HELP SCREENS IN FORMS 1

[nycdata]

Is it possible to have help screens in forms??

Like on top left of every form i can create a small icon and everytime the user clicks on it, they get small yellow screen describing the form and its contents...any advice?? any ideas guys??


This is very important!!!!

Any help will be greatly appreciated !!!!!!

 

[TerryEA]

Hi nycdata

I do a similar thing, where I have a help field for each individual record.

I have a memo field on the form in which I can type a help message for each record. The memo field is also stored in the underlying table. I then have a command button on the form to toggle on and off the visibility property of the memo field.

The code in the OnClick event of the command button is like this:


Private Sub HelpButton_Click()

If Me![Helpfield].Visible = False Then
Me![Helpfield].Visible = True
Exit Sub
End If

If Me![Helpfield].Visible = True Then
Me![Helpfield].Visible = False
End If
End Sub

... where Me![Helpfield] is the memo field. Clicking on the help button switches the help field from visible to invisible and vice versa.

Works for me.

If you just want help text related to the form, rather than to the individual records, then you could use a label to hold the text rather than a memo field. 'Course depends on how long the help text has to be.

Tel