Using HTML Help

Using HTML Help explains how to use the HTML Help Viewer. We cover:

• Using the Plant Simulation Help

• General Topics for Using HTML Help

• Searching in the Help

• Modifying Help Viewer Settings.

In the Online Help we use these conventions:

• Within descriptions in the main text on the help pages the names of objects begin with an upper-case letter and are italicized, for example ParallelStation, Station, etc. In the Online Help, the italicized term sometimes is a link to an object, for example ParallelStation.

• Names of methods begin with a lower-case letter. Each new expression after that begins with an upper-case letter (lower camel case). Methods are italicized, for example absSimTime, dataTypeColumnIndex, etc. In the Online Help, the italicized term sometimes is a link to a method, for example absSimTime.

• Names of attributes begin with an upper-case letter. Each new expression after that begins with an upper-case letter (upper camel case). Attributes are italicized, for example CreationTableActive, ReferenceTime, etc. In the Online Help, the italicized term sometimes is a link to an attribute, for example CreationtableActive. Click the link to open that topic in the Online Help.

• Data types of methods and attributes are italicized, such as integer, string, boolean, etc.

• When you get to a command by selecting a sequence of steps, we use this convention:File > Model Settings/Preferences > Simulation > Maximum Number of Samples. To set the maximum number of samples for probability distributions, select the File menu, select the command Model Settings/Preferences, click the tab Simulation in the dialog that opens, go to the text box Maximum Number of Samples and type in a number.

• For commands, such as Close Model and dialog items, we use bold face.

• For commands which you enter, for example into Method objects, we use the monospaced font Courier.

• Blue terms are cross references, for example Dialog Window of the Interface.