Typographic conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Constant-width font Indicates text that you type, values for arguments or command options, examples, and code samples, or information that the system prints on the screen.
bold Indicates graphical user interface controls (for example, online button names, meu names,or menu options) and column headings in tables and text.
italic Indicates emphasis, book titles, newterms and terms that are defined in the text, or variable names.
italic constant-width Indicates variable names within constant-width text.
Text in blue outline (Visible only when you view the manual in PDF format online) Indicates a cross-reference. Click the outlined text to go to the object of the reference.
"" (quotation marks) Surround cross-references to other sections of the document.
{ } In a syntax line, surround a set of options from which you must choose one and only one.
[ ] In a syntax line, surround an optional parameter.
. . . Indicates a repetition of the previous parameter. For example, option[,...] means that you can enter multiple, comma-separated options.
< > Surround variable elements of a name to distinguish them from each other, as in <server_name><connector_name>tmp.log.
\,/ Represents the backslashes (\) that are used as component separators in directory paths in Windows installations and the slashes (/) that are used for UNIX installations. Product path names are relative to the directory where the connector is installed on your machine.
ProductDir Indicates the directory where the product is installed.

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