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Table Of Contents
- PlanetPress Talk Basics
- PlanetPress Talk Editor
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Enter a New Program in the Editor
- Import or Export a Program
- Save a Program
- Print a Program
- Exit the PlanetPress Talk Editor
- Show or Hide the Commands Area or Spy List
- Adjust the Sizes of the Commands Area, Code Area and Spy List
- Expand or Collapse Command Groups
- Enter Commands in the Editor
- Use Command and Variable Name Completion
- PlanetPress Talk Summary
- Variables
- Operators and Operator Functions
- Loop and Condition Structures
- Commands
- Add a Comment
- Work with Emulations
- Work with Data Pages
- Work with Database Records
- Select or Define a Data Value
- Execute Documents and Document Elements
- Work with PostScript
- Work with PPDs
- Save and Restore the Current Graphics State
- Work with Global Functions
- Define and Assign Values to Variables
- Work with Objects
- Work with Bar Codes
- Work with Images and Attachments
- Work with Text
- Work with Styles
- Work with Strings
- Work with Characters
- Work with Arrays and Color Arrays
- Draw
- Search
- Debug
- Language Reference
- Language Reference (Alphabetical)
- % (procedure)
- @ (function)
- @name (function/procedure)
- @page (procedure)
- $element (procedure)
- + (operator & function)
- - (operator)
- * (operator)
- / (operator)
- > (operator)
- >= (operator)
- < (operator)
- <= (operator)
- = (operator)
- := (operator)
- <> (operator)
- Add (function)
- And (Boolean operator function)
- Arc (procedure)
- ArcN (procedure)
- BeginParagraph … EndParagraph (procedure)
- BeginUTF8Paragraph … EndUTF8Paragraph (procedure)
- BitmapWidth/BitmapHeight (function)
- Breakpoint (procedure)
- C128 (function)
- CallPPD (procedure)
- Char (function)
- Ceil (function)
- ClearPage (procedure)
- ClosePath (procedure)
- Cos (function)
- CRLF (procedure)
- Current (system object)
- currentiteration (variable)
- CurToStr (function)
- CurveTo/RCurveTo (procedure)
- Date (function)
- Define (procedure)
- DefineData (procedure)
- DefineImageIndex (procedure)
- Directory
- Div (function)
- DoForm (procedure)
- &EOJob (system variable)
- EPSWidth/EPSHeight (function)
- Eq (function)
- ExecPage (procedure)
- Exit (procedure)
- Field (function)
- FieldCount (function)
- FieldName (function)
- Fill (procedure)
- Find (function)
- &FirstSide (system variable)
- FloatToInt (function)
- FloatToStr (function)
- For… EndFor (procedure)
- Function @name (procedure)
- GE (function)
- Get (function)
- GetBlack (function)
- GetCyan (function)
- GetMagenta (function)
- GetNextDataPage(procedure)
- GetYellow (function)
- GRestore (procedure)
- GSave (procedure)
- GT (function)
- &Height (system variable)
- If (function)
- If … ElseIf… EndIf (procedure)
- IntToFloat (function)
- IntToStr (function)
- InStream... EndInStream (procedure)
- IsNumber (function)
- IsPageEmpty (function)
- iterationcount (variable)
- LE (function)
- Left (function)
- Length (function)
- LineTo/RLineTo (procedure)
- LowerCase (function)
- LT (function)
- MapUTF8 (function)
- Margin (procedure)
- Mid (function)
- Mod (function & procedure)
- MoveTo/RMoveTo (procedure)
- Mul (function)
- NE (function)
- Neg (function)
- Not (Boolean operator function)
- Object $name()... EndObject (procedure)
- Or (Boolean operator function)
- Ord (function)
- OutputDebugString (procedure)
- PassThrough (procedure)
- PDFPageCount (function)
- PDFWidth/PDFHeight (function)
- Physical (system object)
- Pie (procedure)
- PixelHeight (function)
- PixelWidth (function)
- Pos (function)
- &PrinterMode (system variable)
- Put (procedure)
- Random (function)
- Rectangle (procedure)
