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

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<Panel Prompt>

You can use the <Panel Prompt> command to specify a set of navigation prompt strings for the current panel.

<Panel Prompt> promptSetName

promptSetName

The name of a defined prompt set, or the constant NONE to indicate that the panel doesn't require prompts.

DESCRIPTION

The <Panel Prompt> command overrides the default navigation prompt set (the default for all panels in all sequences) and the default sequence prompt
set (the default for all panels in a sequence). You define a navigation prompt set (for specification in the promptSetName parameter) using the <Define Prompt Set> command. If you indicate that the panel doesn't require prompts, Guide Maker allocates no space for prompts when it compiles the panel.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

A panel can have only one panel prompt set associated with it. If Guide Maker encounters more than one <Panel Prompt> command for a single panel, it uses the last one encountered for that panel.

If you use the <Panel Prompt> command, it must always appear between the <Define Panel> and <End Panel> commands.

EXAMPLES

<Define Prompt Set>  "special prompts" \xAC
                  "Click the right arrow to continue.", \xAC
   "Click the left arrow to go back or the right arrow to go on.", \xAC
                  "That's all, you're done!", \xAC
               "Select one, then click the right arrow to continue."
<Define Panel> "Example Panel 1"
   #this panel uses the prompt set defined by "my panel prompts"
   <Panel Prompt> "my panel prompts" 
<End Panel>

<Define Panel> "Example Panel 2"
   <Panel Prompt> NONE     #this panel doesn't require prompts
<End Panel>

<Define Panel> "Example Panel 3"
                           #this panel uses sequence prompts
<End Panel>

<Define Sequence> "Example Sequence 3"
   #this sequence uses the prompt set defined by "special prompts"
   <Sequence Prompt Set> "special prompts"
   <Panel> "Example Panel 1" #overrides sequence prompt set
   <Panel> "Example Panel 2" #uses no prompts
   <Panel> "Example Panel 3" #uses sequence prompt set
<End Sequence>

SEE ALSO

For a description of the <Define Prompt Set> command, see page 10-37.