| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Suppose a DECforms application running on a Terminal Emulator.
I'm trying to develop a context sensitive help on that application.
In some of the fields, I would like the possibility to open a new
window containing instructions on how to fill it. (In fact, this
is a real *need* of a customer). Any idea?
Thanks in advance, Xavi
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| 1029.1 | PSW::WINALSKI | Careful with that VAX, Eugene | Wed Jun 28 1989 11:42 | 8 | |
You won't be able to use the DECwindows Toolkit context-sensitive help features because the program is running on a terminal emulator; it isn't a "native" DECwindows application. I don't know if DECforms supports its own context sensitive help--I supsect it does. Ask in the DECforms product notes conference. --PSW | |||||
| 1029.2 | See the DSSDEV::DECFORMS conference | IO::MCCARTNEY | James T. McCartney III - DTN 381-2244 ZK02-2/N24 | Wed Jun 28 1989 13:46 | 30 |
The short answer is ``Yes you can get context sensitive help using DECforms,
but it will be using DECforms model for help.'' This is because DECforms is
currently only a charater cell based product. We will be adding native support
for many of the DECwindows features and access to the help model is just one
of the things we realize we would like to provide.
To give those that wander this way a clue, the DECforms syntax is:
Field myfield
...
Function Respoinse HELP
...
/* actions you desire to perform in this field context */
/* see ``ENTER HELP'' and ``EXIT HELP'' in the manual */
...
/* you can also ``CALL'' back to a mainline routine which */
/* could then directly access the native DECwindows model */
...
End Response
...
End Field
Well, this topic isn't DECwindows, so we'll move any other discussion to
DSSDEV::DECFORMS.
James
DECforms Development
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