Re: 4GL Help files

Tony Flaherty wrote: > Hi, > > I4GL 7.20.UD8 > > Is it possible to define "local" help files? > > I have a module containing a function for which I want to create a help > file, easy enough. However, this module can be compiled into several > different programs each of which has its own help file. Now once my new > function is called, the help file changes globally and the calling programs > help commands now read the wrong file. > > I can issue a new OPTIONS HELP FILE after calling the function, but this is > a poor solution. Any suggestions? Is there something blindingly obvious > I'm missing here! No. You're not missing anything. When I worried about it, I created a pair of functions, push_helpfile() and pop_helpfile(), which managed a stack of help file names. All the code in the programs was required to use these to set and restore the help file context. Yes, it is a long standing need, along with query functions for most other attributes, and a few oddballs like being able to find the current window name in a string and then being able to set that window back to the current again. Most of these features are available in D4GL, thank goodness. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v1.00.PC1 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>