Simple means of creating context help?

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I have read the posts here relating to creating context specific help, but still have a question.

I have a table that contains the names of the controls on a form. It also includes a description of what should be entered in the control. Is there a “simple” way to convert the table to a help index? In other words, can I use the primary key as the “Help Context ID” and have it present the info to the user when they click the F1 key?

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Ken

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You can’t use an Access table for this.
You’d have to create a Windows Help file (.hlp) or a HTML Help file (.chm) and specify that in the Help File property. There are specialized tools to create such help files.
Each subject in a help file has a Help Context ID that uniquely identifies it.

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You can’t use an Access table for this.
You’d have to create a Windows Help file (.hlp) or a HTML Help file (.chm) and specify that in the Help File property. There are specialized tools to create such help files.
Each subject in a help file has a Help Context ID that uniquely identifies it.

Thanks Hans.

A Google search for help authoring tools is overwhelming and the tools seem to have more bells and whistles than I really wanted to include. Maybe I can just create a little something that reroutes the F1 key, and present the info to the user in a pop up window.

Thanks for your help. As usual, you are dead on.

Ken

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Thanks Hans.

A Google search for help authoring tools is overwhelming and the tools seem to have more bells and whistles than I really wanted to include. Maybe I can just create a little something that reroutes the F1 key, and present the info to the user in a pop up window.

Thanks for your help. As usual, you are dead on.

Ken

You May be able to use the AutoKeys Macro to redefine the F1 Key.

If you do a help search on AutoKeys it should tell you how to do this.

You need to Create a Macro and show the macroNames column

In the name column Define the Name as {F1} (same syntax as with sendkeys.

In the action Box you can then use RUNCODE to call your own function to run a suitable help pop up.

Hope that helps.

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You May be able to use the AutoKeys Macro to redefine the F1 Key.

If you do a help search on AutoKeys it should tell you how to do this.

You need to Create a Macro and show the macroNames column

In the name column Define the Name as {F1} (same syntax as with sendkeys.

In the action Box you can then use RUNCODE to call your own function to run a suitable help pop up.

Hope that helps.

Andrew,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will give it a try.

Ken

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