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Specifying Help Strings with the Progress 4GL
The alternative to associating help strings with database fields is to define help strings as a part of field-level widgets that contain the data. To attach a help string to a field-level widget, use the HELP option of the Format phrase specified with the following 4GL statements: DEFINE FRAME, ENABLE, FORM, PROMPT-FOR, SET, or UPDATE. The following code shows an example using the DEFINE FRAME statement:
In Progress, the Format phrase HELP option is the only way to define help strings for widgets not associated with database fields. Help strings defined with the HELP option override any help strings specified for associated database fields in the Data Dictionary. For more information on the HELP option, see the Format Phrase reference entry in the Progress Language Reference.
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