3980xpi Users Manual - Data I/O Corporation

Selecting Online Help
Getting Started
Online Help screens provide both general Help and context-sensitive Help
(information specific to a particular field on the screen). To access Help, move
the cursor to the item you want to learn about, then press either F3 or ?. The
Help screen is divided into four sections: the key listing, general Help, contextsensitive
(specific) Help, and the reminder bar. A sample Help screen is shown
in Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4. Areas of the Help Screen
Key Listing
General Help
Contextsensitive
Help
Reminder Bar
Key Listing
The key listing provides a quick summary of some of the most often used key
commands. Key combinations displayed with a dash between them, such as
CTRL-P, indicate you should press and hold the first key, then press the second
key. Key combinations displayed with a space between them, such as ESC
CTRL-T, indicate you should press and release the first key, then press the key
combination.
General Help
The general Help text describes the next higher command or menu. The
general Help changes when you move to another menu level, for example,
when you leave the Self-test screen and return to the More Commands menu.
Context-sensitive Help
Displayed in reverse video, the context-sensitive Help describes the item the
cursor was on when you called the Help function. The information in this field
changes when you move the cursor to a different location on the screen.
Reminder Bar
Displayed on the bottom line of the screen, the reminder bar shows which
function keys you can use to exit Help.
Accessing Online Help for System Messages
Online Help is available for non-fatal system messages, which result from
situations that do not interrupt the programmer's operation. Fatal messages,
which result from situations that do interrupt the programmer's operation, are
listed and described in Chapter 6.
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