| ESL Programmers Reference |
| Preface |
 | Notation Conventions |
| ESL Language Elements |
| The Character Set |
| Blanks |
| # (Comments) |
| Values |
| Expressions, Operators, and Operands |
| Type Conversions |
| Keyboard Mapping Table and Escape Sequences |
| Verbs |
| action |
| activate |
| add |
| add item to |
| add item to item class |
| add to |
| add to class |
| add to TABLE_NAME |
| allow drop |
| append |
| begin BLOCK |
| call |
| change |
| change action bar |
| change column delimiter |
| change column format |
| change column heading |
| change column position and change row position |
| change column width |
| change cursor |
| change edit key |
| change minimum and change maximum |
| change popup menu |
| change position |
| change precision |
| change priority |
| change row delimiter |
| change row headings width |
| change size |
| change text and change value |
| change tick size and change tick text |
| change to program |
| change window position |
| change window position to cursor |
| change window size |
| check and uncheck |
| clear |
| close |
| copy |
| deemphasize |
| delete |
| delete action bar from |
| delete from class |
| delete item |
| delete item from item class |
| delete popup menu from |
| deselect |
| disable |
| drag |
| emphasize |
| enable and disable |
| exit |
| extract from |
| find in |
| find in TABLE |
| for each child loop |
| for each member loop |
| for each selected line loop |
| for each selected row/column loop |
| for loop |
| highlight |
| if |
| initialize |
| invoke |
| leave block |
| leave loop |
| make block and make segment COLOR |
| make border COLOR |
| make border invisible and make border visible |
| make COLOR |
| make column grid invisible and make column grid visible |
| make column invisible and make column visible |
| make column parameter |
| make column readonly and make column editable |
| make column resizeable |
| make cursor invisible and make cursor visible |
| make editable and make readonly |
| make edit/accept/cancel |
| make helpid |
| make invisible and make visible |
| make OBJECT maximize |
| make OBJECT minimize |
| make OBJECT restore |
| make parameter |
| make permanent and make temporary |
| make point disposition |
| make resizeable |
| make row grid invisible and make row grid visible |
| make stimulus disposition |
| make string disposition |
| make temporary |
| open and close |
| plot |
| read |
| refresh |
| remove |
| resize array |
| save program as |
| select and deselect |
| select line and deselect line |
| send |
| set keys helpid |
| set low memory threshold |
| set pointer to |
| squeeze memory |
| start |
| stop |
| switch |
| turn trace |
| uncheck |
| use "beep" |
| use "boop" |
| use "indcopy" |
| use "xsrefresh" |
| wait |
| while loop |
| write |
| Attributes |
| action bar |
| border |
| color |
| disabled |
| enabled |
| enabled and disabled |
| helpid is |
| in |
| invisible |
| parameter is |
| position |
| priority is |
| visible and invisible |
| Built-in Functions |
| Action Inquiry |
| errorlevel |
| found |
| ioerror |
| Item Inquiry |
| is checked |
| is enabled |
| text of item |
| Object Inquiry |
| ancestry of |
| background at |
| background of |
| border of |
| cell |
| checked in group |
| column delimiter of |
| column grid is visible |
| column is readonly |
| column is resizeable |
| column is selected and row is selected |
| column modifiability of |
| column size of |
| edit key of |
| edit mode of |
| exists |
| foreground at and background at |
| foreground of |
| format of column |
| handle of |
| heading of column |
| helpid of |
| is maximized |
| is minimized |
| is readonly |
| is resizeable |
| is restored |
| is visible |
| line size of |
| maximum of |
| minimum of and maximum of |
| name of column |
| parameter of |
| position of column |
| priority of |
| row delimiter |
| row grid is visible |
| row is selected |
| row size |
| selectability of |
| selected columns |
| selected line from |
| selected rows |
| text of and value of |
| text size of column |
| textual |
| textual row of |
| top of, bottom of, left of, and right of |
| type of column |
| value of |
| visibility of |
| width of column |
| window xposition of and window yposition of |
| window xsize and window ysize |
| xcursor of and ycursor of |
| xmiddle of and ymiddle of |
| xposition and yposition |
| xsize of and ysize of |
| Response Inquiry |
| ancestry |
| dragdata |
| dragtype |
| eventnumber |
| eventparam |
| helpid |
| input |
| object |
| parameter |
| xcoord and ycoord |
| xdelta and ydelta |
| Special Inquiry |
| clipboard |
| date |
| freesize |
| length of |
| member |
| members |
| selected line |
| size of |
| time |
