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Detailed Directions
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The code you enter in the PlanetPress Talk before property of the element.
2Element code
This includes the code for all the other properties of the element. For example, in an object it includes
the code for the Height, Width, Left, Right, Style, Condition, and all the other properties of the object
In a PlanetPress Talk object, it includes the code you enter in the PlanetPress Talk code property. In a
page, it includes the code for all the properties of the page as well as the code for all the objects on the
page.
3 PlanetPress Talk after code
The code you enter in the PlanetPress Talk after property of the element.
When you execute a program in the Editor, the Editor executes all three parts of the element, in sequence.
You can stop execution, and use the debugging features only in the program you are currently editing in
the Editor.
Detailed Directions
Enter a New Program in the Editor
The way you create a new program in the PlanetPress Talk Editor depends on whether the Code area of the
Editor is currently displaying the contents of a file.
To create a new program when no file is loaded in the Code area:
•Enter the new program.
To create a new program when a file is loaded in the Code area:
1 If necessary, save the program currently loaded in the Code area.
2 Press CTRL+A followed by BACKSPACE to clear the Code area.
3Enter the new program.
Import or Export a Program
The file name extension .ptk indicates the file contains PlanetPress Talk code.
If a file is currently loaded in the Editor, you can also use the export procedure to save the contents of the
Code area to a different file.