HelpFile Property (AForm)

Returns or sets a string expression specifying a file containing the help for the object.

Syntax

Object.HelpFile [ = sHelpFile ]

The HelpFile property syntax has the following parts:

 

Name

Type

Description

Object

Object

An object

sHelpFile

BString

A string expression specifying a file containing the help for the object.

Comments

The help file must be one of two types:

  1. The Windows 3.1 WinHelp format with an extension of HLP, or

  2. The Windows HTML Help format with an extension of CHM.

Example

The following statement changes the AForm's Helpfile to point to the specified file:

frm1.Helpfile="c:\dirname\filename.hlp"

Applies to

AForm

See Also

Help, HelpContextID, MsgBox, OnHelpContext, OnWhatsThisHelp, ShowWhatsThis, ToolTipText, WhatsThisButton, WhatsThisHelpID, WhatsThisHelpText, WhatsThisMode