Help on ABF Frames
ABF provides context-sensitive help. This means that you can obtain help on your current task or current field. Select the Help menu operation from the menu line or press the Help key to enter the Help Utility, a feature of all Ingres tools.
A text file gives the purpose of the frame, field descriptions, key mappings, and definitions of the frame's menu operations. To display the parts of the Help window, use the keys mapped to the FRS commands Upline and Downline to scroll through the file.
The Help Utility menu offers the following operations:
Keys
Describes the current mapping of function, control, and arrow keys
Field
Displays a list of valid values for a field or display format, data type, and validation check, if any, for a field
SubTopics
On some Help menus, offers additional information related to the current Help topic
NextPage
Displays next page of the Help window (same as ScrollUp function key)
PrevPage
Displays previous page of the Help window (same as ScrollDown function key)
Help
Displays the type of help available
End
Exits from any Help window to the previous frame
Key Mappings
Select Keys from the Help menu to see a list of the current key mappings for the frame for which you called Help. The Command Key Mappings for Help frame displays default mappings; you can change these during the development process for ABF or for any applications you develop. For further information on key mapping, see:
• Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide
• The set_forms statement in the 4GL part of this guide
For further information about the Help Utility and its menu operations, see the Character-based Querying and Reporting Tools User Guide.
Last modified date: 01/30/2023