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NAME

DXmHelpSystemOpen − Completes initialization operations required by LinkWorks and prepares to display a topic from the specified help file name.  This routine is not supported on all operating systems. 

SYNOPSIS

void DXmHelpSystemOpen(help_context, main_window, help_file, routine, tag)
   Opaque ∗help_context;
   Widget main_window;
   char  ∗help_file;
   void  ((∗routine )()),
   Opaque tag);

DESCRIPTION

Within the DECwindows Motif Help System, the DXmHelpSystemOpen routine completes all of the initialization operations required by LinkWorks, such as creating a DECwindows user interface object and a surrogate object, and then prepares to display a topic from the help file name passed in.  You should make the call to this routine just before the main loop of your application. 

Arguments

help_context
Used by the DECwindows Motif Help System to pass required LinkWorks and help information from one routine to another. Note that help_context must be defined globally; the DXmHelpSystemDisplay and DXmHelpSystemClose routines subsequently use the address initially set for this argument. 

main_window
The identifier (ID) for the main window of the application.

help_fileThe file name of the help file. The default specifications are as follows: