RE: Help key on Command

Sudha,

Perhaps this is what you are looking for:

=== Create a PNLGRP for each "stdfld" ===
:PNLGRP.
.*
:HELP NAME=stdfld.
:
:P.
This is standard help text for a field...
:PARML.
:PT.:PK def.*NO:EPK.
:PD.The default value is *NO....
:PT.*YES
:PD.*YES is another valid value...
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
.*
:EPNLGRP.
=======================================

======== Help text for SomeCmd ========
:PNLGRP.
:IMPORT PNLGRP=SomeName NAME=StdFld.  <-- Can store in one big or many
little
.*
:HELP NAME=SomeCmd.
Description of SomeCmd
:P.
Help text unique to SomeCmd...
.*
:HELP NAME='SomeCmd/StdFld'
:IMHELP NAME=StdFld.                 <-- Imported help panel
:P.
Any additional text for this instance...
:EHELP.
.*
:EPNLGRP.
========================================

FYI, you can recompile "StdFld" and have the new help show up in all comands
that reference "StdFld" via the :IMPORT PNLGRP

Hopefully this will give you some ideas.

Don Tully
Tully Consulting LLC

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Subject: RE: Help key on Command


Thanks Rob :)

This is what I am trying to do.  Currently we have panel groups for each
command to be picked up for help (when user uses F4 prompt and then uses F1
to figure out what to type in the command options).

On display file, we have come up with a global reference file which contains
display formats and corresponding help panel setups.  From display screen I
pick up F1 and pass in the caller as a parameter to a service module that
pulls up the appropriate help (again, depending upon their setup either from
panel or from web html).  I want to do something similar for commands also.

Is there anyway I can? I did see Al's response but just wishing I guess.

Thanks for your help,
Sudha

Sudha Ramanujan
SunGard Futures Systems
sramanujan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(312) 577 6179
(312) 577 6101 - Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 2005年1月10日 13:13
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Help key on Command

What's the odds on either conditioning your users to use F4, or having the
help panel say something more tactful than "Use F4 you moron"?

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Yes, I would like not to use the regular help panel group of the command
but call another program that does some processing instead.  So the user
presses the F1 key and that calls another program and does the
processing instead and say pulls a subfile or something.
Thanks,
Sudha

Sudha Ramanujan
SunGard Futures Systems
sramanujan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(312) 577 6179
(312) 577 6101 - Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:18 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Help key on Command

Are you talking about like what can be done with the "Choice program" on

an individual parameter?

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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