About context-sensitive JavaHelp

Context-sensitive Help provides information about what users see inside applications — details about fields and controls at dialogs, explanations of messages, and descriptions of windows and screen objects. It is called "context-sensitive" because each topic is called by the application and because it provides information relevant to the task the user is trying to accomplish.

With JavaHelp, authors can create full-featured Help systems that include context-sensitive Help. Creating context-sensitive JavaHelp can be done with the assistance of a developer who can do custom programming.

As with any type of context-sensitive Help, developing context-sensitive JavaHelp is a cooperative effort between Help authors and developers.