Re: Where is code for F1 Help text?

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My brain wasn't in gear when I wrote this. For Word things are a bit
different.

If this is a form consisting of formfields in a protected document, the
status bar text and help message are stored in the StatusText and
HelpText properties of each formfield.

If the form is a VBA Userform, the text below is relevant, except that
the HelpFile property belongs to the VBA project rather than the form.

Hi Juancha,

In Windows applications, F1 Help text is normally stored in compiled
form in .CHM or .HLP files. Access applications may use either of these
or a "home-brewed" system to respond to F1.

HLP is the older format, used by the WinHelp system that's vbeen
included in Windows since the early 1990s if not before.

CHM is used by the more modern HTML Help system, which in turn is used
by almost all current Microsoft software.

Inspect the form's HelpFile property. If it points to a HLP or CHM file,
that's where the help text is stored. If possible, get the developer to
provide the source file for the compiled HLP or CHM file: this is
normally in RTF or HTML format. Otherwise, search the web for
decompile CHM
or some such.

If the HelpFile property is empty, F1 help is being provided some other
way. Maybe there's a form in the database to display help, with a table
where the help text is stored.




On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:11:02 -0800, juancha
<juancha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am translating forms which use Status bar and F1 Help text for screen
readers to make forms accessible to persons who are blind. I also use a CAT
tool called DVX which retains formatting of the base form by filtering
English text out and replacing with my translated text. Since much of the
Help text repeats the form labels for the benefit of the screen reader, I
would only have to translate once IF I could access the Help text with my CAT
filter. Where is code for these entries? What is it written in? Any
suggestions? Is it possible to export Help text or manipulate in any way?

TIA

--
John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

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