Calling the Help Function

The Help System is a software component independent of CFS, which can also be integrated into other end-user systems.

The CFS user can at any stage enter '?', '?&', '??', '?CON' or '?par' to invoke the Help System. This will provide a detailed display of all the entries possible for that particular field. This is equally valid for screen masks, such as the SET and Job Report masks.

? All information relating to the marked field will be displayed.

?? A description of the Help System will be displayed.

?ALL | HELP The main menu of the Help System will be displayed, from which all available Help information can be reached.

?NEWS Display amendment history.

?CON All the Connection-related Help information will be displayed. This variant can be entered in Connections, in Line mode, or in the first field of a mask in Format mode.

?USER [, par] Display the menu and information from the CFSHELP.USER file. For further information, see page 24-.

?par All information relating to the par keyword is displayed, i.e. all parameters relating to the current input field.

Examples:

COMMAND : ?add

All information relating to the ADD command will be displayed.

FILENAME-SELECT : ?fstat

All information relating to the 'FSTAT' option in the FILENAME-SELECT field will be displayed.

HELP Information for multiple fields within a mask

Multiple fields within a mask can be marked with '?'. The relevant Help information will then be displayed in turn for each marked field.

Selection within the Help System

If the required Help information is very extensive, the individual chapters will be displayed in a menu. An individual menu point can be selected by marking it with any character.

An individual menu point can itself extend over multiple screens. In this case, a "Help continues" message will be displayed in the second last line.

If a submenu exists below a menu point, this will be indicated with the character "Ö" .

Normally, the menu points marked on a screen will be displayed immediately. If multiple menu points are to be collated and only displayed at the end, then the screens should be transmitted with the F1 key.