I need to attach help to my system ???

Question

dear all,
we need to attach a help to our system,
do u have any suggestions or ways or any third party programs to achieve this.
we have many moudules i want to put a menu item called help and when click on it the specified help for the current module appear.
any help ???
thank you all . . .

Answer 1

How call a contextual html page from Forms
with Ctrl+Shift+F1 you can display current item help topic
with Ctrl+Shift+F2 you can display current block help topic
with Ctrl+Shift+F3 you can display current tab canvas help topic
with Ctrl+Shift+F4 you can display current form help topic
the PL/SQL library function:----------------------------
PROCEDURE Affiche_aide
PN$Scope in PLS_INTEGER
IS
LC$Form Varchar2(80) := Lower( Name_in( 'system.current_form' ) );
LC$Block Varchar2(60) := Lower( Name_in( 'system.cursor_block' ) );
LC$Item Varchar2(60) := Lower( Name_in( 'system.cursor_item' ) );
LC$TabCan Varchar2(60) ;
LC$Path Varchar2(128) ;
LC$Cmd Varchar2(128) ;
BEGIN
LC$Path := 'file://D:/Forms9i/tools/web90/html/' ;
LC$TabCan := GET_ITEM_PROPERTY(LC$Item , ITEM_TAB_PAGE ) ;
LC$Item := Replace( LC$Item, '.', '_' ) ;
-- Constitution de l'url d'appel --
LC$Cmd := LC$Path || LC$Form || '.htm' ; -- nom de l'écran
If PN$Scope = 1 Then
LC$Cmd := LC$Cmd || '#' || LC$Item ; -- signet item
End if ;
If PN$Scope = 2 Then
LC$Cmd := LC$Cmd || '#' || LC$Block ; -- signet bloc
End if ;
If PN$Scope = 3 Then
LC$Cmd := LC$Cmd || '#' || LC$TabCan ; -- signet onglet
End if ;
-- Affichage de la page HTML --
Web.show_document(LC$Cmd, '_blank') ;
Clear_message ;
END;
wich you call form Forms level triggers:----------------------------------------
trigger KEY-F1 with pl/sql : Affiche_aide(1);
trigger KEY-F2 with pl/sql : Affiche_aide(2);
trigger KEY-F3 with : Affiche_aide(3);
trigger KEY-F4 With : Affiche_aide(4);
In your html help pages, just put the <block_name>_<item_name> internal link.
The html page must have the same name than the Forms module
exemple:
to jump to the EMP block help topic put the following link in your html page just before this item description:
<a name="EMP"></a>
in the form, when user press Ctrl+Shift+F1 the Affiche_aide function issue the Web.Show_Document() with the following url:
'file://............./form_module_name.htm#EMP'
to jump to the EMP.EMPNO item help topic put the following link in your html page just before this item description:
<a name="EMP_EMPNO"></a>
in the form, when user press Ctrl+Shift+F1 the Affiche_aide function issue the Web.Show_Document() with the following url:
'file://............./form_module_name.htm#EMP_EMPNO'
you can read the paper at the following url : http://sheikyerbouti.developpez.com/forms_aide/
then donwload the provided material
Hope this help.
Francois