| Declarations |
| application |
| function |
| help library |
| module |
| precision |
| screen size |
| stimulus |
| structure |
| subroutine |
| Definitions |
| Dialog Control Objects |
| action bar is |
| action is |
| Array |
| block |
| button |
| check box |
| choice |
| class |
| combination box |
| constant |
| dialog box |
| dialog region |
| dropdown list |
| entry field |
| font is |
| graphical region |
| group box |
| imagemap |
| image region |
| item class |
| key |
| list box |
| multiline entry field |
| pattern is |
| pulldown |
| push button |
| radio button |
| record |
| segment |
| sense region |
| separator |
| slider |
| spin button |
| static text |
| structure is |
| subroutine is |
| table |
| textual region |
| variable |
| Drawing Statements |
| blank block |
| box |
| circle |
| draw |
| draw arc |
| ellipse |
| insert |
| move |
| move arc |
| overwrite |
| polygon |
| shape |
| text |
| wedge |
| References |
| font |
| include |
| item |
| pattern |
| Structure Field Reference |
| Response Defintions |
| response to char and response to line |
| response to interval |
| response to item |
| response to line |
| response to low memory |
| response to OBJECT |
| response to start |
| response to stimulus |
| response to termination |
| response to timeout |
| Libraries, Functions & Subroutines |
| Built-in Functions |
| Action Inquiry Built-in Functions |
| Item Inquiry Built-in Functions |
| Object Inquiry Built-in Functions |
| Response Inquiry Built-in Functions |
| Special Inquiry Built-in Functions |
| Date Library Functions |
| DateToJulian( ) |
| DaySpan( ) |
| JulianToDate( ) |
| LocalDate( ) |
| LocalTime( ) |
| Validdate( ) |
| WeekDay( ) |
| ESL Library Functions and Subroutines |
| EslAnsiToOem( ) |
| EslCsvQuote() |
| EslCsvUnQuote( ) |
| EslNumColumns( ) |
| EslNumRows( ) |
| EslOemToAnsi( ) |
| EslParseColumn( ) |
| EslParseRow( ) |
| EslSetStringValue( ) |
| EslPtrStrLen( ) |
| EslQueryFocus( ) |
| EslDlgToScreen( ) |
| EslScreenToDlg( ) |
| External Strings |
| EslXstr( ) |
| EslXstrFromDLL( ) |
| EslXstrPreloadAllStrings( ) |
| EslXstrResetAllStrings( ) |
| EslXstrSetPrimaryDLL( ) |
| EslXstrSetSecondaryDLL( ) |
| Maths Library Subroutines & Functions |
| Maths Library Functions |
| ABS( ) |
| AND( ) |
| ARCCOS( ) |
| ARCSIN( ) |
| ARCTAN( ) |
| ARCTAN2( ) |
| CEIL( ) |
| COS( ) |
| E( ) |
| EXP( ) |
| FLOOR( ) |
| LN( ) |
| LOG( ) |
| MOD( ) |
| OR( ) |
| PI( ) |
| POWER( ) |
| SIN( ) |
| SQRT( ) |
| TAN( ) |
| XOR( ) |
| Maths Library Subroutines |
| MAX( ) |
| MAXINT( ) |
| MEAN( ) |
| MEANINT( ) |
| MEDIAN( ) |
| MEDIANINT( ) |
| MIN( ) |
| MININT( ) |
| STDDEV( ) |
| STDDEVINT( ) |
| SUM( ) |
| SUMINT( ) |
| VARIANCE( ) |
| VARIANCEINT( ) |
| Message Library Functions |
| ReplyToMessage( ) |
| ReplyToMessageWithHelp( ) |
| ReplyToMessageWithHelpButton( ) |
| Help Library Subroutines |
| HelpDismissHelpWindow( ) |
| HelpDisplayExtendedHelp( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpContents( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpForHelp( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpIndex( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpIndexByKeyword( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpPanel( ) |
| HelpDisplayHelpPanelByKeyword( ) |
| HelpDisplayKeysHelp( ) |
| HelpDisplaySearchDialog( ) |
| HelpReplaceHelpLibrary( ) |
| HelpReplaceHelpForHelp( ) |
| HelpReplaceHelpWindowTitle( ) |
| HelpShowHelpPanelID( ) |
| ESL String Library |
| ESL String Library Functions |
| BooleanToStringFunction( ) |
| IsAlphaFunction( ) |
| IsAlphaNumericFunction( ) |
| IsAlphaNumericOrPuncFunction( ) |
| IsAlphaOrPuncFunction( ) |
| IsASCIIFunction( ) |
| IsDigitFunction( ) |
| IsDigitOrPuncFunction( ) |
| PadStringFunction( ) |
| ReverseStringFunction( ) |
| SearchStringFunction( ) |
| StringCompareFunction( ) |
| StripToFloatFunction( ) |
| StripToIntegerFunction( ) |
| SubStringFunction( ) |
| ToLowerFunction( ) |
| ToUpperFunction( ) |
| TrimEndsFunction( ) |
| ESL String Library Subroutines |
| IsAlpha( ) |
| IsAlphaNumeric( ) |
| IsAlphaNumericOrPunc( ) |
| IsAlphaOrPunc( ) |
| IsASCII( ) |
| IsDigit( ) |
| IsDigitOrPunc( ) |
| PadString( ) |
| ReverseString( ) |
| StringToBoolean( ) |
| StripToFloat( ) |
| StripToInteger( ) |
| Substitute1( ) to Substitute9( ) |
| SubString( ) |
| ToLower( ) |
| ToUpper( ) |
| TrimEnds( ) |
| File I/O Library Subroutines |
| GetError( ) |
| GetModified( ) |
| OpenFile( ) and CloseFile( ) |
| ReadLineNumber( ) |
| ReadNext( ) |
| ReadNextRecord( ) |
| ReadRecordAtLine( ) |
| SetTabSize( ) |
| SetIndexSize( ) |
| SetBufferSize( ) |
| WriteRecord( ) |
| WriteString( ) |
| FAQs |
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