Bring up Help Context for particular control

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Bring up Help Context for particular control (Views: 711)

Problem/Question/Abstract:

This procedure will bring up a popup defined in a help file, it uses the HelpContext value of the control.  You will have to enter for each field the context ID number from the .hh file

Answer:

procedure TForm1.BringUpHelpContext(Sender: TObject);
var
  HelpCon: THelpContext;
begin
  if Sender is TWinControl then
    HelpCon := TWinControl(Sender as TWinControl).HelpContext;
  Application.HelpCommand(HELP_CONTEXTPOPUP, HelpCon);
end;

Sample usage:

BringUpHelpContext(Sender);

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