Customizing the CA Ideal Environment › Creating User-Defined HELP Members › Adding New Help Members

Adding New Help Members

To add a list of help members, follow the steps:

1. Create a sequential 80-byte input file containing one or more help members. For example:

   ->HELP MYHELP
   DESC 'User defined HELP member'
   ->HELP-DATA
   Help me if you can I'm feeling sad.
   ->END-HELP
   

   The control cards beginning with -> must start in column 1. The DESC is optional and cannot exceed 24 characters. When a help member displays, any text lines that begin with an equal sign (=) are highlighted.

   The end of a help member is recognized by ->END-HELP beginning in column 1, by ->HELP beginning in column 1 (which starts a new help member), or by the end of the input data set.

2. Use Source Transport to import the help member.
3. In CA Ideal, type HELP HELPNAME to display the member. For example, the following displays the member MYHELP.

   HELP MYHELP
   

The format of help members and the use of the Source Transport Utility are described in the Working in the Environment Guide.