HLPSEQ (Help Sequencing) keyword for display files

You use this record-level keyword to define the sequencing of text records for Page key processing.

The format of the keyword is:

HLPSEQ(group-name sequence-number)

The group name is a 1- to 10-character name used to associate the primary help format with the secondary help formats in the help file. When a Page Up or Page Down key is pressed on an online help information display, those record formats in the help file that have the same help group name as the record currently displayed as online help information are displayed.

The sequence number is a numeric value (0 to 99) used to order the record formats within the help group. This order determines the sequence in which the record formats are displayed as secondary online help information.

Duplicate numbers within a group are not allowed.

A help record format that does not have the HLPSEQ keyword coded is considered to be the only record in its group.

You cannot specify HLPSEQ on subfile (SFL keyword) or user-defined (USRDFN keyword) record formats.

Option indicators are not valid for this keyword.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the HLPSEQ keyword.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
     A          R RECORD1                   HLPSEQ(HGROUP1 10)
     A                                  5  1'Help text ...'
     A

RECORD1 is in the help group HGROUP1 and has a sequence number of 10.