- RectFill (procedure)
- RectFillStroke (procedure)
- RectStroke (procedure)
- Repeat... Until (procedure)
- ResourceType (function)
- Right (function)
- RunPS (procedure)
- Scale (procedure)
- Search … EndSearch (procedure)
- SelectMedia (procedure)
- Set (procedure)
- SetAngle (procedure)
- SetBodyText (procedure)
- SetDash(procedure)
- SetDataPage(procedure)
- SetEmailAddress (procedure)
- SetEmailSubject (procedure)
- SetEmulation(procedure)
- SetFaxInformation (procedure)
- SetFaxNumber (procedure)
- SetFillColor (procedure)
- SetStyle (procedure)
- SetStyleExt (procedure)
- SetImageIndex (procedure)
- SetLineWidth (procedure)
- SetLPP(procedure)
- SetPDFBookmark (procedure)
- SetStrokeColor (procedure)
- Show / ShowCenter / ShowRight (procedure)
- ShowBarCode (procedure)
- ShowBitmap (procedure)
- ShowEPS (procedure)
- ShowLeftRight (procedure)
- ShowPage (procedure)
- ShowPDF (procedure)
- ShowUTF8 (procedure)
- ShowUTF8Left / ShowUTF8Right / ShowUTF8Center (procedure)
- Sin (function)
- StopJob (procedure)
- Store (procedure)
- &Str (system variable)
- StringReplace (function)
- StringWidth (function)
- StringWidthUTF8 (function)
- Strip (function)
- Stroke (procedure)
- StrokeAndFill (procedure)
- StrToCur (function)
- StrToFloat (function)
- StrToInt (function)
- Sub (function)
- SubRecCount (function)
- System (system object)
- Time (function)
- Translate (procedure)
- Trim (function)
- TrimLeft (function)
- TrimRight (function)
- UpperCase (function)
- &Width (system variable)
- XOr (Boolean operator function)
- xmlCount()
- xmlGet()
- xmlResetRoot()
- xmlSetRoot()
- Language Reference (Alphabetical)
- Conversion Tables
- Index
181
import 35
points
convert to centimeters
173
convert to inches 171
Pos (function) 56, 125
PostScript, work with 51
PPDs, work with 52
print a
line of text on odd-numbered pages
26
page n-up 25
program 36
variable number of copies of a page based on a
value in the datastream
23
&PrinterMode (system variable) 42, 126
program
print a
36
save a 36
Put (procedure) 57, 127
R
Random (function) 45, 128
RCurveTo (procedure) 57, 82
Rectangle (procedure) 58, 128
RectFill (procedure) 58, 129
RectFillStroke (procedure) 58, 130
RectStroke (procedure) 58, 130
Repeat... Until (procedure) 48, 131
ResourceType (function) 54, 132
restore the current graphics state 52
Right (function) 56, 133
RLineTo (procedure) 57, 111
RMoveTo (procedure) 58, 116
runpage 14
RunPS (procedure) 51, 134
S
sample code 23
determine the proper page to print based on the
width of the data in the data page
27
print a line of text on odd-numbered pages 26
print a page n-up 25
store two lines of input data on one line of the
data page
24
save a
program
36
save the current graphics state 52
Scale (procedure) 58, 134
scripts, debug 21
search 59
Search…EndSearch (procedure) 48, 56, 59, 134
select data 20, 50
SelectMedia (procedure) 52, 135
Set (procedure) 53, 136
SetAngle (procedure) 58, 137
SetBodyText (procedure) 50, 137
SetDash(procedure) 58, 138
SetDataPage (procedure) 49, 138
SetEmailAddress (procedure) 50, 138
SetEmailSubject (procedure) 50, 139
SetEmulation(procedure) 49, 139
SetFaxInformation (procedure) 50, 139
SetFaxNumber (procedure) 50, 140
SetFillColor (procedure) 58, 140
SetImageIndex (procedure) 50, 142
SetLineWidth (procedure) 58, 143
SetLPP(procedure) 49, 143
SetPDFBookmark (procedure) 51, 143
SetStrokeColor (procedure) 58, 144
SetStyle (procedure) 55, 141
SetStyleExt (procedure) 55, 141
SetStyleExt() 150
shortcuts for entering PlanetPress Talk code 19
show
the Commands area
37
Show (procedure) 55, 145
ShowBarCode (procedure) 53, 145
ShowBitmap (procedure) 54, 146
ShowCenter (procedure) 55, 145
ShowEPS (procedure) 54, 148
ShowLeftRight (procedure) 55, 56, 148