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Conventions used in Director Help and printed books
The help system and printed books use the following conventions:
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Lingo elements and actual code are shown in |
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A backslash (\) at the end of a line of Lingo code is a continuation symbol, indicating that the lines are actually one continuous statement. If it's necessary to enter the statement in the Message window, enter it in one line. |
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Straight quotation marks are used in Lingo statements. Curly quotation marks are used everywhere else. |
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Variables representing Lingo parameters appear in |
Optional parameters in Lingo syntax appear within curly braces. The following syntax for a Lingo command provides an example:
gMultiuserInstance.checkNetMessages({numberOfMessages})
In this example, numberOfMessages
is an optional parameter.
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