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HelpFile Property

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Returns or sets a string expression the fully qualified path to a Help file. Read/write.

Remarks

If a Help file is specified in HelpFile, it is automatically called when the user presses the Help button (or the F1 KEY) in the error message dialog box. If the HelpContext property contains a valid context ID for the specified file, that topic is automatically displayed. If no HelpFile is specified, the Visual Basic Help file is displayed.

Note   You should write routines in your application to handle typical errors. When programming with an object, you can use the object's Help file to improve the quality of your error handling, or to display a meaningful message to your user if the error isnt recoverable.