Re: Hyper Text Help

> Re: Hyper Text Help
>
> > Re: Hyper Text Help
> > There is a whole doc on hypertext help that explains it. Plus you can do
> > the already made hypertext files off many boards.
>
> Heh...  You know, way back when I first got Virtual Advanced (back when it ha
> just come out), it took me a while to figure out how to set up the Hypertext
> files, but I did finally manage to figure it out on my own.  Personally I thi
> the internal hypertext thing sucks, as you can't set the keys to what you wan
> them to be (like Q to quit, etc)...it is always a number.  When I saw Bigjoe'
> first post asking about the Hypertext, I went searching myself before I looke
> at Steve's response...lol...  took me a while to find the answer, as I couldn
> exactly figure out how it went to each menu, then I used LIST.COM and listed
> every file in my DATA\ directory until I finally found it (LOOKUP.1).  As far
> as documents that came with VADV, there is nothing except for the single
> paragraph that says:
>
> (In the ADVAUX.EXE section, about 200 lines below the ADVAUX.EXE title)
>
> "HELP x
>
> Enter the HyperText HELP System (Default Help Files
> Not Included). x indicates the number of the main help
> file -- from 0 to 999 -- allowing you to have multiple
> hypertext systems."
>
> Which they didn't mention that the main help file is DATA\LOOKUP.x - So I had
> started doing my menus way back when...  I need to update them, as I have
> several things in my Hypertext that don't exist anymore (i.e. ChrisNET, Calle
> ID Verifier, VGA Planets, RAGE Application).  But I'd kinda like to just writ
> my own Hypertext script instead - it would be very simple and short.  Just
> making the .MNU files would take most of the time, which would be no differen
> than making the .HLP files.

I don't think the HyperText docs came with the original VADV installation
package, or if it did I cannot remember. I think I added that a few years ago
because it was missing.

Anyone that wants to view the documentation can go here:
http://www.vadvbbs.com/products/vadv/support/...

As you stated, the HyperText system is almost worthless and almost any system
you could think of would be better.

Steve


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