Chapter 1 About This Book

Subject

This book describes the PowerDesigner metamodel and resource files, along with the GTL generation language and scripting for PowerDesigner.

Audience

This book assumes that you are an experienced Windows and PowerDesigner user.

Documentation primer

For information about the complete documentation set provided with PowerDesigner, see the "Getting Started with PowerDesigner" chapter of the Core Features Guide .

Typographic conventions

PowerDesigner documentation uses special typefaces to help you readily identify specific items:

• monospace text (normal and bold)
  
  Used for: Code samples, commands, compiled functions and files, references to variables.
  
  Example: declare user_defined..., the BeforeInsertTrigger template.
• bold text
  
  Used for: New terms.
  
  Example: A shortcut has a target object.
• small caps
  
  Used for: Key names.
  
  Example: Press the enter key.

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