display help file

[Jose Lerebours]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Richard Kreiss
<rkreiss at gccconsulting.net> wrote:
> I have a help file which displays properly on a Windows system by pressing
> F1.
>
> Is there a way to have the help file displayed using the M key?
>
> I can copy everything in the help file and use the heading keyM and then do:
>
> @keyM:
>        Then: Help("keyM");END
>
> Just wondering if there is an easier way of doing this.
>

on a totally unrelated matter, I remember developing a custom help system where
pressing F10 while in update mode a help window traveled with the
cursor from field
to field.  F10 turned help ON/OFF; if ON, the window popped up,
otherwise if not.

The concept was very simple.  I simply used a filePro file with a
couple of fields.  The
fields were
 - file name: Name of file to which help entry was associated
 - field name: Name of field to which help entry was associated
 - screen name: Name of screen to which help entry was associated
 - X coord: X coordinate where to place the help window
 - Y coord: Y coordinate where to place the help window
 - pop-up screen name: Name of screen to display as help screen

I normally defined the help screens within the active file itself.  I
used _h as a prefix
to the help screen so that I can easily identify them as help screen.
Normally, _h0155
meant help screen for screen 1 field 55.

The code was very simple.  Look up a record matching built key, if
found, pop up the
screen accordingly ... This always gave me a WOW! from my users since they found
that it was not intrusive and allowed them to type while assistance
was offered.  I liked
it since it kept phone calls to a minimum ... very often suggesting
"Press F10 for an
answer ..." was all I needed to do.

Regards,


Jose Lerebours