Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition HelpFile Property |
Language Reference Version 2 |
Description
Sets or returns a fully qualified path to a Help File.
Syntax
object.HelpFile [= contextID]The HelpFile property syntax has these parts:
Part Description object Required. Always the Err object. contextID Optional. Fully qualified path to the Help file.
Remarks
If a Help file is specified in HelpFile, it is automatically called when the user clicks the Help button (or presses the F1 key) in the error message dialog box. If the HelpContext property contains a valid context ID for the specified file, that topic is automatically displayed. If no HelpFile is specified, the VBScript Help file is displayed.On Error Resume Next Dim Msg Err.Clear Err.Raise 6 ' Generate "Overflow" error. Err.Helpfile = "yourHelp.hlp" Err.HelpContext = yourContextID If Err.Number <> 0 Then Msg = "Press F1 or Help to see " & Err.Helpfile & " topic for" & _ " the following HelpContext: " & Err.HelpContext MsgBox Msg, , "error: " & Err.Description, Err.Helpfile, Err.HelpContext End If