The following notational conventions are used throughout this manual:
| Notation | Description |
| RecArray.Create() | Words beginning with a capital letter and followed by parentheses represent OScript built-in functions. Most of these functions consist of a package name, followed by a period, followed by a function name. |
| File.ReadMode | Words beginning with a capital letter that are not followed by parentheses represent OScript constants. |
| parameter | Words in italics are parameters for OScript functions. |
| [parameter] | Parameters surrounded by square brackets are optional. |
| [Xlate] | Words surrounded by square brackets and not in italics are Xlates. |
| rightNow = Date.Now() | Script examples are displayed in this font. |
| ...block of code... | The italicized notation reading ...block of code... is used to indicate that additional statements would normally be inserted, but are replaced with ...block of code... because they are not pertinent to the topic being illustrated. |