====== Typographical Conventions ======

Typographical conventions used in this manual are outlined in the following table.


^Example of Convention^Description^
|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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|{{{guides:programming:programmers_reference_manual:caution.gif?28x21}}                                                                                   |Cautions alert you to activities that may cause unexpected results.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |