Badge: New page: '''HELPKEY$'''

  System variable:  HELPKEY   Length:  4   Description:  The system variable named HELPKEY$ is a four-byte string.  The value of HELPLEY$ is set by an Internet Basic pr...

2009-06-01T04:28:54Z

New page: '''HELPKEY$''' <pre> System variable: HELPKEY Length: 4 Description: The system variable named HELPKEY$ is a four-byte string. The value of HELPLEY$ is set by an Internet Basic pr...

New page

'''HELPKEY$'''
<pre>
System variable: HELPKEY
Length: 4
Description: The system variable named HELPKEY$ is a four-byte string.
The value of HELPLEY$ is set by an Internet Basic program and subsequently used by the Comet Help System.
The HELPKEY$ value links a help message to an Internet Basic program using the following key:
object name + HELPKEY$

This may be used as an alternative to the screen position/program address method of linking a help message to a specific program.
For example, if your program sets HELPKEY$ to a value of "ABCD" and your object program is named "PROG1234", the help message will be keyed as follows:
"PROG1234ABCD"

You may change the value of HELPKEY$ throughout a single Internet Basic program; each new value will effect a new help message link.
This is the way to link numerous help messages to a single object program without using the screen position/program address method.
If the HELPKEY$ variable is not set by your Internet Basic program, the system assigns it a null value, and the Comet Help System (if invoked) will link help messages to the program as follows:

object name + screen position, or

object name + screen position + program addres
</pre>

HELPKEY$ - Revision history

Badge: New page: '''HELPKEY$'''
System variable: HELPKEY Length: 4 Description: The system variable named HELPKEY$ is a four-byte string. The value of HELPLEY$ is set by an Internet Basic pr...