13.6 Help Text Enhancement & Substitution Values

Help text can be input for fields, processes and functions.

For Visual LANSA, how to add or amend Help text is described in Field Help Text and Process Help Text.

For IBM I, how to add or amend Help text is described in the Field Help Text and Process Help Text in the LANSA for i User Guide.

You can include actual values when the HELP text is displayed by inserting the special substitution/control values in these lists:

13.6.1 Substitution/Control Values

13.6.2 Substitution/Control Values - Visual LANSA only

13.6.3 Help Text Attributes

When creating new HELP text for a field, process or function an option is available that allows you to create help using a "standard form".

The "standard form" allows the HELP text associated with any field, process or function to be formatted to a standard layout, thus making all HELP text input by users consistent in layout and format.