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EA_ShowHelp

Add-Ins can use the EA_ShowHelp event to show a Help topic for a particular menu option. When the user has an Add-In menu option selected, pressing F1 can be related 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.

Syntax

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

The EA_ShowHelp function syntax contains these parameters.

Parameter

Type

See also

Repository

EA.Repository

Direction: IN

Description: An EA.Repository object representing the currently open Enterprise Architect model. Poll its members to retrieve model data and user interface status information.

Repository Class

MenuLocation

String

Direction:

Description: A string representing the part of the user interface that brought up the menu. This can be Treeview, MainMenu or Diagram.

MenuName

String

Direction:

Description: The name of the parent menu for which sub-items are to be defined. In the case of the top-level menu this is an empty string.

ItemName

String

Direction:

Description: The name of the option actually clicked; for example, 'Create a New Invoice'.

Return Value

None.

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