W$HINT

The W$HINT library routine allows to show hints programmatically.

Syntax:

CALL "W$HINT" USING hintText                      x                      y                     [timeout]

Parameters:

hintText	PIC X(n)	Specifies the text to be shown in the hint box. It can include HTML tags for text formatting.
x	any numeric data item	Specifies the x coordinate where the hint box must be shown. The value is expressed in cells.
y	any numeric data item	Specifies the y coordinate where the hint box must be shown. The value is expressed in cells.
timeout	any numeric data item	Specifies how many hundreds of seconds the hint box must stay on video. If passed, this parameter overrides the iscobol.gui.hints_on and iscobol.gui.hints_off settings.

Examples:

Example - Show a notification hint at line 2 column 2 and make it stay on video for 2 seconds

procedure division. main.   call "w$hint" using "Download completed", 2, 2, 200.