# HELP

Syntax:

Then: HELP name

Display a help screen of section "name".
"name" is found in a file called "help" (Unix) in the current filePro file's directory.
"name" is found in a file called "HELP" (DOS) in the current filePro file's directory. This is a plain text file which holds help for screens, fields, and "names".

Version Ref: 3.x

Description:

Displays a help screen.

Examples:

Say that you want a certain help screen to appear automatically whenever the user moves the cursor into the tax rate field (field 8) and tries to type whole numbers instead of a decimal number. First you'd write a piece of text in the help file named "taxes." Then, you'd write the following conditional processing statement:

@wlf8 If: mid(8,"1","1") ne "."
Then: help "taxes ; screen 1,8

As soon as the user moves out of field 8, the program checks for the period, puts up the help screen if it isn't there, and returns her to field 8 in update mode when she is done looking through the help pages. (HELP screens can be as many pages long as required.).