HelpContext, HelpFile Properties

See Also    Example    Applies To

• HelpContext returns a context ID, as a Long variable, for a topic in a Microsoft Windows Help file.
  
  
• HelpFile returns a String that is a fully qualified path to the Help file.

Syntax: HelpContext

LONGGetHelpContext(VOID);

Syntax: HelpFile

CStringGetHelpFile(VOID);

Remarks

If you specify a Microsoft Windows Help file in HelpFile, you can use the HelpContext property to automatically display the Help topic it identifies.

Note You should write procedures in your application to handle typical errors. When programming with an object, you can use the Help supplied by the object's Help file to improve the quality of your error handling, or to display a meaningful message to your user if the error is not recoverable.