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Specification Order of Vector Table Entries

The help display program selects the first vector table entry which satisfies its search criteria; that is, for which the vector table label groups match those on the LBLGRP parameter (see section on Conditioned Help Text) and for which the cursor coordinates as specified by the CSRLOC parameter lie within the specified area.

If you have overlapping text areas you should specify the most specific areas first.

For example, in the following display there are three areas of text. The smallest areas (customer code, command key explanations) are specified before the larger area (panel details), so that if the CSRLOC passed to the help display program lies within one of the smaller areas, the more specific text will be used in preference. If no specific label is found, the default action displays the help text from the beginning.