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<Sequence Prompt Set>

You can use the <Sequence Prompt Set> command to specify a set of navigation prompt strings for all panels in a sequence.

<Sequence Prompt Set> promptSetName

promptSetName

The name of a defined prompt set, or the constant NONE to indicate that the sequence doesn't require prompts.

DESCRIPTION

The <Sequence Prompt Set> command overrides the default navigation prompt set (you specify a default navigation prompt set using the <Default Prompt Set> command). When a sequence includes a <Sequence Prompt Set> command, Apple Guide uses the specified prompts for all panels in the sequence, except for panels that use a <Panel Prompt> command to override the sequence prompt set.

If you specify the constant NONE (indicating that prompts are not required by default for any panels in the sequence), Guide Maker doesn't include space for prompts when it compiles panels in the sequence, unless you override the sequence prompt set for a particular panel using the <Panel Prompt> command.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

A sequence can have only one sequence prompt set associated with it. If you omit this command, Apple Guide uses the default prompt set. If Guide Maker encounters more than one <Sequence Prompt Set> command for a single sequence, it uses the last one encountered for that sequence.

If you use the <Sequence Prompt Set> command, it must always appear between the <Define Sequence> and <End Sequence> commands.

EXAMPLES

<Define Prompt Set>  "prompts for special sequence", \xAC
                     "Click the right arrow to begin.", \xAC
                     " ", "That's all, you're done!", " "

<Define Sequence> "Example Sequence"
   #this sequence uses the prompt set defined 
   # by "prompts for special sequence"
   <Sequence Prompt Set> "prompts for special sequence" 
   <Panel> "Example panel 1"
   <Panel> "Example panel 2"
<End Sequence>

SEE ALSO

For a description of the <Define Prompt Set> command, see page 10-37.