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  Related Topics (also known as !seealso: Cross Referencing:
    Many times long entries contain information that is related. Related
    long entries can be "cross referenced"  by using the !seealso: command
    There can be 20 cross references per long entry. Each cross reference
    name (text strings) can be up to 72 characters in length. The cross
    reference name must match the short entry that it is pointing to.

    Example:
            !short: Electric Bach Volume 1                            

    Can be referenced with any of the following !seealso: text strings.

            !seealso: "Electric Bach Volume 1"                        

            !seealso: "Electric Bach"                                 

            !seealso: "Electric"                                      

    The !seealso: command is implemented by positioning it after the long
    entry but before the next !short: command. The !seealso: command must
    begin in column 1 with all related keywords typed on the remainder of
    the !seealso command line.

    Within a database structure, you can cross reference to long entries
    within the same compiled file or long entries contained in separately
    compiled files. The format for locating each type of long entry are
    slightly different and goes like this.

    When referring to a long entry within the same compiled file:

    !seealso: keyword1 keyword2 keyword3

    When referring to a long entry in another compiled file:

    !seealso: file2.ngo: keyword1

     !short: Chopin                                                      
                      Side 1:                                            
                             Song 1                                      
                             Song 2                                      
                             Song 3                                      
                             Song 4                                      
                             Song 5                                      
  +-.!seealso: class_all.ngo:"Mozart's Greatest Hits"                    
  |  !short: Bach                                                        
  |  !short: Mozart                                                      
  |
  +--------- This defines a cross reference to another file.

    Since our !seealso command is referring to information contained in
    another compiled text file, we must also specify the name of the
    compiled file. Also, we must surround our !seealso reference with
    double quotes since it requires more than one word to identify it
    properly.

    Once compiled and linked, our seealso reference will cause The Expert
    Help Engine to display a Related Topics: reference pointing the long
    entry Mozart's Greatest Hits. You can define up to 20 cross references
    for each long entry. Each cross reference name can be up to 72 char-
    acters in length.



    Press the Gray + key to proceed to the next topic (long entry).



 

See Also: Creating Your Own Hypertext Database - An Overview. Organization of Data Files. !Short: Short Entries (A list of one line descriptions). Long Entries. (Detailed text under short entries). Compiling (Preparing the text file for linking). Creating the Menu Link Control File. Adding Another Menu. Linking (Combines all compiled files into the final Database). What We Have Covered So Far. !File: Pointing to Another File.
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