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Inside Macintosh: Apple Guide Complete / Part 4 - Scripting Guide Files

Chapter 10 - Guide Script Command Reference / Guide Script Command Descriptions

/ Specifying the Startup Window

<Howdy>

You can use the <Howdy> command to specify the text block that Apple Guide displays for your guide file's howdy text.

<Howdy> howdyTextBlockName

howdyTextBlockName

A string identifying the name of a previously defined text block. (You use the <Define Text Block> and <End Text Block> commands to define and name a text block.)

DESCRIPTION

When a user opens a guide file, if you specified a Full or Single Access window and also specified the constant HOWDY (in the <Startup Window> command), Apple Guide displays the text defined by the <Howdy> command.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

The <Howdy> command should appear once at most in your source files for a specific guide file.

EXAMPLES

#specifies a Full Access window with howdy text
<Startup Window> FULL, HOWDY

#define howdy text block and give it a name
<Define Text Block> "Howdy Text"
   Welcome to personal help for SurfWriter.

   To start, click Topics, Index, or Look For.

   Topics shows general categories, 
   and Index lists key words.
   Look For lets you search for help
   according to key words you type.
<End Text Block>

#specify name of the text block that defines the howdy text
<Howdy> "Howdy Text"

SEE ALSO

For information on the <Define Text Block> and <End Text Block> commands, see page 10-82 and page 10-83, respectively.