Class XbpHelp() Foundation
Class function XbpHelp class.
Superclass
Description
The XbpHelp class provides objects that display online help files created by the help compiler. On modern Windows platforms, this is the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop (see the chapter Online Help in the Xbase++ documentation).
An XbpHelp object manages the online help window and can activate a particular help window within the online help. This allows help text that applies only to a specific dialog element to be displayed. In conjunction with XbpHelpLabel objects context sensitive online help is created.
Differences in online help systems
| Windows RTF | Windows HTML | |
|---|---|---|
| Help compiler | HCW.EXE | HHW.EXE |
| Source code extension | .RTF | .HTM |
| Compiled help file extension | .HLP | .CHM |
Class methods
:new()
Creates an instance of the XbpHelp class.
Instance variables
:debugMode
Displays the online help in debug mode.
:resGeneralHelp
Contains the numeric ID for the help text that is displayed when the "General help F2" option of the online help menu is selected.
:resKeysHelp
Contains the numeric ID for the text that is displayed when the "Keys help F9" option of the online help menu is selected.
Life cycle
:create()
Requests system resources for the XbpHelp object.
:configure()
Reconfigures the XbpHelp object.
:destroy()
Releases the system resources of the XbpHelp object.
Methods
:hide()
Closes the online help window.
:showGeneralHelp()
OS/2 - Displays the help window containing the General help text.
:showHelp()
Displays the specified help window of the online help.
:showHelpContents()
Displays the table of contents of the online help.
:showHelpIndex()
Displays the index of the online help.
:showKeysHelp()
OS/2 - Displays the help window containing help text for common key assignments used in the application.
Examples
// A comprehensive example for a Windows online help project
// is found in the ..\SAMPLES\BASICS directory. It includes
// PRG source code, project file (HHP file), table of contents
// (HHC file), index (HHK file) and HTML sources.
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