- Enter refers to the carriage return or Enter key. Where commands to be typed are shown, the Enter key is not explicitly shown;
it is treated as implicit that Enter must be pressed at the end of the line.
- Hexadecimal numbers are enclosed in quotation marks and preceded by a lower-case "x" or "h"; for example, x"9D", h"03FF".
The "x" is used when the hexadecimal number represents a character string; the "h" when it represents a numerical value.
- PIC X is used rather than PIC 99 with the COMP-X and COMP-5 data types. Unlike PIC 99, PIC X shows the length of the data
item and so demonstrates more clearly the use of COMP-X, which is to define a binary item of the specified number of bytes.
- Keytops and menu choices are emboldened within the text.
- In some environments, you might notice that what appears on your screen differs in minor ways (for example, version numbers)
from that illustrated in this Help. This does not affect the operation of your software.
- The keys described in this book are not available in all environments. When there is a reference to use of a key such as a
status or function key, this refers to the logical press and release of this key, rather than physical keystroke. If your
environment does not support the key given, please refer to your accompanying
Read Me for the equivalent key.
- The term "window" refers to a delineated area on the screen, normally smaller than the full screen. The term "Windows" refers
to Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later.
The notation used to describe the format of command lines is as follows:
- Words printed in italics are generic terms representing names to be devised by you.
- Words printed in nonitalic characters are the actual words you must enter. You must type them in upper or lower case as shown.
- Material enclosed in square brackets [ ] is optional.
- When material is enclosed in braces { }, you must choose from the options within them. If there is only one option in the
braces, the braces indicate repetition.
- The ellipsis (. . .) follows { } or [ ] and means you can repeat the material in the { } or [ ]. The number of repetitions
allowed is unlimited unless otherwise stated. If the ellipsis is used with [ ] the material can be omitted altogether.
- If a command line does not fit across the page, it is continued on the next line; the continuation line is indented.
- Command line options can be specified as /option or -option.