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Custom Help Expressions

The following expressions have specific meaning when used in custom help resource bundles:

Expression

Meaning

*

Used to match any task tag, page tag, or page definition tag.

${task}

Used in the help URL. Replaced with the task tag of the active page.

${page}

Used in the help URL. Replaced with the page tag of the active page.

${pagedef}

Used in the help URL. Replaced with the page definition tag of the active page.

Example:

*.*=http://www.help.com/Wiki.jsp?page=${task}_${page}

The $task and $page expressions are replaced with the task tag and page tag for the current web page where the user clicked the help link. For example, if a user clicks the help link from the Profile tab of the Create Group task, the help URL would open the following help page: http://www.help.com/Wiki.jsp?page=CreateGroup_Profile