HelpContextId properties are Windows-only properties).

Set menuObj = MenuBars(xlModule).Menus("Help")
Set newMenuItem = menuObj.MenuItems.Add(Caption:="&Read Me First", _
                OnAction:="readmeMacro", _
                Before:=1)
newMenuItem.StatusBar = "Read this topic before you begin"
newMenuItem.HelpFile = "C:\xl5\vba_xl.hlp"
newMenuItem.HelpContextID = 65535