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Obtain Help within a Help Topic

Within the online help panel for a command, sections of information are labeled according to content. One or more of these labels are used in the online help panel of each command. You can use a label as a parameter on the LOCATE command to find specific information. When you do so, you need only use the uppercased portion of the label as the parameter.

This command has the following format:

Locate L

The following labels can be used within the online help panel of a command:

Command

Displays the command name, which is located at the top of the online help panel.

Datafields

Displays the data fields on the display.

Format

Displays the command format.

Infofields

Displays the information fields on the display.

Linecommands

Displays the line commands you can use on this display.

Messages

Displays messages you could receive when issuing the command.

Notes

Displays usage notes for the command.

Parameters

Displays command parameters and their explanations.

Relatedinfo

Displays information that is related to the command.

Subcommands

Displays the subcommands you can use on the display.

Example: Locate linecommands

Suppose you are looking at the online help for the SCMSYS command and want to see what line commands are valid for SCMSYS. At the command line of the SCMSYS online help panel, issue this command:

LOCATE linecommands