Chapter 1: Documentation Convention
Example
Convention
PEcreate
Functions appear in boldface type and ProEssentials functions begin with 'PE'.
Subsets
ProEssentials properties appear in uppercase normal type and begin with 'PEP_x' where x is defined by the following nomenclature:
sz: string
b: boolean
n: integer
f: float or double (check the property topic)
h: handle
dw: double word
a: property array, placed after above variable types
hObject
Function arguments appear in italics.
monospaced
Code examples.
"PEGRP64I.DLL"
Filenames are capitalized and inside quotes.
Word
Definition
control
Component or Windows custom control.
Object
ProEssentials chart.
OCX
ActiveX custom control.
VCL
Embarcardero Delphi / Builder native custom control.
DLL
Dynamic Link Library, fundamental building block of Windows.
JS
ProEssentialsJS, the ProEssentials engine compiled to WebAssembly and driven from JavaScript in a browser.