Help Launchpad supports five methods of calling help content. The methods vary in terms of their ability to support stay-on-top functionality.
Stay-on-top functionality is the ability to ensure that a specific application window (for example, the browser window that displays custom help) will not 'go behind' another window, regardless of its status (i.e., active or inactive) or the operating system focus. Stay-on-top allows an end user to view the SAP application window and the browser help window at the same time.
We recommend using the Context-Sensitive Help Connections profile available with ANCILE uPerform to provide stay-on-top functionality for uPerform versions 4.1 and later. For more information on how to set up the Context-Sensitive Help Connections profile refer to the Setting Up Context-Sensitive Help section of the Managing Content user manual.
The following launch methods are available using Help Launchpad for ANCILE Info Pak ANCILE uPerform ANCILE uPerform Express:
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Description
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Help Launchpad Visual Basic Application
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Provides stay-on-top functionality in the SAP GUI only.
If you are using the Visual Basic application and a user accesses help from the SAP HTML GUI interface, the attributes width, height, screen position, and ActiveX are invoked if specified. The Browser (controlled): Standard mode will be used to display the help.
Refer to for detailed instructions on specifying the Visual Basic application.
Refer to Configuring the Help Launchpad Executable and Specifying an Alternate Location for the Help Launchpad Executable for instructions on configuring the Visual Basic application and specifying an alternate location for the application.
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Control MAC launch (optional)
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Stay-on-top functionality is not available.
Refer to Setting Up Browser Mode for instructions on using the mac browser mode.
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Browser (controlled): Browser by ActiveX
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Provides stay-on-top functionality in the SAP GUI and the SAP HTML GUI from a website module. With this option, the JavaScript is built and executed on the application server. This is the recommended option for implementing ActiveX with Help Launchpad.
Refer to Setting Up Stay-On-Top and Browser Controlled with ActiveX Mode for instructions on using the ActiveX mode.
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Browser (not controlled)
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Stay-on-top functionality is not available.
Refer to Setting Up Browser Mode for instructions on using the browser only mode.
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Call Custom Executables
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Refer to Calling Other Executables from Help Launchpad for information on configuring Help Launchpad to use a custom executable.
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