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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 Default Settings

<Default Prompt Set>

You can use the <Default Prompt Set> command to specify a default set of navigation prompts that Apple Guide uses for all panels in all sequences in your guide file unless you override the default by using a <Sequence Prompt Set> or <Panel Prompt> command.

<Default Prompt Set> promptSetName

promptSetName

A string specifying the name of the navigation prompt set to use as the default. You can use the constant NONE to indicate that Apple Guide by default should display no navigation prompts.

DESCRIPTION

The <Default Prompt Set> command defines the default set of navigation prompts that Apple Guide displays for your guide file. You define the navigation prompt set (for specification in the promptSetName parameter) using a <Define Prompt Set> command. If you specify the constant NONE (indicating that panels don't use prompts by default), Guide Maker doesn't include space for prompts when it compiles panels, unless you override the default using the <Sequence Prompt Set> or <Panel Prompt> command.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

The <Default Prompt Set> command should appear only once in your source files. If you omit this command (or provide the constant NONE as a parameter), Guide Maker by default allocates no space for navigation prompts for your guide file.

EXAMPLES

#first define a prompt set
<Define Prompt Set> "default navigation prompts",\xAC
 "To begin, click the right arrow.", \xAC
 "Click the left arrow to go back or the right arrow to continue.",\xAC
 "That's all, you're done!", \xAC
 "Make your choice, then click the right arrow."
#use this prompt set as the default
<Default Prompt Set> "default navigation prompts"

SEE ALSO

For information on the <Allow Prompts> command, see page 10-34. For information on the <Sequence Prompt Set> and <Panel Prompt> commands, see page 10-42 and page 10-55, respectively. The <Define Prompt Set> command is described next.