Create Help Utility
Create Help Utility
(CHU)
With Create Help Utility you can create online HELP for your iSeries and AS/400 systems without programming.
Create Help Utility (CHU) eliminates costly time spent coding HELP, thus increasing your end-user satisfaction, productivity and your competitive edge.
How Does It Work?
Create Help Utility analyzes your display file source and inserts IBM help keywords into your existing or new source, then automatically creates IBM style help panels (based on the file, format and field names) in minutes without programming.
Creating online help couldn't be easier. With CHU there is no reason to learn UIM help tags or syntax. Since the help keywords don't affect the display file buffer, you won't even have to recompile your programs.
CHU will convert word processing documents into panel group source. Use existing documents for your help text or create new documents using most any word processing software.
Creating help for interactive applications is often a time-consuming, boring effort. CHU takes away the pain and drudgery, resulting in better support.
Features
• Automatically creates on-line, uniform help at the file, format and field levels
• Will convert any document created by any word proccessing software which can produce an ASXII file, into panel group source
• Inserts keywords directly into your DDS sourcce or new source
• No run time modules - its your source
Trial
To see how Create Help Utility seamlessly merges with your programs just Request a free fully functional trial copy. We'll send you a link to download a trail copy.
Cost Justification
Based on an average rate of $35.00 per programming hour the scenarios below would cost a minimum of $1610. When these or simular scenarios arise at $995 CHU will have more than paid for itself!
Scenario 1 - Create online help for a simple display file.
Without CHU
• Examine the DDS source to
determine where the help areas
should be.
• Calculate cursor positions and
insert all the necessary keywords
into your DDS.
• Manually create UIM panel
groups.
Estimated time: 2 - 6 hours
With CHU
• Run the CRTHLP command.
Estimated time: under 1 minute.
Scenario 2 - Convert current documentation into online help for a simple display file.
Without CHU
• Examine the DDS source to
determine where the help areas
should be.
• Calculate cursor positions and
insert all the necessary keywords
into your DDS.
• Manually create UIM panel
groups.
• Rekey existing documentation
into panel group source.
Estimated time: 4 - 10 hours
With CHU
• Run the CRTHLP command.
• Run the CVTHLP command.
Estimated time: under 5 minute
Scenario 3 - Add online help to all the display files in your accounts payable system using the existing documentation for the text.
Without CHU
• Determine all the display files
that are used in the Accounts
Payable system.
• Examine the DDS source to
determine where the help areas should be.
• Calculate cursor positions and
insert all the necessary keywords
into your DDS.
• Manually create UIM panel
groups.
• Rekey existing documentation
into panel group source.
Estimated time: 40 - 120+ hours
With CHU
• Run the CRTHLP command
specify *ALL for the file
parameter and your accounts
payable library name.
• This will create help files for all
the display files in the library specified.
• Run the CVTHLP command.
Estimated time: 1 - 3 hours.
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