TEXT SUBSTATEMENT IN MENU LAYOUTS

TEXT is a substatement of the HELP substatement.  If HELP is specified, there must be at least one TEXT statement following HELP or a PERFORM statement.  The TEXT statement specifies one line of a help message for the corresponding menu item.  Multiple line help messages may be specified by repeating this substatement.

SYNTAX

/{TEXT text}...

text

specifies a line of the help message.  This must be a quoted string.  The total number of characters in the help box cannot exceed 511 characters, even if the help box size can hold more than 511 characters.

EXAMPLE

/TEXT   "When this option is selected, an empty form is"

/TEXT   "displayed on the screen for adding a new row."

The above example shows two lines of text to be displayed in the help box when the help key is pressed.

SEE ALSO:  HELP Statement (earlier in this section).

Help Substatement in Menu Layouts    Generate Statement/Command