Using Scripter Help
For information on Scripter program menu commands, select the Help | Contents command in Scripter. Press the F1 key for information about the Scripter windows or the active dialog. The Help | Grapher Automation Help command shows all Grapher-specific methods and properties.
The online help, shown when you select the Help | BASIC Language Help command (or press SHIFT+F1), explains all of the BASIC language statements and functions. Each help topic describes the purpose of a statement, and shows the syntax (the order of keywords and other symbols) to use when writing an instruction. The syntax examples in the online help use a shorthand method to explain the possible variations in usage:
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Sub, End, True |
Words with the initial letter capitalized indicate language-specific keywords. |
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name |
Lower-case words with an underline (dotted in Scripter help) are placeholders for information you supply. |
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[param] |
Items inside square brackets are optional. These may be omitted from the statement. |
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{Until | While} |
Items between curly braces, and separated by a vertical bar are lists of options. You must use one of the items in list. |
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[Private | Public] |
Items between square braces and separated by a vertical bar are lists of optional choices. You may use one of the items in the list, or none of them. |
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... |
An ellipsis mark indicates that the preceding item in the syntax example is repeated. Repeated items are usually optional and separated by commas. |
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; , . ( ) |
Other symbols must be typed as shown in the syntax example, with the exception of the underscore "_" character, which is used to show that a sample line has been split. |