538 Glossary
Transaction
The specifications for input and output (I/O) used by certain objects in
VEE. Examples include the
To File, From File, Sequencer, and
Direct I/O objects. Transactions appear as phrases listed in the open
view of these objects.
UserObject
An object that can encapsulate a group of objects to perform a particular
purpose within a program. A UserObject allows you to use top-down
design techniques when building a program, and to build user-defined
objects that can be saved in a library and reused.
Views
VEE presents a program in one of two views: panel view which provides
a user interface for a VEE program, or detail view which provides a
window for developing a VEE program.
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
Operating systems, developed by Microsoft Corporation, in which VEE
runs.
Work Area
An region within the Main window (also the UserObject and
UserFunction windows) in which you place VEE objects and connect
them together to create a VEE program.
Work Space
A region in the VEE window that contains the programming or editing
windows such as
Main, UserObject, and UserFunction. These
windows contain work areas in which you place VEE objects and
connect them together.