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─────Explicit-Link Variations───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     Explicit links involve adding invisible text to indicate where the
     links go. There are several variations in the way the invisible
     text is formatted:
 
     Link Text         Action
 
     string            Displays the help topic with context string of
                       <string>. All help databases opened by the
                       application are searched.
 
     filename!         Displays <filename> as a topic. This file is
                       treated as unformatted ASCII. Formatting flags,
                       links, context definitions, or other HELPMAKE
                       codes are ignored.
 
     filename!string   Displays the topic with context <string> in the
                       help file <filename>. If the help database file
                       is not open, the application may attempt to open
                       a help file of <filename>. Note that help-file
                       names and help database names may not be the
                       same if help files have been concatenated or
                       renamed.
                       See: ◄Concatenating Help Databases►
 
     !command          Executes the <command> specified after the
                       exclamation point (!).
 
     @string           Displays the topic labeled with the local
                       context <string>. A topic with this local
                       context string (preceded by an @ sign) must be
                       in the same source file.
 
                       To have a context that begins with a literal @,
                       precede it with a backslash (\).
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