When you use video help, your screen displays the help text
according to the help settings in effect during your DEC
DATATRIEVE session. You can see what these settings are by
entering SHOW HELP at the DTR> prompt. You can change the way
the help text appears on your screen with the SET command. See
the SET HELP command for more information.
When the default help settings are in effect, you can scan the
help text using the following keys:
up arrow scrolls the help text backward to previous lines.
down arrow scrolls the help text forward.
left arrow turns back a "page."
right arrow turns forward a "page."
CTRL/W repaints the part of your screen used for help.
If you have prompting turned on, you will see the help prompt for
"Topic?" or "... subtopic?". When the prompt appears, you can do
several things. Enter the following:
RETURN takes you to the next higher level of the help.
For example, if the prompt is "DEFINE subtopic?",
the next prompt will be "Topic?". If you are at
the "Topic?" prompt, pressing RETURN exits to
DTR>.
CTRL/Z exits from help. You will be at the DTR> prompt.
topic the name of a topic. The help on that topic or
subtopic will be displayed.
? Will display the current help again.
* Will display all the sub-topics of the current
topic.