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<meta name="DC.Title" content="Online help design" />
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<title>Online help design</title>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Online help design</h1>
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<div><p>You can define online help by using either panel groups or records.</p>
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<p>By using either panel groups, <dfn class="term">online help</dfn> can be defined as
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objects into which user interface manager (UIM) source is entered. By using
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records, <dfn class="term">online help</dfn> can be defined as a set of DDS keywords
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contained in a source file member.</p>
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<p>If the user interface manager is used for defining online help, the panel
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groups are defined either in place of DDS or in the display file. In either
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case, the encoding of the data to be displayed must be indicated by the CHRID
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value in the display file or the panel group. A panel group is an object that
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can be used to contain help information. The operating system uses *PNLGRP
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as an identifier for the object type that contains a collection of help information.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Guidelines: Online help</h4><p>When defining online help
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information to be translated into national language versions, keep in mind
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the following considerations about panel groups and records:</p>
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<ul><li>Records do not have word processing available (functions such as spell
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check and word wrap though system APIs exist to provide spell checking).</li>
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<li>Various i5/OS™ messages and panel groups determine
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the national language conventions and translations. Not all countries have
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a national language version available for the operating system. Not all national
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language versions are completely translated, with many parts still in English.
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The messages and panel groups that are not translated do not reflect the national
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language cultural conventions. The command design information includes an
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example of a translated panel in which part of the panel has remained in English
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because not all parts of the NLV were translated.</li>
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<li>Allow for translation expansion.</li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Guidelines: DDS online help design</h4><p>When multiple
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languages are installed on one system, the help documents are stored in different
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folders. The DDS source file needs to be copied, changed, and compiled again
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for each language on the system.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsuserinterfaceman.htm" title="The i5/OS user interface manager (UIM) is a part of the system that allows you to define panels and dialogs for your application.">User interface manager</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagscommanddesign.htm" title="The i5/OS operating system allows users to define and create their own commands. To create a command, you must first define the command through command definition statements. Then use the Create Command (CRTCMD) command to process the command definition statements to create the command definition object.">Command design</a></div>
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