Defining Help Text

You define Help text for a page or single item by editing attributes. Ideally, you would define these attributes as you create your application. For simplicity, however, the following procedures describe how to define this text after the fact.

To define page Help text:

Navigate to the Page Definition for the page for which you want to add page Help.
Click Edit Attributes to view the existing page attributes.
Scroll down to Page Help Text.
Enter your Help text in the field provided.
Click Apply Changes.

Repeat the previous procedure for each page requiring page Help text.

To define item Help text for each page:

Navigate to the Page Definition for the page for which you want to add item Help.
Under Items, click name of the item you want to edit.
Scroll down to Help Text.
Enter your Help text in the field provided.
Click Apply Change.

Repeat the previous procedure for each item requiring Help text.

Editing Multiple Item Help Topics at Once

If you are including item Help in your application, you can edit multiple item Help topics at once using the Bulk Edit Item Help report.

Accessing the Bulk Edit Item Help Report

To view the Bulk Edit Item Help report:

On the Database Home Page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
On the Tasks list, click View Application Reports.
Click Page Components.
Select Item Help Text.

A report displays at the bottom on the page.
In Bulk Item Help Report you can:
- Update existing Help topics. Edit the Help text that appears and click Apply Changes.
- Link to the Page Definition containing the item by clicking the page ID.
- Link to the Page Item by clicking the item name.

Seeding Item Help Topics

If you application does not yet contain item Help, you perform a mass update of default Help text.

To seed item Help topics:

Access the Bulk Edit Item Help report.
Click Seed Item Help Text.
In Default Help Text, enter the default text to appear in all Help topics.
Click Apply Changes.

Searching for Existing Item Help Topics

You can search for existing Help text, or for an item label.

To search for existing item Help topic:

In Help Contains, enter keywords.
Click Go.

Searching for an Item Label

To search for an item label:

In Help Contains, enter keywords.
Click Go.