Datamax-O'Neil Class Series Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 17)

Overview
Class Series Programmer’s Manual 3
General Conventions
These are some of the conventions followed in this manual:
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On the header of each page, the name of the chapter.
 On the footer of each page, the page number and the title of the manual.
 Names of other manuals referenced are in Italics.
 Notes are added to bring your attention to important considerations, tips or helpful suggestions.
 Boldface is also used to bring your attention to important information.
 This manual refers to IBM-PC based keyboard command characters for access to the ASCII
character set. Systems based on different formats (e.g., Apple’s Macintosh ™) should use the
appropriate keyboard command to access the desired ASCII character. See Appendix A for the
ASCII character set.
Computer Entry and Display Conventions
Command syntax and samples are formatted as follows:
 The Courier font in boldface indicates the DPL command syntax, and Italics are used to indicate
the command syntax parameters.
 Regular Courier font indicates sample commands, files and printer responses.
 Square brackets ([ ]) indicate that the item is optional.
 is used to identify the line termination character. Other strings placed between < > in this
manual represent the character of the same ASCII name, and are single-byte hexadecimal values
(e.g., , , and <0x0D> equal 02, 0D, and 0D, respectively).
 Hexadecimal values are often displayed in ‘C’ programming language conventions (e.g., 0x02 =
02 hex, 0x41 = 41 hex, etc.)