Displays the WhatsThisHelp topic for the object using the WhatsThis popup window.
Object.ShowWhatsThis()
The ShowWhatsThis method syntax has the following parts:
Name |
Type |
Description |
Object |
Object |
An object |
The ShowWhatsThis method is very useful for providing context-sensitive Help from a context menu in your application. The method displays the topic identified by the WhatsThisHelpID or WhatsThisHelpText property of the object specified in the syntax.
The following statement displays a selected topic in a Help file using the What's This popup provided by Windows Help:
frm1.ShowWhatsThis()
Applies to all controls. the AForm, and the AMenu.
HelpContextID, ShowHelpContext, WhatsThisHelpID, WhatsThisHelpText