Using HTML Help
Using HTML Help explains how to use the HTML Help Viewer. We cover:
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.
These conventions only apply to the Online Help. The internal programming language SimTalk does not distinguish between upper- and lower-casing for the names of methods and attributes which you enter into the source code of your Method objects.