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PowerScript Basics
 Identifiers
 Comments
 Special Characters
 Statement Continuation Character
 Pronouns
 Arrays
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 Identifiers
 Should start with a letter
 Can have up to 40 characters
 Case insensitive
 Spaces are not allowed
 Can include -, $, %, #, _.
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 Comments
 Double Slash method comments till the
end of the line.
 /* and */ comments everything in between.
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 Special Characters
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New line
Tab
Vertical Tab
Carriage Return
Form Feed
Backspace
Tilde
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 Statement Continuation Character
 & is the statement continuation character.
 Should be the last character in the line.
 Not required to use in the embedded SQL
statements.
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 Pronouns in PowerScript
 This: Refers to the object itself for which the code
is written.
 Parent: Refers to the object in which the object is
placed.
 ParentWindow: Refers to the window for which
the menu is attached. Used by menu objects.
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 Arrays
 Single & multi dimensional and dynamic arrays
are supported.
 No limitation on the number of dimensions.
 Arrays can be of any datatype except enumerated
datatype.
 LowerLimit() returns the lowest element number.
 UpperLimit() returns the highest element number.
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PowerScript Basics
 Identifiers
 Comments
 Special Characters
 Statement Continuation Character
 PowerScript Pronouns
 Arrays
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