Getting Started


Explore the help facilities

The on-line help systems provided with VisualAge Smalltalk are easy to use. A Help pull-down menu or push button is available from nearly every window in the product. You can also access the helps from anywhere in the HTML information by selecting the Help link on the documentation banner. Once you have opened the help facility, you can use the search facilities to help you locate information quickly. Hypertext links within the help panels enable you to find information about the windows, fields and tasks quickly.

The following help facilities are available with VisualAge:

How do I?
The How do I? help system explains all of the tasks necessary to create an application using VisualAge. It also has a set of quick examples that create an Alarm Clock and show you how to use the new Message Prompter part.

To access How do I? help, select How do I from the Help pull-down of the VisualAge Organizer.

Context-sensitive
The Context-sensitive help system provides you with explanations about the windows and fields of the VisualAge user interface. You can select the Help push button on any window to access the information for that window. Links within the help panel take you to more detailed information about the fields, buttons, and menus for the window, or to tasks you can complete within the window.

To access the Context-sensitive help, from the Help pull-down menu, select General help. Or, you can select the Help push button on the window. Additionally, you can press F1 when your cursor appears anywhere within the window.


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