Typeface conventions, Online help – Perle Systems IOLAN SCS User Manual

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Typeface Conventions

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IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS User’s Guide, Version 3.6

Typeface Conventions

Most text is presented in the typeface used in this paragraph. Other typefaces are used to help you
identify certain types of information. The other typefaces are:

Online Help

Online help is provided in the DeviceManager. You can click on the What’s This button (

or

)

and then click on a field to get field-level help. Or, you can press the

F1

key to get window-level

help. You can also get the User’s Guide online by selecting

Help

,

Help Topics

.

Typeface Example

Usage

At the C: prompt, type:

add host

This typeface is used for code examples and
system-generated output. It can represent a line you type
in, or a piece of your code, or an example of output.

Set the value to

TRUE

.

The typeface used for

TRUE

is also used when referring to

an actual value or identifier that you should use or that is
used in a code example.

subscribe project subject

run yourcode.exec

The italicized portion of these examples shows the
typeface used for variables that are placeholders for
values you specify. This is found in regular text and in
code examples as shown. Instead of entering

project

,

you enter your own value, such as

stock_trader

, and

for

yourcode

, enter the name of your program.

File

,

Save

This typeface and comma indicates a path you should
follow through the menus. In this example, you select

Save

from the

File

menu.

IOLAN User’s Guide

This typeface indicates a book or document title.

See

About the IOLAN on page 27

for

more information.

This indicates a cross-reference to another chapter or
section that you can click on to jump to that section.

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