Implementation of a Hypertext Help System for GLAD, a Graphics Language for Database.

摘要

This paper explores the design and implementation of a help system for a graphical user interface named GLAD (Graphic LAnguage for Database). It examines help system design alternatives. Emphasis is on the implementation of a hypertext help system for GLAD using the Windows utility GUIDANCE and the object-oriented programming language ACTOR. Discussion includes the advantages of hypertext for on-line help systems. Keywords: On-line help system, Hypertext, ACTOR, Object-oriented, Graphical user interface, GLAD, Database, Theses, Data bases, Computer graphics. (sdw)