APPLICATION MANAGEMENT

Creating and displaying more detailed application Help
In a complex application, an "About Database" document and a "Using Database" might not provide enough documentation. To provide detailed documentation for an application, design a Help form as part of the database and display documents created with that form in a Help view. The following steps describe one way to achieve this.

To create a Help form

1. Create a new form called "Help" and create fields for Help content.

2. Choose Design - Form Properties.


3. Select "Event: Window Title" and enter "Help" as the window title text in the formula window below.

4. Save and close the form.

5. Choose Create - Help for each Help document.

6. Click the form you're designing and choose Design - Form Properties.

7. Deselect "Include in Menu."

8. Click the form, and then save it.

9. Create a view that displays the Help documents.

Note You can also create a separate Help database and open its documents from your application using @Command(OpenHelpDocument). To open documents from a Help database in a window that users can set to stay on top of other windows as they work, choose File - Application - Properties - Design for your database. Then, turn on "List in Database Catalog" and enter the category "NotesHelp."

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