Document Templatesprovides general information about the Document Generator Language (DGL), including its overall use, conventions, and a detailed description of the types of statements used in programming document templates. This section provides a comprehensive reference for the DGL statements.
This section presents the statements in alphabetical order by name or keyword. For each DGL statement, the following information is provided:
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Name - The keywords used to write the statement.
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Description - A detailed description of the statement and what it does.
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Syntax - A general syntax description of the statement’s structure, including parameters, qualifiers, and options.
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The syntax section uses the following conventions:
ALPHA beta [gamma]
ALPHA
is a statement that takes a required qualifier beta
, and might take an optional qualifier, gamma
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JUNK filename [,filename...]
JUNK
is a statement that takes a file name as a parameter. You can specify multiple file names, separating them with commas.
Note: Each DGL statement must be concluded by a semicolon. This is shown in the statement syntax. Flow control and structure statements can contain a number of statements. Multiple statements can be contained on a single line, or a single statement can span several lines.
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Notes - Special points of interest regarding the use of the statement.
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Examples - Examples that illustrate how to use the statement.
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See Also - This refers you to the section of this manual where the particular statement is explained.
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The remainder of this section presents the DGL statements in alphabetical order.