Version 6.3.8 for Windows
 —  Using Natural Studio  —

Using Help

This document lists all commands that are available in the Help menu. The following commands are available:

When a plug-in (such as Object Description) has been installed and activated, an additional command for invoking help for this plug-in is available in the Help menu.


Contents

In addition to the online documentation which is available on the Natural documentation DVD or at http://documentation.softwareag.com/, the Natural documentation is also available as an HTML help file (this is a standard Windows online help file with the extension ".chm").

Start of instruction setTo invoke online help

Start of instruction setTo invoke context-sensitive help

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System Commands

You can display help for all Natural system commands that can be entered in the command line. This is part of the online help.

Start of instruction setTo display help for a system command

  1. From the Help menu, choose System Commands.

    The overview page of the system commands documentation appears.

  2. Choose a system command in the selection box.

    The page appears on which this system command is explained.

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Natural Errors

You can display a message text for an error number. This can either be a Natural system error message or a user-defined error message.

Start of instruction setTo display help on an error number

  1. From the Help menu, choose Natural Errors.

    The following dialog box appears.

    Help on errors

  2. Select the option button for the required type of help message.

  3. Enter the error number for which you want to display the message text.

    The message text (long and short explanation) is shown in a dialog box.

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What's New

This cascading menu contains the following commands:

When a plug-in (such as Object Description) has been installed and activated, an additional command for invoking "What's New?" information for this plug-in is also available.

Feature List

You can display a list of new features in the current version. This list is part of the online help.

Start of instruction setTo display the new features

Animated Demos

You can display animated demos of the new features in the current version.

Start of instruction setTo display animated demos

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Software AG on the Web

You can invoke the Software AG home page (http://www.softwareag.com/) directly from Natural Studio.

Start of instruction setTo invoke the Software AG home page

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About Natural Studio

You can display information about Natural Studio in a dialog box (for example, the version number). A link to the Natural home page is also provided.

Start of instruction setTo display information about Natural Studio

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