The following typographic conventions are used in Visual FoxPro documentation:
Example | Convention |
setup | Bold font indicates words, other than language commands, that you must type. |
In the Query Designer toolbar, choose Add Table. | Bold font is also used in procedures to highlight interface elements such as the name of a window, menu, dialog box, toolbar, button, or option. |
SET HELP TO | Capital letters denote commands and keywords, acronyms, constants, and device names. |
Press the TAB key. Press SHIFT+F1. |
Small capital letters denote the names of keys on the keyboard. A plus sign (+) indicates a combination of keys. |
Buttons.vcx | Initial capital letters indicate file names. |
C:\My Computer\Working Files\Document | Initial capital letters identify folders and directories. In a path, folders, directories, and file names are separated by backslashes. |
http://www.microsoft.com/ | Lowercase letters are used for URLs. Server, share, and file names are separated by forward slashes. |
FontSize | Initial capital letters indicate the names of objects, properties, events, and methods. If the name consists of more than one word, the initial capital words are concatenated. |
event-driven | Italic letters denote defined terms the first time they occur in text. Defined terms are part of the product Glossary. Click on the italicized word to see the definition. |
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Monospace font indicates command lines you type, code examples, and references in text to the code examples. |
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Lowercase letters indicate table and field names. |
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Lowercase letters prefix variable names and placeholders. The prefix indicates the data type of the variable: c for Character, n for Numeric, l for Logical, d for Date, t for DateTime, y for Currency, o for Object, and e for any expression. |
In syntax, the following conventions are used:
DELETE VIEW ViewName | In syntax, words in italics are placeholders for information you supply. |
[STYLE cStyleName] | In syntax, brackets enclose optional items. |
SET BELL ON | OFF | In syntax, a vertical bar separates two mutually exclusive choices. |
[, WindowName2 …] | In syntax, an ellipsis indicates that an item can be repeated in a list any number of times. A comma separates the list items. |