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AHelp5 v1.3 by MicroFox Registration $ 50.00
MISC FEB91 AHELP CLIPPER LIB HELP DBASE
FILES: ahelp5.sdn
New to SDN
Welcome to AHELP! This help system, for use with your
Clipper applications (Summer '87), provides both
context-sensitive and generalized help windows. Features of
AHELP version 1 (be sure to see version 2, p.7):
* You control whether help windows have no border, a
single-line border, or a double-line border.
* You control whether the cross-bars drawn inside the help
windows have no line, a single line, or a double line.
* AHELP automatically determines the appropriate
intersections.
* You control what colors AHELP will use for the help window
border, title, content, and highlight bar in the help index
window.
* You control whether or not the end user has the ability to
create or modify help windows.
* You control whether or not the help windows have drop
shadows.
* AHELP automatically positions the help window immediately
below the screen position of the input variable (e.g., a GET
variable) if the window will fit there; otherwise, the window
appears immediately above the input variable.
* AHELP provides a help index; whenever any help window is on
the screen, the user may press F1 to see the help index. The
help index is another window with a scrolling alphabetic
listing of help subjects. The user uses the cursor control
keys to highlight the subject of interest, and presses Enter
to see the corresponding help window. The user may also type
the first letter of the subject to move the highlight bar
immediately to the first occurrence of that letter.
* AHELP is sensitive to the Clipper environment. If the
cursor is off when help is invoked, it will be off when
control returns to your application. Conversely, if the
cursor is on when help is invoked, it will be on when control
returns to your application. The same principle applies to
colors, function keys, insert status, work area, and the
status of SET CONSOLE, DELETED, ESCAPE, and SCOREBOARD.
* AHELP does not use any "wait state" commands (READ, WAIT,
ACCEPT, INPUT, MENU TO), to avoid conflicts with any pending
GETs. It uses the INKEY() function for all keyboard input,
with two exceptions: it calls DBEDIT() for the help index
window and MEMOEDIT() for displaying/editing help text.
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(SDA format (c)Copyright 1990 The SDN Project - SDNet/Works!)
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