The Information Presentation Facility allows an application developer to create online context-sensitive help panels and stand-alone online documentation for Presentation Manager applications. The ability to link between panels and between a panel and applications provides a flexible and powerful tool for developing:
The flexibility of IPF and the high level of interaction between a help instance and its controlling application allows the application to exercise significant control over the way in which help information is displayed to the end user. The ability to combine multiple viewports in a single help window allows the simultaneous use of text, graphics and other technologies such as image or full-motion video to provide help, documentation and tutorial information.