Question about different spellings?

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Question about different spellings?

Post by minx » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:30 pm

Hi,
I've noticed several different spellings of reserved words (like field and fld), and (group and grp) and (itemDelimiter and itemDel). And tried them and they both seem to work. Is there a list of alternate spellings somewhere or a rule about it?
Thanks, Diane

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Re: Question about different spellings?

Post by FourthWorld » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:39 pm

In the Dictionary, those entries which have synonyms are usually noted.

Some of the more commonly used synonyms are:

fld = field
btn = button
cd = card
sb = scrollbar
bg = background (shared group)
img = image
grc = graphic
selObj = selectedObject
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Re: Question about different spellings?

Post by minx » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:44 pm

Thanks Richard! I took a quick look at the dictionary and see where there are synonyms (hee, it's easy if you know where to look!) :D

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