HP/DDE Online Help

The debugger has an extensive hypertext-based online help facility. You can use keyword searches or click on hyperlinks to navigate through the help system.

Figure 1-2 “The Introductory HP/DDE Help Screen ” shows the introductory help screen that you can invoke from the menu bar of the debugger's main window. Click on Help and then select Overview.

You can also invoke the debugger's online help facility from the Top Level selection in the Help Manager, which is located on the Front Panel.

The following is a brief description of the major topical divisions of the online help:

Getting Started contains a quick start guide that shows the basic functions of the debugger's graphical user interface, and a tutorial that walks you through basic debugging procedures.
Common Debugging Tasks: Graphical User Interface describes how to invoke general debugger functions with an emphasis on using the graphical user interface.
Common Debugging Tasks: Command Line describes how to invoke general debugger functions with an emphasis on using debugger commands.
Graphical User Interface describes the various debugger display windows and shows how to customize the graphical user interface.
Command Reference describes debugger commands and options and contains useful examples. (You can also invoke help on a particular command by invoking help command_name in the debugger command input box.)
Commenting on the HP/DDE Online Help System describes how you can send your comments about the online help to Hewlett-Packard.

Figure 1-2 The Introductory HP/DDE Help Screen

Using HP/DDE Online Help

HP/DDE online help provides several ways to find the topic you are looking for. Here are some of the methods you can use:

Clicking on a hyperlink. Hyperlinks connect topics within and among the major divisions of the online help. Hyperlinks are displayed as underlined text.
Searching for a keyword. Select the Index button to invoke a dialog box that allows you to search through the keyword index. Click on an index item to display the help on that item.
Using the help command. The command help command_name invokes the reference page for the specified command.
Pressing F1 to obtain context-sensitive help in dialog boxes and display windows.

You can navigate through the HP/DDE online help using several methods, including:

Clicking on an item from the topic hierarchy in the Help window to go to another topic.
Clicking on an item in the history list to return to a previous topic. Select the History button from to invoke the a dialog box that shows a list of topics that you have visited.
Selecting the Backtrack button to return to the previous topic.

More information on using the HP Help System is available from the debugger's menu bar by clicking on Help and then selecting Using Help.

HP/DDE Online Help

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