The following table shows the typographical conventions used throughout this document.
Convention |
Description |
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Indicates source code, syntax, examples, user input, and application output. Example: Private Sub Comm1_OnComm() |
| Bold | Indicates a property, method, event, function, statement, or keyword. |
| Italic | Indicates placeholders, most often method or function parameters; these placeholders stand for information that must be supplied by the implementation or the user. |
| UPPERCASE | Indicates names of keys and key sequences, such as ENTER and CTRL+R. |
| [ ] | Indicates that the parameter or keyword inside the square bracket is optional. Example: [expressionlist] |
| { | } | Indicates a choice between two or more items. You must choose one of the items unless all the items are enclosed in square brackets. Example: {While|Until} |
| ( ) | Indicates one or more parameters that you pass to a function, in syntax. |