topic Help Text sourced externally in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304963#M1183058 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello all!&nbsp; Wondering if there is a way to configure he Help Text to get the value from external source.&nbsp; For example, when the mouse pointer is over the icon, the text displayed will come from a text file somewhere on a share.&nbsp; Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:18:47 GMT 2011-12-15T17:18:47Z Help Text sourced externally https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304963#M1183058 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello all!&nbsp; Wondering if there is a way to configure he Help Text to get the value from external source.&nbsp; For example, when the mouse pointer is over the icon, the text displayed will come from a text file somewhere on a share.&nbsp; Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:18:47 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304963#M1183058 2011-12-15T17:18:47Z Re: Help Text sourced externally https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304964#M1183059 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I attached a QVW with one method to accomplish this.&nbsp; It reads the txt file at load time, stores the contents in a variable, which is referenced by the Help Text expression in the chart properties.&nbsp; -Isaiah</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:40:37 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304964#M1183059 isaiah82 2011-12-15T19:40:37Z Help Text sourced externally https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304965#M1183060 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This helps, thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:42:37 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Help-Text-sourced-externally/m-p/304965#M1183060 2011-12-15T21:42:37Z