You specify help messages for the help function in the -GE Lines section of the -G Lines tab.
Positions | Contents |
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6 - 11 | Code of called Text |
12 - 13 | Code of the selected paragraph, or ’**’ to select all paragraphs |
The Text calls for the documentation are aligned according to a standard print layout.
All the Text calls are justified (except if the non-justification ’$$’ parameter was used). The ’$n’ print windows indicated in the text are respected. If they are not specified, the default print window (’$0’) is used.
All the text processing possibilities are functional (underlining, negative indentation, etc.).
Line skips are specified in the text, but limited to a three-line skip maximum (line skips greater than three become three-line skips); page skips become three-line skips. By default, the skips are one line, except for print windows $0 and $1, where they are two lines.
Thus, the same text can be a part of the ’on-line’ documentation and an application user manual.
You can assign comment lines to explicit manual errors on the -GE Lines associated with the Dialog. These lines will not be accessible, from the standard HELP function program, in the generated transactions.
Positions | Contents |
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1 to 5 | Blanks |
6 | Comment |
On a ’T’-type line | |
6-11 | Code of the called text line |
12-1 | Paragraph code (’**’ for all paragraphs). |
The Screen help which the end-user can call through the Help function in the generated transactions is constituted of the C or Ttype lines indicated in the -GE lines of the Screen, then of the U, C or T lines of the Segment.
Data Element C or T-type lines must follow an F-type line which refers to the same Data Element.
Positions | Contents |
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1 to 3 | Blanks |
4 | 0 (zero) |
5 | Blank |
6 | Code of the called text line |
12-1 | Comments, or on a T-type line, the code of the called Text, followed by the paragraph code (** for all paragraphs) |
The Data Element help which the end-user can call through the Help function in the generated transactions is constituted of C- or T-type General Documentation lines assigned to the Data Element, Data Element description lines (blank-type), error messages generated for the given Data Element, and, if appropriate, their related documentation lines.
Positions | Contents |
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1 to 4 | Error code (blank if after a U,C or T-type line relating to the error) |
Positions | Contents |
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1 to 3 | Error code (blank if after a F, U,C or T-type line) |
4 | Position of the documentary message: ’2 4 5 6 7 8 ...’ comments on the line after the error message of the indicated type (2 4 5 6 7 8 ...) |
5 | Blank |
6 | Comments, or on a T-type line, the code of the called Text, followed by the paragraph code (** for all paragraphs) |