Typographical conventions used in this manual are outlined in the following table.
Example of Convention | Description |
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SYSPROCS | Table, file, and directory names; paths; as well as OpenInsight Properties, Events, and messages appear in all capital letters, in this typeface. Row, column, and table names also appear in all capital letters. Note: Properties and Events must be typed in all capitals in order to be recognized by Presentation Server. |
InitDir, OConv, Dialog_Box | Words in this typeface with the initial letter capitalized indicate an OpenInsight command (other than a Property or an Event), such as an operator, statement, function, subroutine, or declaration. |
If C = " " Then Go 3 | Else Go 5 | Syntax and code examples appear in this font. |
variablename | Words in lower case and italic type in syntax and code examples represent placeholders for information you supply, such as parameters. |
escape | Small capital letters indicate the names of keys, and key combinations. |
ctrl+alt+del | The plus sign between keys indicates that you press all keys simultaneously. |
[Compile] | Optional commands and parameters in syntax are expressed in this manual using [ ] (square brackets). This usage differs from the Brackets operator, which is described in the “Brackets operator” topic in Chapter 2: BASIC+ Language Reference. |
Then | Else | In syntax, the vertical bar separates two mutually exclusive items. You must choose one. |
dialogname = Create_Dialog | (dialogID, | parentID, | mode, | initparam) | In code samples, the vertical bar tells the compiler that the following line is an extension of the current line. |
* { characters } ! { characters } REM { characters } | Single-line comments are indicated with the asterisk, exclamation point, or REM. |
/* { characters } */ | Multi-line comments are blocked with the /* and */. It is not necessary to block each line of a multi-line comment. |
Note: Notes draw your attention to information that may not be inherently obvious, but which is important to correct use.