6.0
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
30
PlanetPress Talk Editor
2
In this section you will be able to answer the following questions:
• “What is the PlanetPress Talk Editor?” on page 30
• “What are the features of the PlanetPress Talk Editor?” on page 31
• “What debugging features are available in the PlanetPress Talk Editor?” on page 32
• “When are the execution and debugging features of the Editor available? When I execute a program in
the Editor, what other code executes along with it?” on page 34
Key Concepts
PlanetPress Talk Editor
The PlanetPress Talk Editor is a feature-rich editor for entering PlanetPress Talk code. You can write, run,
and debug code, as well as import and export code, all from the PlanetPress Talk Editor.
There are four main areas in the PlanetPress Talk Editor: the Commands area, the Code area, the status bar
and the Spy list.
A. Commands area B. Code area C. Status bar D. Spy list
What is the PlanetPress Talk Editor?
AB
C D










