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The following documentation conventions are used throughout this document.

Convention | Item
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boldface text | Indicates terms defined in the glossary, parameters, GUI buttons and GUI fields.
Ctrl+Tab | Indicates that you must press two or more keys simultaneously.
italics | Indicates emphasis or book titles.
monospace text | Indicates code samples, commands and their options, data structures and their members, data types, directories, and file names and their extensions. Monospace text also indicates text that you must enter from the keyboard. Examples: #include <iostream.h> void main ( ) the pointer psz chmod u+w * \tux\data\ap .doc tux.doc BITMAP float
monospace boldface text | Identifies significant words in code. Example: void commit ( )
monospace italic text | Identifies variables in code. Example: String expr
UPPERCASE TEXT | Indicates device names, environment variables, and logical operators. Examples: LPT1 SIGNON OR
{ } | Indicates a set of choices in a syntax line. The braces themselves should never be typed.
[ ] | Indicates optional items in a syntax line. The brackets themselves should never be typed. Example: buildobjclient [-v] [-o name ] [-f file-list]... [-l file-list]...
| | Separates mutually exclusive choices in a syntax line. The symbol itself should never be typed.
... | Indicates one of the following in a command line: That an argument can be repeated several times in a command line That the statement omits additional optional arguments That you can enter additional parameters, values, or other information The ellipsis itself should never be typed. Example: buildobjclient [-v] [-o name ] [-f file-list]... [-l file-list]...
. . . | Indicates the omission of items from a code example or from a syntax line. The vertical ellipsis itself should never be typed.

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