Creating a help file

[mindstitchdr]

I need to create a help file with a list of questions with the answers linked to them. Kind of like the frequently asked questions found in most program help files. I know I can create this using Autoplay but with the 200 pages needed it would create a huge file. Can I list the questions and have webojects only become visible when the question is clicked. Kind of like the image rollover but the webobject would only disappear if the next question is clicked?

[yosik]

two ways I can suggest.
1. if you want to use a webobject, just load into your web object the relevant html file comprising the answer to the "faq".
2. use a paragraph object and insert the relevant text into it.

Good luck

Yossi

[longedge]

You could use a combo box or list box in conjunction with the paragraph object that Yosik suggests and do it all on one page.

[mindstitchdr]

Wow that was easy sorry guys. How do I get the question to disappear when I click on the next question?

[longedge]

Use the attributes tab and the 'Visible' check box to make objects either visible or not when you place them on the page at design time (default is visible). You can then set the object to be visible or not when various events occur when the application is running in response to a click for instance.

[mindstitchdr]

Ok I got the paragraph object to be visible only when I click on the question, the problem is when I click on the next question it just ovelays the next paragraph object. I want it to reset the objects then make that questions paragraph object become visible. keep in mind there are about 200 questions and I would rather not have to Paragraph.SetVisible(paragraph1, false); for every paragraph on the page.

[longedge]

I don't quite follow. You only need 1 paragraph object. I've attached a small example that changes the text of the paragraph each time you click a different button.

You can also change the paragraph text in response to other triggers or if the text is long, you can load it from a separate text file.

[mindstitchdr]

That is perfect. Sorry about the confusion I didnt know that you could do that with the actions. I'm a newbie, and once again you guys helped. Thanks :D