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Chapter 3 - Help Manager / Help Manager Reference

The Help Manager String List Record
To display a help message stored in an 'STR#' resource with the HMShowBalloon function, use the khmmStringRes constant in the hmmHelpType field of the help message record (which you pass as a parameter to HMShowBalloon), and supply the hmmStringRes field of the help message record with a Help Manager string list record. (The help message record is described in the previous section.) The HMStringResType data type defines a Help Manager string list record.
TYPE HMStringResType = 
RECORD
   hmmResID:   Integer; {'STR#' resource ID}
   hmmIndex:   Integer; {index of string}
END;
Field Description

hmmResID
Specifies the resource ID of the 'STR#' resource.
hmmIndex
Specifies the index of a string within the 'STR#' resource to use for a help message.