The Output Help Text to the Display routine retrieves and outputs the help text for the specified topic in the virtual display provided. Format SMG$PUT_HELP_TEXT display-id [,keyboard-id] [,help-topic] [,help-library] [,rendition-set] [,rendition-complement]
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value
2 – Arguments
display-id OpenVMS usage:identifier type: longword (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: by reference Display identifier of the virtual display to which the help text is written. The display-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains this virtual display identifier. Note that this display must be pasted and cannot be occluded or batched. keyboard-id OpenVMS usage:identifier type: longword (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: by reference Optional keyboard identifier of the virtual keyboard used for input. The keyboard-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains this virtual keyboard identifier. If the keyboard-id parameter is not specified, prompting is disabled. help-topic OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Optional help topic. The help-topic argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the help topic string. help-library OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Optional help library name. The help-library argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the help library name. The default is SYS$HELP:HELPLIB.HLB. rendition-set OpenVMS usage:mask_longword type: longword (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: by reference Attribute specifier. The optional rendition-set argument is the address of a longword bit mask in which each attribute set causes the corresponding attribute to be set in the display. The following attributes can be specified using the rendition-set argument: SMG$M_BLINK Displays blinking characters. SMG$M_BOLD Displays characters in higher-than-normal intensity. SMG$M_REVERSE Displays characters in reverse video; that is, using the opposite of the default rendition of the virtual display. SMG$M_ Displays underlined characters. UNDERLINE SMG$M_ Specifies invisible characters; that is, the INVISIBLE characters exist in the virtual display but do not appear on the pasteboard. SMG$M_USER1 Displays user-defined attributes. through SMG$M_USER8 The display-id argument must be specified when you use the rendition-set argument. rendition-complement OpenVMS usage:mask_longword type: longword (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: by reference Attribute complement specifier. The optional rendition- complement argument is the address of a longword bit mask in which each attribute set causes the corresponding attribute to be complemented in the display. All attributes that can be specified with the rendition-set argument can be complemented with the rendition-complement argument. The display-id argument must be specified when you use the rendition-complement argument. The optional arguments rendition-set and rendition-complement let the user control the attributes of the virtual display. The rendition-set argument sets certain virtual display attributes, while rendition-complement complements these attributes. If the same bit is specified in both the rendition-set and rendition- complement parameters, rendition-set is evaluated first, followed by rendition-complement. By using these two parameters together, the user can control each virtual display attribute in a single procedure call. On a single-attribute basis, the user can cause the following transformations: Set Complement Action 0 0 Attribute set to default 1 0 Attribute on 0 1 Attribute set to complement of default setting 1 1 Attribute off