Build a Better Help Screen by Randy L. Smith
CFDJ 2-11 p30

Listing 1: HelpLine.cfm
<cfparam name="topic" default="intro">
<cfquery name='HelpDisplay' datasource='govsite'>
SELECT description_of_item FROM help WHERE key_term='#topic#'
</cfquery>
<html>
<head>
<title>System Help</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="White" leftmargin=50 topmargin=10>
<h3 align=center>System Help</h3>
<p>
<table align=center width=80% cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 border=0>
<tr>
<td align=LEFT valign=middle>
   <cfoutput query='HelpDisplay'>
    <font size=-1>#ParaGraphFormat(description_of_item)#</font>
   </cfoutput>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align=center>
   <br><br>
   <form>
    <input type="button" value="Close" onClick="window.close()">
   </form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align=right>
   <font color="#C0C0C0"><cfoutput>#topic#</cfoutput></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br clear='all'>
<p>
</body>
</html>