NOTES—Display Model Notes

The NOTES primary command sets note mode, which controls whether notes are displayed when a dialog development model is inserted into the data.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramNOTESNOTEONOFF
ON
Displays explanatory notes when a model is copied into the data being edited or when notes are added to the edit session by an edit macro.
OFF
Does not display explanatory notes.

Description

Note mode is saved in the edit profile. To check the setting of note mode:

  1. On the command line, type: 
    PROFILE 4
  2. Press Enter. The note mode setting appears as either NOTE ON or NOTE OFF on the fourth line of the edit profile.

You can set the note mode with a primary command and then use the NOTES or NONOTES operand on the MODEL command to override the default mode for a particular model.

See MODEL—Copy a Model into the Current Data Set for information about copying dialog development models.

Examples

To set note mode on:

  1. On the command line, type: 
    NOTES ON
  2. Press Enter. The next time you insert a model, the explanatory notes appear along with the model.

To set note mode off:

  1. On the command line, type: 
    NOTES OFF
  2. Press Enter. The next time you insert a model, the explanatory notes are not displayed along with the model.