Activating HTML Help and MS Help

Question

What I like to know is : What do I need to call HTML pages in some application from my Forms ? That is :
- what steps should be taken
- what settings do I need
- what are the necessity registrations
If possible I sshould like a short overview.
Thanks and greetings.
W.P.
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Answer 1

We do it this way:
/*Procedure to call context sensitive Help from any Item in a Form
called by Key-Help / When-Button-Pressed an other triggers
PROCEDURE PG$CON_HELP IS
id_Appl PLS_INTEGER;
v_CallingForm VARCHAR2(40) := NAME_IN('SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM'); -- The current form
v_URL VARCHAR2(100); -- Variable to hold the URL to pass to the browser
v_HelpPath VARCHAR2(80);-- The standard location of the help files
v_ItemName VARCHAR2(80) := NAME_IN('SYSTEM.CURSOR_ITEM'); -- The current item name
-- Find the location of the separator from the full item name (which is BLOCK.ITEM)
v_DotLoc INTEGER := INSTR(v_ItemName, '.');
-- Variable to hold the anchor name
v_Anchor VARCHAR2(40);
v_true boolean;
BEGIN
tool_env.getvar ('FORM_HELP',v_helppath);
-- Start with the filename which is named after the form name
v_URL := v_HelpPath| |v_CallingForm| |'.HTM';
-- Build the anchor name which is <BLOCK NAME>__<ITEM NAME>
v_Anchor := SUBSTR(v_ItemName,1,(v_DotLoc-1))&#0124; &#0124;'__'&#0124; &#0124;SUBSTR(v_ItemName,(v_DotLoc+1));
-- Put the full URL together
v_URL := v_URL&#0124; &#0124;'#'&#0124; &#0124;v_Anchor;
-- Now start the browser
id_Appl := DDE.app_begin('iexplore.exe '&#0124; &#0124;v_URL, DDE.APP_MODE_NORMAL);
END;
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