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TControl.ShowHelp

Displays the help associated with the control.

Declaration

Source position: controls.pp line 1755

public procedure TControl.ShowHelp; virtual;

Description

ShowHelp is a method used to display help for the control. Values in HelpType, HelpContext, and HelpKeyword are used to determine which method is called in the Application singleton to display the help content.

HelpType
When set to htContext, the HelpContext method is called for the value in the HelpContext property.
HelpKeyword
A non-empty value causes the HelpKeyword method to be called using the value in the HelpKeyword property.
Default Action
Calls the ShowHelp method in the Parent control when none of the other conditions are satisfied.

ShowHelp is called from methods in the the TApplication instance. It occurs when the F1 key is pressed when the control has focus, or when its ShowHelpForObject method is called for a specific control instance.

Use the HelpFile property, found on the parent form or in a TApplicationProperties instance, to set the help file with the content displayed in the method.

See also

TControl.HelpType

  

Indicates whether context-sensitive Help is selected by numeric ID or keyword.

TControl.HelpContext

  

The numeric context-sensitive Help identifier for the control.

TControl.HelpKeyword

  

The context-sensitive Help keyword for the control.

TApplication.HelpContext

  

Shows context-sensitive help for the application.

TApplication.HelpKeyword

  

Shows help for the specified keyword.

TApplication.ShowHelpForObject

  

When Sender is a TControl, invoke its ShowHelp method.

TApplicationProperties.HelpFile

  

Contains the name for the help file in an application.

TCustomForm.HelpFile

  

The name of the help file for the form.
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