User's Guide


What to watch for

When specifying the File name help setting of a part, do not specify a drive or path. Instead place the file in a directory specified in, for OS/2, the HELP environment variable of the config.sys file. For Windows, it's the PATH environment variable of the config.sys file. And, for UNIX systems, it's the DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH environment variable. Otherwise, the user of your application will have to install the help file in exactly the same drive and directory you specify in the help settings.

You also should not specify a file extension. VisualAge automatically uses the default help file extension for the platform the application is running on.

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You can specify a generic name for the File name help setting, and then map the generic name to the string you actually want to use. For examples of how you do the mapping, see the VisualAge mapping files for the appropriate environment (abtvae40.os2 for OS/2, abtvae40.win for Windows, and abtvae40.x for UNIX systems). Mapping help file names and help IDs is especially useful if you need to use a different help file for each release of your application or for each national language your application supports.


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