====== BASIC+ Syntax Rules ======

Here is a summary of syntax rules that you should be aware of when programming your OpenInsight applications in BASIC+.

* OpenInsight’s Presentation Server requires that Properties and Events be supplied in all capitals (upper case). Properties and Events appear in all capitals in this manual.

* Names of operators, functions, statements, subroutines, declarations, and parameters, are not case sensitive.

* When naming functions and subroutines, spaces are not allowed. Use the underscore character ( _ ) to separate individual words in the names of functions and subroutines.

* Use the * or ! to begin a single line of comments.

* Use /*   */ characters to start and end a block of (single or multi-) line comments.

* The %%|%% character tells the compiler that the following line is an extension of the current line.

For information on contract blocks and data types, refer to the [[Stored_Procedures|“Stored Procedures” topic]] later in this chapter.