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Conventions used in Director Help and printed books

The help system and printed books use the following conventions:

Lingo elements and actual code are shown in this font.

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.

Straight quotation marks are used in Lingo statements. Curly quotation marks are used everywhere else.

Variables representing Lingo parameters appear in italics. For example, whichCastmember indicates where you insert the actual name of a cast member.

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.