When these substitution values are used within HELP text, all other substitution values and HELP text will be ignored.

HELP will be presented (via an interface with the IBM i Office System) in the form of "Help Documents". For information on "Help Documents" see the IBM i Office Word Processing Guide, SC21-9618.

Note 1: Office is not supported with OS/400 V5R1 and higher. 
Note 2: This facility is not available when using Visual LANSA.

Substitution Value

Description, Effects, And Comments

$$HLPDOC=XXXXXXXX

Causes a help document to be displayed from the IBM i Office System. The help document name of up to 12 characters, must be entered directly adjacent to $$HLPDOC=. The help document specified must be a resolved document. $$HLPDOC= must be used in relation with $$HLPFLR=.

$$HLPFLR='XXXXXXX'

Causes a help document to be displayed from the IBM i Office System. The help folder name, of up to 63 characters, must be entered directly adjacent to $$HLPFLR= and must be enclosed in single quotes. $$HLPFLR= must be used in relation with $$HLPDOC=.

$$HLPLBL=XXXXXXXX

Causes a help document to be displayed from the IBM i Office System, starting at a specific help label position within the help document. The help label, of up to 10 characters, must be entered directly adjacent to $$HLPLBL=. $$HLPLBL= must be used in relation with $$HLPDOC= and $$HLPFLR=.

If $$HLPDOC= and $$HLPFLR= are both specified and $$HLPLBL= has not, a help document will be displayed from first help label or the start of the help document.



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