Online help includes most of the PowerBuilder manuals and reference books in the Microsoft HTML Help format, as well as context-sensitive help for many windows and controls in the IDE.
Table 1-8 lists the ways you can access Help.
Approach |
What it does |
|---|---|
Use the Help menu on the menu bar |
Displays the Help contents, the What’s New in PowerBuilder Help, or Help for the current painter. |
In a wizard, click the Help button [?] in the upper right corner of the window |
The pointer displays with a question mark so you can get context-sensitive Help. Point and click in a field you need Help on. |
In the Properties view in a painter, select Help from the pop-up menu on any tab page |
Displays a Help topic from which you can get Help on the properties, events, and functions for the object or control whose properties are displaying in the Properties view. |
Add a Help button to the PowerBar and use it |
Displays the Help contents. |
Press F1 |
Displays the Help contents. |
Press Shift+F1 in the Script view or Function painter |
Displays context-sensitive Help about the function, event, or keyword under the cursor. |
Select Help from the pop-up menu in the Browser |
Displays Help for the Browser or for the selected object, control, or function. |
Click the Help button in a dialog box |
Displays information about that dialog box. |
PowerBuilder books are also provided on the Sybase Product Manuals Web site. For more information, see “Other sources of information”.
