Help Button

D

Doreen

Hi All

Is it possible that I can have a help button on my form so that if you click
on it gives you a help screen which has information for a user.

Please help
 
S

Steve Schapel

Doreen,

It is possible to set up a context-sensitive help system for an Access
database. However, if you just want to show user instructions related
to some of your forms, the most straightforward approach is to make an
unbound form to use as your Help page, and use labels or textboxes or
images, as appropriate, for your context. Then on the data form, just
put a little command button, and on its Click event you can put OpenForm
code to open the Help form.
 
B

bondtk

I added some buttons on my form with a "?" on them (small next to various
fields) that link to a Macro with an informational Message Box with short
instructions for that particular field. Seems to work well.
 
K

Karl H

If you want to open a "helpInfo.htm" file, do you still use the OpenForm
syntax, or something else?
Thank you!
Karl
 
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