HelpSetFields Command

The HelpSetFields command populates a set of form fields using an action button from a field in the Help browser. This and other commands can be added to your form using Action Buttons, Form Objects or Bubble Tips.

Using the HelpSetFields Command

Help Files

Commands can be added to Help Files and displayed while users complete a form. Help Files are actually web (HTML) pages embedded inside a form, or linked to web pages on the Internet. You can add commands to embedded web pages just by adding a hyperlink using the command below to the HTML code.

Help File

Command:

1. - cmd://HelpSetFields

Example Parameters:

1. - <form method="POST" action="cmd://helpsetfields">

<font face="Arial" size="2">Social Security Number </font>

</form>

Form Objects

Commands can be added to static form objects (such as text, boxes, polygons, freehand lines, ellipses, and pictures) using the HyperLink property of the object. Hyperlinks to webpages start with "http://" while commands are preceded by "cmd://".

Form Object

Command:

1. - cmd://HelpSetFields

Example Parameters:

1. - <form method="POST" action="cmd://helpsetfields">

<font face="Arial" size="2">Social Security Number </font>

</form>

Bubble Tips

Commands can be added to Bubble Tips for any field (such as editboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons) to help guide users while they're filling out your form. Bubble Tips are actually mini-browsers and use the same HTML formatting as regular webpages. The only difference is Bubble Tips can also include commands. Select the BubbleTip property of the fillable object to display the HTML BubbleTip window. After entering your Bubble Tip, select the word or phrase and press the Link button to enter the command in the Create Hyperlink window.

BubbleTip

Command:

1. - cmd://HelpSetFields

Example Parameters:

1. - <form method="POST" action="cmd://helpsetfields">

<font face="Arial" size="2">Social Security Number </font>

</form>