HELP$
- Purpose
- Passes information to the help subsystem when CONNECT HELP is invoked. It is only necessary to pass HELP$ if the caller wishes to override the defaults or pass substitute parameters. It is not possible to pass HELP$ from a data name or menu.
- Used By
- CONNECT HELP from a method.
Contents
| HELP$[0] | Help control data: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1,1) = | “C” - | Display help, allow edit option, pop help window upon termination and return to previous window. | |
| “X” - | Display help, pop help window upon termination and return to previous window. | ||
| “x” - | Display help and leave the help window displayed and selected. | ||
| (2,1) = | “ “ - | (space) No heading. | |
| “C” - | Centered heading. | ||
| “R” - | Right justified heading. | ||
| “L” - | Left justified heading. | ||
| Note: The help description will be used as the displayed heading. | |||
| HELP$[1] | Help code. | ||
| HELP$[2] | Substitute parameters. The help subsystem will substitute values into a help message when the help message is appropriately defined and the substitute parameters are passed through this array element. The syntax for HELP$[2] is: /*1/Value1;*2/Value2,…. | ||
| / | is the parameter delimiter (slash character is usual). | ||
| *1 | is any character pair, being the first character string to search for and replace. | ||
| Value1 | is the first replacement string. | ||
| ; | to separate multiple substitution parameters. | ||
| *2 | is any character pair, being the second character string to search for and replace. | ||
| Value2 | is the second replacement string. | ||
| Note: Any number of replacements may be specified by continuing the pattern. |
From the OPENworkshop Reference, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF