toolhelp.txt5101054044010201803306035680302006316384Ms_Sans_Serif 12verdana 12 boldImpact 12 underscorePalatino_Linotype 11Using the Help Page ToolOkWelcomeThis tool helps you create help pages for your program - just like the one you are reading right now.

It outputs both a text file (File>Save) and code to display the file that you need to paste in your program (Project>Code).Main WindowThis is where you type the title and contents of each page.

The listbox lets you open any page in the project.

The New Page button adds a new blank page. You can't open a new page, however, if you haven't filled in both the title and the body text fields in the current page.

Characters chr$(254) and chr$(255) are reserved for file parsing. Don't use them in the text.Project>PropertiesThe left-hand part lets you rearrange the pages. Select a page on the list and press the appropriate button to move the page up and down in the list or delete it.

The right-hand part lets you change the help window's title and text on the Close button.
To set fonts for the whole project, mark the needed page element first.
To change window and control location and dimensions, mark the element and type the numbers in the textboxes.

Press "Layout Preview" to see the results.Project>PreviewHere you can see the help page, as it will appear in your program, except that it will not be a dialog_modal type window.Project>CodeThis menu copies the code that is needed to display the help pages on the Windows clipboard.

Note that you need to cut and paste two DIM statements to the beginning of your code, and one more line to the trapclose branch.

The code gets all its variables from the text file containing your help project; therefore you don't need to change this code if you want to edit the text file later - as long as you keep the file name the same.
The text file should be in the default directory of your program. If you want to place it anywhere else, you have to update the path in your program manually.
