17.18.25 ST_FFHelpTextVal

This simple type specifies the format of optional help text which can be associated with the parent form field.

[Example: Consider the following WordprocessingML fragment for a drop-down list form field:

<w:r>
  <w:fldChar w:fldCharType="begin">
    <w:ffData>
      <w:helpText w:type="text" w:val="Example help text."/>
      <w:ddList>
        …
      </w:ddList>
    </w:ffData>
  </w:fldChar>
</w:r>
<w:r>
  <w:instrText> FORMDROPDOWN </w:instrText>
</w:r>
<w:r>
  <w:fldChar w:fldCharType="end"/>
</w:r>

The helpText element specifies the help text for the parent form field - in this case, literal help text consisting of the string Example help text. end example]

This simple type’s contents are a restriction of the W3C XML Schema string datatype.

This simple type also

specifies the following restrictions:

• This simple type’s contents have a maximum length of 256 Unicode scalar values.

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this simple type’s content model (ST_FFHelpTextVal) is located in A.1. end note]