OpenHelp

OpenHelp()

Syntax

OpenHelp(Filename$, Topic$)

Description

Open and display a help window.

Parameters

Filename$ On Windows, the name of either the .chm or .hlp file to be opened.
On Linux, the name of an help file which can be opened with the 'yelp' tool, see Yelp on Wikipedia.
On MacOS, the name of an help file which can be opened with the native macOS help viewer tool, see Help Viewer.

Topic$ The internal name of the page to display, if the Topic$ parameter is not an empty string, the OpenHelp function will display the specified page.

Return value

None.

Remarks

Note: this command is not supported by the QT subsystem.

Example

  OpenHelp("help.chm", "index.htm")
  OpenHelp("help.chm", "print.txt")

See Also

CloseHelp()

Supported OS

All

<- CloseHelp() - Help Index

Filename$	On Windows, the name of either the .chm or .hlp file to be opened. On Linux, the name of an help file which can be opened with the 'yelp' tool, see Yelp on Wikipedia. On MacOS, the name of an help file which can be opened with the native macOS help viewer tool, see Help Viewer.
Topic$	The internal name of the page to display, if the Topic$ parameter is not an empty string, the OpenHelp function will display the specified page.