Creating Help and tips for controls
You can create your own Help (.hlp) files and use them for custom applications you build with Quattro Pro. This allows you to enter tips and Help files for the controls and the dialog boxes you create.
Application bar hints can be created for a control. For dialog box controls, this property displays the text at the bottom right of the application bar when the cursor hovers over the control.
You can link a Help file to a control. As well, you can link a Help button to a Help file.
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Click the Quick tab
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Double-click a dialog box.
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Right-click a control, and click Properties
 Object Help. |
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In the Object Help title box, type the title to display.
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In the Object Help text box, type the text to display when you right-click the object in a dialog box.
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For more information about using the Object Help property, see “Properties of form controls.”
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The combined total of all characters in the three Object Help fields cannot exceed 194 characters.
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To create an application bar hint for a dialog box control | |
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Click the Quick tab
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Double-click a dialog box.
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Right-click a control, and click Properties
Help line. |
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Type the hint in the Enter text box.
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To link a Help file to a dialog box control | |
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Click the Quick tab
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Double-click a dialog box.
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Right-click a control, and click Properties
Object Help. |
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Type the context string, an @ symbol, and the Help filename in the WinHelp context box.
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For the Help to launch the Object Help title and Object Help text boxes must both be empty.
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To link a dialog box to a Help file | |
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Click the Quick tab
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Double-click a dialog box.
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Right-click a control, and click Links.
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Click Add, and make the following list selections:
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On
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Link event
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Link command
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Help topic and filename
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Selected object
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Selected object properties
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When creating the link command, if you do not see Help on the object pick list next to where you type in the Help file, click Enter and type Help.
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To link a Help button to a Help file | |
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Click the Quick tab
button at the bottom of the application window to display the Objects sheet. |
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Double-click a dialog box.
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Right-click the title of the dialog box, and click Links.
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Click Add and make the following list selections:
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On
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Link event
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Link command
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Blank
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Object selector
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Selected object properties
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On
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Link event
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Link command
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Object selector
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Selected object properties
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When creating the link command, if you do not see Help on the object pick list next to where you type in the Help file, click Enter and type Help.
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