Getting Assistance While You Work
The online documentation system references all aspects of PL/B. It includes:
This PL/B IDE Users Guide explaining the concepts of the program and Windows programming in general.
The Language Reference containing extensive information on the PL/B language.
The Runtime Reference containing command line parameters, keywords, and error codes of all the Sunbelt PL/B language runtime programs.
The Form Designer Reference explaining the use and function of this graphical design tool.
The PL/B Utilities Reference documenting the various file manipulation utilities and their options.
Help content includes several features designed to make finding information easier:
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The Index |
Use this section to sort out subject areas covered throughout the documentation. Debugging information, for example, comes in a variety of flavors, depending on the kind of project you're working on. The described links in this section make the search easier. |
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Overview topics |
Use these to get information about topics in a chapter before you go to the topics themselves. By providing a glimpse of content in each topic, the described links in overviews at the head of chapters save time. |
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See Also links |
Click the See Also links at the bottom of the topic to view topics you can go to for more or related information. |
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Popup menus |
These menus provide quick access to related topics. For example, when viewing the definition of a DATALIST object, pop-up menus for Properties, Events, Methods, and Instructions that pertain to DATALISTs are available. |
Many parts of the IDE and the Form Designer are context sensitive. Context sensitive means you can get help on these parts directly without having to go through the help menu. For example, to get help on any keyword in the PL/B language, place the insertion point on that keyword in the editor window and press F1.
You can press F1 from any context-sensitive part of the IDE or Form Designer to display help information about that part. The context-sensitive parts are:
Dialogs within the IDE Studio
Controls in the Toolbox of the Form Designer
Properties in the Properties window of the Form Designer
PL/B keywords (instructions, properties, methods, events, and objects)
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