HelpContext, HelpFile Properties (Remote Data)

• HelpContext — returns a context ID for a topic in a Microsoft Windows Help file.
  
  
• HelpFile — returns a fully qualified path to the Help file as a variable.

Syntax

object.HelpContext

object.HelpFile

The object placeholder represents an object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.

Return Values

The HelpContext property returns a Long value.

The HelpFile property returns a String value.

Remarks

If a Microsoft Windows Help file is specified in HelpFile, the HelpContext property is used to automatically display the Help topic it identifies.

Note   You should write routines in your application to handle typical errors. When programming with an object, you can use the Help supplied by the object's Help file to improve the quality of your error handling, or to display a meaningful message to your user if the error is not recoverable.