How to Use this Document

The body of this document assumes a knowledge of the Alias interactive software. Keep the Alias manual at hand for any unfamiliar terms.

Documentation Notes

In the documentation, the characters “<”, “>” and “|” are used to indicate how an argument is used by a method.

• < means an argument is used as input into the method.
• > means an argument is used as output.
• | means an argument is used for both input and output by a method.

Note to Windows users

Occasionally, there are places in the document where you will encounter UNIX-style directory path names. Keep this in mind when you see path names with forward slashes.