Consolidated WIL Help Explained   

 

 

Wilson WindowWare offers several different help files depending on what is installed on the system. The Consolidated WIL Help file acts as a single resource for many of the various help files. It combines multiple .chm files at run time, allowing them to all be consolidated into a single Help system. So, as you install some new Wilson WindowWare product ( i.e. WIL Extenders) you will see them show up in the table of contents of this help file.

This help file can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WinBatch ) or from WinBatch Studio's context menu by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within an open file.

 

Reference Guides

 

These help files contain tutorials and documentation for various standard scripting functions. WinBatch and the WinBatch + Compiler are comprised of many pieces; the Windows Interface Language, special WinBatch specific commands are documented in separate reference guides.

 

WindowsInterfaceLanguage.chm

This help file contains documentation on all of the standard Windows Interface Language (WIL) functions. It also contains a tutorial that can be used to help get you started. The section titled 'Things to know' contains important information on using WIL.

This help file can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WinBatch ), from WinBatch Studio's context menu by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within an open file, or from inside the ConsolidatedWIL.chm ( Contents tab ).

 

WinBatch.chm

This help file contains documentation on the various utilities included with WinBatch: Compiler, WIL Dialog Editor, Window Information Utility, FileMenu, PopMenu and WinMacro. It also contains functions specific to WinBatch: ExtractAttachedFile, various Box functions and Service functions.

This help file can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WinBatch ), from WinBatch Studio's context menu by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within an open file, or from inside the ConsolidatedWIL.chm ( Contents tab ).

 

COM.chm

This help file contains documentation on WIL COM functionality. It also contains functions and lots of sample code.

This help file can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WinBatch ), from WinBatch or from inside the ConsolidatedWIL.chm ( Contents tab ).

 

WebBatch.chm

This help file contains functions documentation specific to WebBatch: WebOut, WebOutFile, WebParamData, etc..

This help file can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WebBatch ) or from inside the ConsolidatedWIL.chm ( Contents tab ).

 

WIL Extenders

 

These help files contain documentation for each of the individual WIL Extenders.

 

WIL language extenders are among the most useful parts of the WIL language. Network connectivity, special arithmetic operations, and other capabilities can be added to WIL with extenders. Extenders are often available on the web site : http://www.winbatch.com/download.html. They may be downloaded from there. The most widely used extenders are included on the distribution CD-ROM in the 'Extenders' subdirectory.

 

Software developers who want to create custom extensions to the WIL language may purchase a development kit called "WIL Extender SDK”. The actual extender must be written as a DLL using C or C++.

 

Each individual extender has a help file that explains how to use the functions in it.

 

These help files can be accessed from the Windows Start menu ( Start | Programs | WinBatch ), from WinBatch Studio's context menu by clicking the right mouse button anywhere within an open file, or ( if they are installed) from inside the ConsolidatedWIL.chm ( Contents tab ).

 

Utilities

 

These help files contain documentation for utilities the can help developers design and create code. Many of these tools are installed by default.

 

  • WinBatch Studio

  • File Browser

  • WIL Type Viewer

  • WinMacro

  • WMI Scripter