F1 help levels of a dictionary item

[DonQuixote]

There are multiple levels of F1 help.
The first level of help for a dictionary item is kept in the (.dictname) in attribute 13.
The second level is referenced in the first level in braces at the end of the first level.
example   {name}                  The name can be anything.

Level one is only a couple of lines.
Level two is a pop-up window.
Level three is a full screen.

You can bold words by starting with an apostrophe (`) and ending the word with a colon tilde (:~).

Question: where are level two and three kept?  (file name?)
I changed the help level two text in my development account and PRC did not move it for me.

[Tom Pellitieri]

As you probably already know, the first level help is saved in the SB+ dictionary item in attribute 13.  Additional help text is stored in xxHELP (e.g., DEVHELP on most Prelude systems).  The key to 2nd level help is displayed between braces.

On my system, the standard help keys are:

Second level help: <filename>.B.<fieldname>
Third level help:  <filename>.F.<fieldname>
Additional Menu:  <filename>.F.<fieldname>.M

The "additional menu" allows you to specify a help menu to use for even more help.

Please note that the bold/reverse video in all levels of help uses a "Grave Accent" (ASCII 96), not a single quote/apostrophe (ASCII 39) to start, and only a tilde (ASCII 126) is needed to end.  These characters do take space, so in your first level help, you can use:

Enter`1~for the first choice, or`2~for additional choices.

--Tom