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EA_ShowHelp

Topics:

Topic	Detail	See Also
Details	The EA_ShowHelp event enables the Add-In to show a help topic for a particular menu option. When the user has an Add-In menu option selected, pressing ( F1 ) can be delegated to the required Help topic by the Add-In and a suitable help message shown. This event is raised when the user presses ( F1 ) on a menu option that is not a parent menu. Also look at EA_GetMenuItems.	EA_GetMenuItems

Topic

Detail

See Also

Details

The EA_ShowHelp event enables the Add-In to show a help topic for a particular menu option. When the user has an Add-In menu option selected, pressing ( F1 ) can be delegated to the required Help topic by the Add-In and a suitable help message shown.

This event is raised when the user presses ( F1 ) on a menu option that is not a parent menu.

Also look at EA_GetMenuItems.

EA_GetMenuItems

Syntax

Sub EA_ShowHelp(Repository as EA.Repository, MenuLocation As String, MenuName as String, ItemName as String)

The EA_ShowHelp function syntax contains the following elements:

Parameter	Type	Direction	Description
ItemName	String		The name of the option actually clicked, for example, Create a New Invoice.
MenuLocation	String		String representing the part of the user interface that brought up the menu. Can be Treeview, MainMenu or Diagram.
MenuName	String		The name of the parent menu for which sub-items are to be defined. In the case of the top-level menu it is an empty string.
Repository	EA.Repository	IN	An EA.Repository object representing the currently open Enterprise Architect model. Poll its members to retrieve model data and user interface status information.

Return Value

None.