Providing MicroHelp – PB Docs 2019

MDI provides a MicroHelp facility that you can use to display
information to the user in the status area at the bottom of the frame. For
example, when the user selects a menu item, the MicroHelp facility
displays a description of the selected item in the status area.

You can define MicroHelp for menu items and for controls in custom
frame windows.

Providing MicroHelp for menu
items

You specify the text for the MicroHelp associated with a menu item
on the General property page in the Menu painter. To change the text of
the MicroHelp in a script for a menu item, use the SetMicroHelp
function.

Providing MicroHelp for
controls

You can associate MicroHelp with a control in a custom frame window
by using the control’s Tag property. For example, say you have added a
Print button to the client area. To display MicroHelp for the button,
write a script for the button’s GetFocus event that sets the Tag property
to the desired text and then uses SetMicroHelp to display the text. For
example:

You can also set a control’s Tag property in the control’s property
sheet.

In the LoseFocus event, you should restore the MicroHelp: