Re: 4GL Help Numbers: Yuchh!

In article <E97B7u.H7D@nonexistent.com>, jake@apparel.net wrote: > > Hi family, > > I fishing for ideas again. > > Since I first experienced the 4GL HELP mechanism, with its help numbers > hard-coded in the 4GL code, I have wished for help labels as strings. > ... Check out the Power-4gl toolkit (see signature below). There is a help facility that does exactly this. Usage is something like: call helpman("string_label","") This function displays a window (sized to the width of the help text) where the help text is scrollable. The text would be contained in a file called "string_label.hlp". You have the option of specifying two help text files which are concatenated with a general help file called "help.hlp". The thought is to present specific help text, more general help text pertaining to the type of window you are in, and finally general help for the system as a whole. Other facitilities in the Power-4gl package include vertical menus, pick-lists and onscreen reports. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John H. Frantz Power-4gl: Extending Informix-4gl frantz@centrum.is http://www.rl.is/~john/pow4gl.html -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet