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How TApplication Processes VCL Help

TApplication in the VCL provides four methods that are accessible from application code:  

Help methods in TApplication  

Method 
Description 
HelpCommand  
Takes a Windows Help style HELP_COMMAND and passes it off to WinHelp. Help requests forwarded through this mechanism are passed only to implementations of IspecialWinHelpViewer.  
HelpContext  
Invokes the Help System with a request for context-based Help.  
HelpKeyword  
Invokes the HelpSystem with a request for keyword-based Help.  
HelpJump  
Requests the display of a particular topic.  

All four functions take the data passed to them and forward it through a data member of TApplication, which represents the Help system. That data member is directly accessible through the property HelpSystem.

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