QTIPS - Improved Menu Help 1

Published By	Date	Version	Knowledge Level	Keywords
Sprezzatura Ltd	01 JUL 1990	1.15+	EXPERT	MENU, HELP, SYS.HELP

For developers using the standard AREV menu driver (as opposed to the new "pull-down" structure) there is an undocumented feature relating to the help lines entered for each menu option.

When the user presses F1 the system shows all of the help lines in an edit window like this

   Users     Calls User Window
   Clients   Calls Client Window

If however the help message is entered as several lines (@SVM delimited) the display will change as follows

   Users     Calls User Window
             for entry, deletion or
             modification. See p45
             in manual.
   Clients   Calls Client Window

(Volume 2, Issue 3, Page 3)