Use the online help to find information about operating the QMF for Windows
API.
To find a topic when you are not sure where to start:
- Enter some keywords in the search facility, by clicking Search in the
navigation bar at the top of the help window.
- Select a topic from the table of contents in the left pane of the help
window. To find the place in the table of contents that represents the
current topic, you can click on a heading in the contents pane.
- Look up a keyword in the online index, by following the Index link at the
bottom of the table of contents in the left pane.
The navigation bar does not always appear in all browsers. If your
browser supports JavaScript, make sure JavaScript is enabled in the browser
preferences and reload the page.
To get help for the current window:
Click the Help push button or press the F1 key.
Types of help windows:
- Task steps. When you press Help or F1 on a QMF for Windows API
window an online help panel that contains task steps for the task that can be
performed on that window opens. From this help window, you can follow
the steps to complete the task, follow the Authorities and privileges or
Authorities, privileges, and prerequisite tasks link to get information on the
authorities and privileges necessary to do the task or follow the fields and
controls link to get information on the fields and controls on that
window. In some cases, when you press help in QMF for Windows API, an
overview window will open. This is the case for windows or notebooks
from which more than one task can be completed.
- Field and control help. Inside the online help task windows, you
can click on the phrase Fields and controls to see information about the
fields and controls for the current window or notebook page.
- Overview. Some windows allow you to complete multiple tasks.
On those windows, when you press Help or F1, an overview help window opens
that shows a list of all of the tasks that you can perform using the window,
and lists the controls for the window or notebook pages.
- Prerequisite information. To see what you need before you can do a
task, such as a certain level of authority, you can click on the phrases
Authorities and privileges or Authorities, privileges, and prerequisite tasks
that appear above the task steps.
- Supertask steps. A supertask help panel gives steps for performing
large tasks that span many windows or notebooks.
To print a help topic:
To print a help topic, click anywhere the lower-right pane (or contents
pane) of the window that contains the topic text, then use the "Print Frame"
function in your browser.