AutoShowHelp

Returns or sets the value that controls automatic display of help message in the status bar. Events for display of messages will be generated independent of the value of this property.

Syntax

object.AutoShowHelp [= boolean]

The AutoShowHelp property syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
Object	An object expression that evaluates to VLMenuPlus
Boolean	A Boolean expression that specifies if the help messages should be automatically displayed in the statusbar, as described in Settings.

Setting

The settings for boolean are:

Setting	Description
True	(Default) Enables automatic detection of statusbar and display of menu help messages in the first pane of hte statusbar (see remarks).
False	Disables automatic detection of statusbar and subsequent menu help message display.

Remark

When AutoShowHelp is set to true, the control will automatically locate the status bar control on the parent form and display and clear the help messages in the first panel of the control at appropriate time. Current version can automatically locate status bar controls shipped with following control libraries :

If you are using any other status bar control, you can still incorporate menu help messages by adding just a couple of lines of code in the ShowMenuHelp event as shown in the event help documentation.