Re: Help manual

"LouisD" <dumontls_at_dumontls.com> wrote in message news:zi1Aa.1661$ES.16557_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Whilst creating forms and reports using forms and reports developer, when
> viewing the properties of the individual labels/fields properties there is
a
> section on help where you can put in tool tips and hints etc.
>
> This facility is also available in Design Editor (Designer).
>
> If the help information is keyed in these property areas, can the help
> information be subesequently collated when the database is created to
create
> a user help manual complete with forms and reports screen dumps.
>
> Asssitance is always appreciated.
>
> Louis
>
>

all tooltips are are static popups with a mesasge. you do a mouse-over or some other trigger and you get a little info. I do not think you can manipualte them. Im assuming you want the user to click on the tooltip right and then get a help menu?

well to do that you want a pop-up menu(haven't used forms in a year so I forgot the exact name). you then put triggers on the popup menu to create you help pages. that is one way to do it. Data can be stored in the database. Way Ive seen it done is to just use other forms that contain the help data, but if you want a different look and feel, you could go to another environment or use javabeans. Received on Wed May 28 2003 - 01:06:47 CEST