Readme				Abbott's Help On Cue     November 1998

1. Use the Explorer or MS Access to locate the NewMaterial.MDE.
2. Load it using MS Access.
3. Go to the forms section. Open form N1NewMaterialOrder form.
4. Note that the mouse pointer is at the ASR Number text box. The active control will have its background set to vbYellow. When the control is exited the background gets set to vbWhite. You will see a second control with a vbYellow background. This is a subform (n2) attached and controlled by the n1 form. Both the main form and the subform have active focus. If you go to the subform, only it has active focus.
5. The background color change is done by using the Enter and Exit events on each control. Since this coding is very tedious I have the computer write it for me and is part of this product.
6. Move the mouse pointer around and note how focus works. Also note that the subform never loses focus. Or does it?
7. Click on the command button Question Mark (?). This button will activate the Help On Cue (HOC) documentation support function(s).
8. Click the HOC ? button again. You will get a comment on what purpose this button has. This is done by using the GotFocus event on the property list of command buttons. This product also writes this code.
9. When HOC is active the command button(s) each will explain what they do. If clicked a second time they will perform their VBA function.
10. If HOC is not active the first button click will begin the command button's VBA code.
11. Browse the various data entry boxes on both forms. You will note that the HOC form memo changes as the box is changed.
12. You can update the HOC memo text at any time. Note that the HOC form has two fields. The second field is the Help ID Number located at the bottom of the popup. If your HOC text background is shaded move HOC form focus to the Number.
13. Go to the h2 form using the command button. The HOC form can no longer receive focus. This is because the main form (n1), the subform (n2), the HOC form, and the h2Help table form are active and only 3 form focus events can be active. When this occurs windows will give focus to the last form loaded. If you quit the h2 form you will get focus back to the HOC form.
14. I have placed some of the generated code to the n1 form in a TXT so that you can see how the CBF is generated and get a better idea on how all this behind the forms magic is done.
15. Wouldn't it be nice if MS would give us and options to default the background on Enter or Exit focus so that we wouldn't have to write this bogus code to make an app look nice?
16. The Help ID number is moved from the object to a public variable then control is turned over to a table lookup and HOC display function.
17. Since this is a MDE you can't get behind the forms and get a better view of how things happen.
18. Price is $50. Help On Cue is sold in VBA source. If you wish to purchase HOC by credit card, call my sales agents at 1-888-819-TECH and tell them you want to order Abbott's Help On Cue. I'll email it ASAP.
19. Good luck and enjoy the demo.
20. Read the Readme2.TXT also included.
21. Power Point presentation can also be download, forms, bmps, around 3.4 MB
22. PPT phoenix.net/~abbott/HelpOnQppt.zip
