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- ;Text for INT2GUID conversion program, topic 5.
- ;INT2GUID converts INTERRUP.LST files to input for GUIDE.
- ;
- !WRAP
- ;
- The resident help system is controlled by the program GUIDE or its successor
- POPHELP.
-
- The GUIDE resident help program (a Popup Reference Engine) is copyright
- TurboPower Software. It is part of the program package Turbo Professional.
- The copyright notice states:
- GUIDE.EXE, MAKEHELP.EXE, and the Turbo Professional help files are
- copyrighted property of TurboPower Software. The Turbo Professional help
- files and MAKEHELP.EXE are intended for the sole use of the licensed
- owner of a copy of Turbo Professional. However, TurboPower Software
- grants you the right to distribute GUIDE.EXE along with help files
- of your own design.
-
- GUIDE displays information about default settings and instructs how to
- customize the settings if you enter "GUIDE /?" from the DOS prompt.
-
- The second and third level of index screens in this file are essentially
- help screens, and GUIDE's cross reference facility is used to select the
- topic. Most of the screens will display on one page if the height is set
- to 20 lines.
-
- GUIDE has three hot keys for: Look up help topic, Redisplay previous
- help topic, and Display help index. The "Look up help topic" facility
- searches for a topics retrieved from the screen at the cursor position
- and pops up, if possible, on the right one.
-
- The amount of text that can be displayed is limited by the number of pages
- per topic defined in GUIDE (default = 20, defined when GUIDE was compiled),
- and the screen height that can be defined when GUIDE is initialized. The
- biggest topic in the INTERRUPT release 2/91 has about 850 lines of text,
- thus requiring many long pages to show them all. GUIDE supports 43/50 lines
- on EGA/VGA screens; the height shrinks to 25 lines if GUIDE pops up when
- the display mode is set to a standard 25 lines screen.
-
- Within GUIDE, use
- F1 for GUIDE index.
- <Alt>F1 for former help screen.
- F3 for new help file (error 203: unload GUIDE, load with new file).
- F5 to move the window.
-
- Most of what is stated above about GUIDE holds true also for POPHELP, part
- of the package Object Professional from TurboPower Software. However, POPHELP
- has a scrolling system capable of showing all the text independent of the
- screen height, and it has several facilities not included in GUIDE.
-
- POPHELP defines the height as active lines, whereas GUIDE includes two lines
- for the frame, therefore height 18 is a good choice when using POPHELP.
- POPHELP can readjust the height when active.
- ;
- !NOWRAP
- ;
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