Dr Zippi,

This is all documented in the pdf version of the FB Reference manual  
( see page 8  titled "Conventions Used in this Manual ). Each verb's  
( or statement's ) syntax is clearly marked using symbols to identify  
which are required and which are optional.

Brian S.


On Oct 9, 2008, at 2:33 PM, Pierre Zippi wrote:

> What about these? Does # and () matter?
>
> SCROLL BUTTON #_SymSizeScroll17, symsize
> SCROLL BUTTON (_HelpEdit1), CurPos
> SCROLL BUTTON _HelpEdit1, CurPos
>
> BUTTON #CurSymbol, _markedBtn
> BUTTON CurSymbol, _markedBtn
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Robert Purves <listrp@...>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Pierre Zippi wrote:
>>
>>> What's the difference between WINDOW #_HelpWnd and WINDOW _HelpWnd  
>>> in
>>> this context.
>>>
>>> WINDOW #_HelpWnd,"Help",(6,42)-(500,SYSTEM(_scrnHeight)-35), 
>>> (_docNoGrow),1
>>>
>>> I'm moving to appearance windows and I want to fully understand the
>>> parameters this time.
>>
>> '#' here has no meaning and is optional. Another example is close [#]
>> fileNum.
>>
>> Robert P.
>>
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