When generating a system, certain ambiguities arise as to the reason for a particular entry or alternatively, it is unclear what inputs are acceptable. Although an error message facility is provided, this will not always be enough. In such circumstances a more detailed description is required to aid the user. A facility is provided to address this deficiency through the use of help screens. The code that handles the help system is automatically inserted into the generated routine should a help screen exist for any given input field. These help screens can be enter through option 1 (Refer to Section 6.2.1 of chapter 5) or by selecting option 13 of the main PARADYME menu.

If the latter option is taken, the user is presented with the following screen:-


The help data entry breaks down into 2 parts. The first part identifies the attribute for which the help entry is to be maintained. The second part deals with the entry of the help information.

The following sections gives a detailed explanation of the function of each field.


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