Agreed notations

Keys. Keys such as Enter, Esc, Del, and others are given without quotation marks.

The Arrow keys phrase is used to specify all arrow keys at once. They are individually referred to as Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, and Left Arrow.

Keyboard shortcuts. When a command requires a keyboard shortcut, it will be denoted as Ctrl + F3. All keyboard shortcuts in the guide are specified for PC-compatible computers. On Apple computers, you need to use Cmd instead of Ctrl and Option instead of Alt in the given keyboard shortcuts. So, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F5 for a PC-compatible computer will look as follows for an Apple computer: Cmd + Option + Shift + F5.

Buttons. Form buttons are given without quotation marks, like OK, Cancel, Delete, and others.

1C:Enterprise language keywords. 1C:Enterprise language keywords are highlighted by specific font and are given as in modules, for example: WorkingDate. This manual contains references to some parts of 1C:Enterprise language description (sections, methods, attributes, and others). For these descriptions, see the application help (the 1C:Enterprise language section).

Menu actions. Menu interactions are described as follows: Menu – Submenu – Submenu – ... – Menu item. For example: "To select the picture scale, click Table – View – Scale" is similar to: "To select the picture scale, use the Scale menu item of the View submenu in the Table menu in the main menu of the application". If any menu, other than the main menu, is referred, it is specified explicitly.

1C:Enterprise modes. There are two operating modes in 1C:Enterprise. The mode for configuration setup and validation is hereinafter referred to as Designer mode. The configuration runtime mode is hereinafter referred to as 1C:Enterprise mode.

In this Guide, "user" means an expert who participates in application development or maintenance.

The A.B.C.D expression in the context of the 1C:Enterprise version means that the full version number of the format 8.3.20.123 is to be used.

The %SYSTEMROOT% expression means a Windows environment variable that contains a path to the operating system installation directory. If the operating system was installed using default settings, this expression equals to

C:\Windows

The %USERPROFILE% expression means a Windows environment variable that contains a path to the current user profile directory. If the operating system is installed using default settings and the username is Smith, this path looks as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\Smith

On Windows Vista and later:

C:\Users\Smith

The %APPDATA% expression means a Windows environment variable that contains a path to the directory (in the user profile) where application data is stored. If the operating system is installed using default settings and the username is Smith, this path looks as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\Smith\Application Data

On Windows Vista and later:

C:\Users\Smith\AppData\Roaming

The %LOCALAPPDATA% expression means an environment variable of Windows Vista or later that contains a path to the directory (in the user profile) where user-specific application data is stored. If the operating system is installed using default settings and the username is Smith, this path looks as follows:

C:\Users\Smith\AppData\Local

The %ALLUSERSPROFILE% expression means a Windows environment variable with a directory available to all users. If the operating system is installed using default settings, this path looks as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

On Windows Vista and later:

C:\ProgramData

The %PROGRAMFILES% expression means a Windows environment variable with a path to the directory that contains data files for applications whose bitness matches the operating system bitness. If the operating system was installed using default settings, this expression equals to

C:\Program Files

The %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% expression means a Windows environment variable with a path to the directory that contains data files for applications whose bitness does not match the operating system bitness. In other words, this environment variable contains a link to the directory where x32 applications are stored in the x64 operating system. If the operating system was installed using default settings, this expression equals to

C:\Program Files (x86)

The $HOME expression or ~/ means a Linux or macOS environment variable with a path to the home directory of the user on whose behalf the current operating system session is running. The specific location of the user directory depends on the operating system used. The ~/.1cv8 expression means the .1cv8 directory located in the home directory of the current user.

All files of the same name that are used simultaneously for Windows OS, Linux OS and macOS, will be mentioned under the same name in this guide, regardless of the OS being used. For example, the 1cestart.cfg file will be stated as is in the guide, as well as on Linux and macOS. However, it will be called 1CEStart.cfg on Windows.

Extensions of executable files are not specified (if any). This means that 1cv8.exe is referred to as 1cv8 in this manual. On Windows, add the .exe extension. On Linux and macOS, do not add anything.

Also, Linux and macOS are case-sensitive, and Windows is not.

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