On Wednesday 25 February 2004 11:42, Digital audio Pro wrote:
John, i think a first thing to document is a brief reminder about basic
visual basic stuff like :
procedures
functions
operators and there precedence rules
syntaxic rules
statements, loops, ...
variables, constant... the variant type and the implications, the lack of
type declaration like in C...
Hmm .. my feeling is 'Dont re-invent the wheel' refer the users to the MS
website, show example code, but dont spend much time on the language aspects,
thats been done already. There are many books etc, a few example scripts can
reveal many of the techniques, writing our own 'how to code in VB' book is
probably not time well spent.
What is need is a full and comprehensive list of the Mach2 specific
functions, their typical use etc. A full explanation of how each macro runs
in its own thread and what will happen if you call one macro from another etc.
because the macros and the VB attachaed to buttons is mostly identical, this
can all be grouped together in one place to pull things nicely together.
pull all the screen designer stuff into this document too, add in some handy
tips, hints, sample files, etc and its a useful programming/customisation
resource.
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