S/TCL
The Sentence line below the toolbar is the S/List TCL command line, this can be activated by typing into the execute line. If you provide no parameters a dialog box will be launched. If you provide parameters the program will be run without invoking a dialog box.
The S/TCL command is similar to the TCL command in AREV and it supports all OpenInsight commands.
Figure 45: S/TCL
S/TCL is designed to help you when you forget the syntax of a command, although it will equally make it quicker for you to enter commands. As an example, MSG is a familiar command so you may choose to test a message by simply typing the parameters directly into S/TCL. Thus to test the message "CS_ABOUT", the parameters would be @Window, Null, CS_ABOUT, Null and a version number. We'd just type it in directly as the screen shot below shows.
On the other hand, where the parameters may not spring as quickly to mind, just typing the name of the command and pressing return generates a dialog box with all parameters named (where possible). So if we'd forgotten the parameters to say BTREE.EXTRACT we'd just type it in and press return like in the screen shot below.
Figure 46: S/TCL example of btree.extract
In the unlikely event that these reminders were not enough, pressing F1 goes straight to the Programmers Reference Guide for context sensitive help as follows
Figure 47: Programmers' Reference Guide
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