Creating Context Sensitive Database Help
Context-sensitive help is available from the F1 key or Help button within an application. You can associate a help document with a page, form, subform, view, or folder by writing a formula for the HelpRequest event for views and folders, or for the OnHelp event for pages, forms, and subforms.
Use @Command([OpenHelpDocument]) to specify which help documents to open or @Command([OpenPage]) to open a page. The HelpRequest event is not triggered for Web applications. However, you can still use @Command([OpenHelpDocument]) or @Command([OpenPage]) within a button located on the Web form or Web page.
 | Use formulas in the HelpRequest event to specify help based upon various conditions (for example, if the document is new, if the document is being edited, field values, and so on). |
Field help provides information for each field. Field help is an optional property for editable fields (located on the Advanced tab) that appears at the bottom of the Notes window when a field gets focus. Field help can contain up to 70 characters but should be kept under 55 characters for multi-lingual applications (to allow for translation). Optionally, you can also use pop-up text for a field label for each field.
A new feature with Domino/Notes 6 is the capability to add a field hint. Field hints enable you to enter text (instructions or hints) in editable fields that display in the editable field until the field gets focus (that is, the user clicks in the field to add text). After the field gets focus, the field hint is removed. Field Help and Field Hint are displayed in Figure 7.1.
