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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

948.0. "HELP on ICONIC MAP fails with BadIDChoice." by KETJE::PACCO () Wed Apr 24 1991 11:50

    I never have been able to get HELP on the ICONIC MAP.  Always the
    Iconic Map process terminated.  I never wrote the error message.
    Now starting the investigation, I noted the error message:
    
    "Xtoolkit: BadIDChoice, Invalid resource ID for this connection."
    
    What could be wrong with my environment?  Am I supposed to receive a context
    sensitive HELP ?
    
    Regards,
    Dominique.
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948.1HELP works now.KETJE::PACCOWed Apr 24 1991 16:5410
    Once I deleted the the TCPIP domain, deregisterd it, created a new one
    and repopulated the domain (Cfr note 929.*) also the problems in
    selecting "HELP" from the ICONIC MAP also went away.  Now HELP seems to
    work fine.
    
    Other question: How can we find out which KEYWORDS exists in the
    ICONIC MAP HELP ?
    
    Regards,
    Dominique.
948.2why? TOOK::CALLANDERWed Apr 24 1991 18:5119
do you want the list of keywords because you are developing a module
and want to know where to plug things in, or are you just a curious
user?

The tool we call HFB (Help File Builder) produces a list of topics
and keywords as a byproduct of the HFB run. I believe that the creation
of the keyword files is the default. To run HFB do the following:

$ set def sys$common:[mcc]
$ manage/tool/help
$ type mcc_character_cell_help.top
$ type mcc_decwindows_help.top

The .top files are of the format:

topic sub_topic						hfb_keyword

To look at the topic files I would suggest that you user a 132 column
format.
948.3KEYWORD expansion for ignorants.KETJE::PACCOThu Apr 25 1991 07:4010
    It's more as a curious user.  Sitting in front of the ICONIC MAP, I
    selected "HELP", found "keywords" and then I was lost.
    
    I selected a few as "VERBS, etc..." without success.
    
    Something as "EXPAND KEYWORDS" to avoid additional documentation
    could be a plus.
    
    Regards,
    Dominique.