Configuring Help Files for Applications

You can add Help to your application by configuring it to access a Help file that you create.

In This Section

• How to: Add Context Sensitive Help to Applications
  Describes how to configure Help for tasks that users perform or user interface elements they see in your application by pressing the F1 key.

• How to: Implement "What's This?" Help
  Describes how to configure Help for tasks that users perform or user interface elements they see in your application by clicking the "What's This?" Help button.

• How to: Add Help Buttons to Forms
  Describes how to add a Help button to forms to make it easier for beginning users to access Help.

Reference

• SET HELP Command
  Enables or disables Microsoft Visual FoxPro online Help or specifies a Help file.

• SET TOPIC Command
  Specifies the Help topic or topics to open when you invoke the Visual FoxPro Help system.

• SET TOPIC ID Command
  Specifies the Help topic to display when you invoke the Visual FoxPro Help system. The Help topic is based on the topic's context ID.

Related Sections

• Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
  Explains concepts about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.

• How to: Include Files with Applications for Distribution
  Describes how you to add or include files that you want to distribute with your application.