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Use this page to create VI descriptions and to link from VIs to HTML files or to compiled help files.

This page includes the following components:

• VI description—Contains the text that appears in the Context Help window if you move the cursor over the VI icon. Use <B> and </B> tags around any text in the description you want to format as bold. You also can use the VI Description property to edit the VI description programmatically.

  Note  If you do not provide a VI description for a dynamic child member VI in a LabVIEW class, LabVIEW displays the description for the nearest ancestor class dynamic member VI of the same name, if available.

• Help tag—Contains the HTML filename or index keyword of the topic you want to link to in a compiled help file (.chm or .hlp). You also can use the Help:Document Tag property to set the help tag programmatically.
• Help path—Contains the path or symbolic path to the HTML file or to the compiled help file you want to link to from the Context Help window. If this field is empty, the blue Detailed help link does not appear in the Context Help window, and the Detailed help button is dimmed. You also can use the Help:Document Path property to set the help path programmatically.

  Note  If you do not provide a Detailed help link for a dynamic child member VI in a LabVIEW class, LabVIEW displays the Detailed help link for the nearest ancestor class dynamic member VI of the same name, if available.

• Browse—Windows Displays the Browse Network dialog box, from which you can browse to the data item to bind the object to.

You also can use the Help:Document Path property to set the help document path programmatically.