Juniper Systems JS600 - Manual (Page 66)

Page 7-6 PolyTools Program
Using the Backslash with Data Files
PolyTran treats single semicolons as the beginning of a comment field and removes the
semicolon and any remaining text on the line. If you wish to include a semicolon in your data
(DAT) file, you must precede the semicolon with a backslash (\). PolyTran discards the
backslash and prints the first character after the backslash. For example, the following text
string is contained in the source data file: MIDDLE\;INITIAL. PolyTran translates the string
as follows: MIDDLE;INITIAL. If the backslash had not been present in the source code,
PolyTran would have removed the semicolon and the text string ‘INITIAL.’ If you need a
backslash to appear in your object code data file, you must precede it with another backslash.
▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ PolyTools Menu Options
PolyTools has the following main menu options:
- Edit: Editor for writing and editing Polycode programs
- PolyTran: Translates Polycode source files into usable formats for the FieldBook
- Transfer Files: Communication module that lets you send or receive files or data
- DOS: Provides direct access to DOS from within PolyTools
- Quit: Exit PolyTools
When you execute PolyTools, the menu bar is displayed at the top of the screen as depicted
below:
Moving Around the Screen
Menu options can be selected by using the right and left arrow keys to move the highlight bar
to the desired option and pushing . You can also type in the letter the option starts
with, for example, type in a P to select the PolyTran menu. The current menu
selection is always highlighted on the computer screen.
The following key commands are used often with PolyTools:
Edit PolyTran Transfer Files DOS Quit
F1: help RETURN: sub-menu