Using On-Line Help

Epson RC+ 8.0 supports the On-Line Help system. The help system makes it easy to find information than the conventional method using manuals.
There are several ways to refer to the on-line help in Epson RC+ 8.0:

• Press the F1 function key at any time for context sensitive help. Help will be displayed for the current item you are working with. This is very useful when you need information for a certain item in a screen or dialog box. If you are editing a program, the help information for the SPEL+ keyword at the cursor position will be displayed. You can use the on-line help for referring syntax information to use the SPEL+ language.

• Click the [Help] button in the dialog box, if available.

• To view the table of contents and select topics, select Contents from the Help menu. Topics can be selected by clicking on the underlined text that is highlighted in green. (This causes a jump to the topic of interest.)

• Select Contents from the Help menu, then press [S] or click the [Search] button to search for information on a specific topic.

Once you are in the on-line help you will notice that some items are highlighted in green and underlined. These are hypertext links and when you click this highlighted text, the system will jump to the area in the Help System that is related to the highlighted text. You will also notice that some text is highlighted in green with dotted underlines. Clicking on this type of text will cause a small popup window to appear with a more detailed description of the highlighted text and possibly related information that you can jump to.
Most of the information found in this manual is also available in the Vision Guide 8.0 Help System although it may be arranged a little differently to provide the proper hypertext links and ease of use.