WimpExtension provides a couple of SWIs and a validation command to make
providing multitasking help easier. The validation command is:
'wh' (help)
Syntax:
wh<message>
When the pointer is over the icon, Acorn's Help application would display the
message specified.
If you set bit 5 of R2 when you called WimpExt_Initialise, specifying
'semi-automatic' help then instead of sending the message to Help for you,
WimpExtension will instead give YOU a message, &45783, giving you the
suggested help string. This feature was suggested by Peter Greenham, so that
help strings can be converted via MsgTrans. The message format is as
follows:
R1+0 40
R1+16 &45783
R1+20 Mouse X
R1+24 Mouse Y
R1+28 Button state
R1+32 Window handle (-1 for background, -2 for icon bar, -3 for requester window)
R1+36 Icon handle
R1+40 Suggested text
You may notice that this is the same as message &502, with the message number
changed and the suggested text tagged on the end. To send this on unchanged,
you would use:
SYS "WimpExt_SendHelp",q%+40,q%
Related SWIs: WimpExt_SendHelp, WimpExt_SendWimpHelp.
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