Syntax Notations

Language independent syntax line notations are given for each method and property in formats resembling those that describe C and C++ API functions and methods.

For example, the syntax line for the OpenEntity method of the AbtEntity class looks like this:

AbtEntity OpenEntity(string Entity, [Boolean Refresh], [integer Seconds = -1])

This is similar to a Visual Basic declaration like:

Function OpenEntity(Entity As String, Optional Refresh As Boolean, Optional Seconds As Long = -1) As AbtEntity

This means that the method OpenEntity takes a minimum of one and maximum of three parameters. The respective types of the parameters are string, Boolean and integer (32 bits; in Visual Basic 6 this is the type Long , not Integer ).

The default value for Seconds is -1, in this case meaning not specified. For the Refresh parameter no default value is given (in the case of a Boolean parameter this means a default value of False).

The return value is an object of the class AbtEntity.

If an argument describes a menu choice, its value can consist of multiple items, separated by -> . For example, in the Windows Paint application, this argument could look like: view->zoom->large size. This means select the item zoom in the view, which in turn brings up a submenu of which the ITEM large size is to be selected.

Notes: 
TestArchitect ignores the following when interpreting a menu selection argument:

To illustrate this with the example of the menu selection in Paint, the menu item text above will select:


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