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The HELP attribute defines the number of the help message to be displayed when invoked and focus is in the list controlled by the DISPLAY ARRAY sub-dialog. The predefined 'help' action is automatically created by the runtime system. You can bind action views to the 'help' action.
The HELP clause overrides the HELP attribute.
The COUNT attribute defines the number of valid rows in the static array to be displayed as default rows. If you do not use the COUNT attribute, the runtime system cannot determine how much data to display, so the screen array remains empty. The COUNT option is ignored when using a dynamic array, unless page mode is used. In this case, the COUNT attribute must be used to define the total number of rows, because the dynamic array will only hold a page of the entire row set. If the value of COUNT is negative or zero, it defines an empty list.