Re: Help screen from WebPage -- RPG400-L

Hi Peter,
True, if only a small portion of your customers using CA.
This method will still be pretty useful, especially if you have a help 
document with a graphic in it.

This method, of course, shouldn't be the only way to access Help.
That's why it's always good to have a CL "Help-driver" program (prototyped 
is better), that will determine whether to use the "traditional" help screen 
(cause it's a terminal)or to simply provide "the link".

Regards,

Jean Reksodiputro



>From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>Subject: Re: Help screen from WebPage
>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:17:26 -0700
>
>Hi Jean,
>
>Cool, yes, but not very useful unless you can be sure all your users are
>using Client Access. Most of my customers have a mix of dumb terminals,
>various telnet clients, and some CA.  If the only help available was via
>this method, the dumb terminal users would be sol, and the various telnet
>clients would be copying & pasting the URL to their browser.
>
>Regards,
>Peter Dow
>Dow Software Services, Inc.
>909 425-0194 voice
>909 425-0196 fax
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "hartawan reksodiputro" <jeanhartawan@hotmail.com>
>To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:18 PM
>Subject: RE: Help screen from WebPage
>
>
> > Yeah it's pretty damn COOL!
> > I didn't get it at all yesterday, now that I just try it, I'm smiling 
>;?)
> > Is it documented for CA?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jean Reksodiputro
> >
> > >From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> > >Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > >To: "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> > >Subject: RE: Help screen from WebPage
> > >Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:42:38 -0700
> > >
> > >I tried it yesterday and gave up.  I looked at it again this morning 
>and
> > >saw
> > >that I had mistyped the URL.
> > >
> > >It works great.  I guess the next question is where is it documented.  
>I
> > >did
> > >a quick search of the DDS and screen programming manuals yesterday and
>came
> > >up empty.  That doesn't mean it's not there.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Joe Giusto (E-mail) [mailto:juicenetdps@crosswinds.net]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:50 AM
> > > > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > > > Subject: RE: Help screen from WebPage
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That is so cool!  I just tried typing it into a source file and 
>double
> > > > clicked and opened my browser just like you said!
> > > > Not that I doubted it, just had to see it work.  Opens up lots of
> > > > possibilities.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joe Giusto II
> > > > Programmer/Analyst
> > > > Ritz Camera
> > > > Beltsville, MD
> > > > 301-419-3209 x347
> > > > 410-813-2812 x347
> > > >
> > > >  -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > > > [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]  On
> > > > Behalf Of Joep Beckeringh
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:11 PM
> > > > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > > > Subject: Re: Help screen from WebPage
> > > >
> > > > Jean,
> > > >
> > > > All you have to do is display a URL on a screen.  When using
> > > > CA emulation
> > > > the user can double click the URL (you can even set up the
> > > > emulation to
> > > > display the URL as a button, so a single click will do) and the URL 
>is
> > > > passed to the default browser.  On a terminal the URL is just
> > > > wasted space
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > Joep Beckeringh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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