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umesh atryumesh atry 

How to get Help text value into apex.

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Sameer PrasonnSameer Prasonn
Hi Umesh,

In order to get help text. we need to use MetaData API for Salesforce. here i have a code snippit which explain this completely
String Field_Name=SObject.Field__c..getDescribe().getInlineHelpText();

Now you have help text with you. you can directly display it via PageSectionItem or use JavaScript/JQuery to display it where ever you want.

hope this resolve the problem. Do let me know if you need further help

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Sameer PrasonnSameer Prasonn
Hi Umesh,

In order to get help text. we need to use MetaData API for Salesforce. here i have a code snippit which explain this completely
String Field_Name=SObject.Field__c..getDescribe().getInlineHelpText();

Now you have help text with you. you can directly display it via PageSectionItem or use JavaScript/JQuery to display it where ever you want.

hope this resolve the problem. Do let me know if you need further help
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James LoghryJames Loghry
Also, if you're attempting to display this in Visualforce, you could instead use the following merge field:  {!$ObjectType.SObjectAPIName.fields.FieldAPIName.inlineHelpText}
James LoghryJames Loghry
Yet another option, is using the <apex:inputField> element in Visualforce, which should bring in the help text / icon when using standard stylesheets.
Sameer PrasonnSameer Prasonn
Thank you James, for completing the answer adding Visual force aspects to  it. Great!!!!