EasyLanguage® Object Reference Help

The EasyLanguage® Object Reference includes help topics about a set of extensions to EasyLanguage that provide a powerful range of object-oriented programming tools designed to allow experienced developers ways of accessing information and managing program structures in a more advanced manner.

To get the most of out the object-oriented EasyLanguage extensions (sometimes referred to as Object-Oriented EasyLanguage or OOEL) you should have a working knowledge of EasyLanguage and a general understanding of object-oriented programming terminology and conventions.

This help file includes topics about:

EasyLanguage Classes - descriptions of EasyLanguage classes and related namespaces properties, methods, events, and inheritance.

Information about specific classes and their members can be found using the help Table Of Contents or Index or by right-clicking on a class name in the EasyLanguage editor and clicking on the Definition of Name... item listed.

Object-oriented Terminology - introduction to object-oriented programming concepts and terminology in EasyLanguage.

Accessing EasyLanguage Object Reference Help:

From the Menu bar of the TradeStation® Development Environment, click Help > EasyLanguage Object Reference
Right-click on an object or property in the EasyLanguage code editor and select Definition of... to display the related help topic.
Select Help from a right-click shortcut menu while editing an EasyLanguage Document to access editor related help.

Ways to find information in Help:

Drop-Down Navigation Menus - The top navigation menu includes sub-menus within each category to guide you to the topics of interest. Click the top menu item at any level to see a summary, or an indented item for more details.
Topic Outline - The topic outline pane on the right side of each topic displays a partial outline of topics near the current topic displayed in bold text. Select any topic in the list to view it or click the top topic in the outline to move back one level.
Search - The Search box lets you locate help topics that contain term(s) you type into the text box. A search engine looks through every topic in the help and returns a list of help topics, including a brief summary, that include one or more of the search terms entered. In addition, the search terms in a topic and summary are highlighted with bold text. For example, searching for the terms: drawing object would highlight the words drawing,, object, and drawing object in each topic title and summary.

See About the Menu and Toolbar for more information.