Preface

Table of Contents

1. Getting Help
2. DFdiscover Mailing List
3. Conventions

1. Getting Help

DF/Net Research, Inc.'s Technical Support Department can be contacted Monday to Friday between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Eastern Time via any of the following methods:


55 Head Street, Suite 403
DundasOntario  L9H 3H8
Telephone: (905) 522-3282
Email: 
URL: www.dfnetresearch.com

2. DFdiscover Mailing List

DF/Net Research, Inc. provides an automated email mailing list for tips, help, and interaction with other DFdiscover users.

To subscribe to the mailing list, complete the simple form found at the DFdiscover User's Group mailing list webpage. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the mailing list by visiting the same webpage.

To submit a message to the mailing list

  1. Subscribe to the list. Message submissions are only accepted from members of the list.

  2. Create your email message.

  3. Send the email message to .

3. Conventions

A number of conventions have been used throughout this document.

Any freestanding sections of code are generally shown like this:

# this is example code
code = code + overhead;

If a line starts with # or %, this character denotes the system prompt and is not typed by the user.

Text may also have several styles:

  • Emphasized words are shown as follows: emphasized words.

  • Filenames appear in the text like so: dummy.c.

  • Code, constants, and literals in the text appear like so: main.

  • Variable names appear in the text like so: nBytes.

  • Text on user interface labels or menus is shown as: Printer name, while buttons in user interfaces are shown as Cancel.

  • Menus and menu items are shown as: File > Exit.