formhelp OnShow property
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Applies to
FormHelp component.  

Declaration
type  
  TFormHelpOnShowEvent = procedure(Sender: TObject; HelpControl: TControl; var HelpMessage: Stringof object;  
 
property OnShow: TFormHelpOnShowEvent;  

Description
The OnShow event occurs before popup window with context-sensitive help became visible. Write the OnShow event handler to make some special processing before the help window appears on screen.  

Example
procedure TForm1.FormHelpShow(Sender: TObject; HelpControl: TControl; var HelpMessage: String);  
begin  
  if HelpControl.Name = 'Edit2' then  
   begin  
    FormHelp.DelayTime := 2000// Two seconds delay  
    FormHelp.Color := $00FFFFEC;  
    FormHelp.Font.Name := 'Arial';  
    FormHelp.Font.Size := 8;  
   end;  
  if HelpMessage = '' then HelpMessage := 'Hello World!';  
end;  

See also
OnHide event.  
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