3.4.7 How to Use Special Values
Some special values are also provided by LANSA to control how the Help text is displayed. These special values all begin with $$. Following are a few examples:
|
Special Value |
Effect |
|
$$LANGUAGE |
Indicates the language of the help text. |
|
$$FLDNAM |
Inserts the name of the field. |
|
$$NOAUTO |
Indicates that automatic help text should not be generated. |
|
$$USER |
Designates end-user help text. |
|
$$TECH |
Designates technical help text. |
|
$$RIGHT |
Causes help text to be right aligned when displayed. |
|
$$PAGEC |
Causes page number to be inserted into the text. |
For example, you can enter user and technical help as follows:
$$USER
This text is displayed to an end-user when the application executes.
$$TECH
This text is not displayed to the end-user. It is displayed to developers only.
For a complete list of values, refer to the :
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