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Table 1.1: Expression Evaluator Commands

RAN	Random Number	=ran	.3801
	0.0 - 1.0
STEP	Step Function	=step(2)	1
DELTA	Delta Function	=delta(-2)	0
SQRWV	Square Wave	=sqrwv(2,3,1)	1
	(x, period, phase)

Context Sensitive OnLine Help

TracePro has context sensitive online help. Help is available on features in the program by using the Help toolbar button, or pressing the Shift + F1 key. This is a standard Windows feature. Press the Help Button, then select the menu item or press the toolbar button for which you want help. You can also press F1 while the cursor is highlighting a menu item to get help regarding that selection.

There is also reference material available in TracePro. Use the Help Topics menu or Macro Reference menu to obtain reference material.

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Command Line Arguments

Command Line Arguments

TracePro is normally started by selecting the TracePro menu item from the Windows Start menu. However, TracePro can also by started from the command line, Run dialog or have command line options appended to the TracePro Start menu properties. These methods are described within the Windows documentation.

The following lists the syntax and parameters for the TracePro command line options.

TracePro

[/m] [/nologo] [/SNxxxx] [scheme_file]

[“(scheme command)”] [/d] [/h heap_size]

TracePro /nologo g:/test.scm “(test2 123)”

The arguments as are follows:

•Setting /m will start TracePro in a minimized mode.

•Setting /nologo will inhibit the display of the TracePro Splash Screen.

•Setting /SNxxxx will make “xxxx” the DDE service name which is TRACEPRO by default. This is used so multiple instances of TracePro can by accessed by DDE.

•	Standard	Expert	The scheme_file is an ASCII file ending in the SCM
	extension which contains the TracePro macro commands to load and
	optionally execute.
•	Standard	Expert	The scheme command is any set of valid macro
	commands with or without optional arguments contained between two double
	quotes. The left and right parentheses are required. The command can be a
	function contained in a file loaded from the command line or from the Auto
	Load macro.
•	Standard	Expert	Setting /d suppresses the Auto Load macro defined in
	the View|Customize dialog.
•	Standard	Expert	Setting /h to specify scheme heap size in kilobytes. The
	default is 4000. This may need to be increased for extensive use of macro
	commands.

Note: the forward slash, “/”, is equivalent to the hypen, “-“, to delineate command line arguments. The forward slash is equivalent to the backward slash, “\”, when entering the location and path for a file.

TracePro /nologo g:/test.scm “(test2 123)”

is equivalent to

TracePro -nologo g:\test.scm “(test2 123)”

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Increasing Access to RAM on 32-bit Operating Systems

The maximum amount of physical RAM that can be supported on various 32-bit Windows operating systems is shown below:

Windows Vista	4 GB
Windows XP Professional	4 GB
Windows Server 2003	4 GB
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition	32 GB
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition	64 GB

However, the virtual address space of processes and applications on all these operating systems is still limited to a default value of 2 GB.

Microsoft has instituted a /3GB switch which can be placed in your computer's boot.ini file. This switch will allow applications (which are written to take advantage of this) to address 1 GB of additional virtual address space above 2 GB. TracePro now takes advantage of this /3GB switch. Please note that implementing this switch in your boot.ini file may affect other programs on your computer that are written to take advantage of the /3GB switch.

For more details on implementing the /3GB switch in your boot.ini file, please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base item:

Memory Support and Windows Operating Systems (9 FEB 2005) http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx

Chinese Translations for TracePro Dialogs

In order to make TracePro open in traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese follow these simple steps:

1.If you have not already installed the Chinese, and other East Asian languages, then you must do so in order to view the dialogs in their correct format:

a.Select Start > Control Panels,

b.Select Regional and Language Options,

c.Select the Languages tab,

d.Check the Install files for East Asian Languages, see Figure 1.12, and Click OK for any Warning dialog that might appear,

e.Click on OK or Apply, and

f.Restart as directed.

2.Create a shortcut for TracePro by right clicking on the TracePro application and selecting Create Shortcut.

3.Right click on this Shortcut, and select Properties (see Figure 1.13).

4.In the Target box enter, as shown, "-cht" for traditional Chinese, "-chs" for simplified Chinese, and "-eng" to enforce English (see Figure 1.14 for an example using traditional Chinese).

5.Select OK or Apply.

6.Double click on the updated Shortcut.

7.If you need to set the licensing options, you will obtain a dialog as shown in Figure 1.15 (using traditional Chinese).

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Chinese Translations for TracePro Dialogs

8.TracePro will then be displayed as shown in Figure 1.16 (using traditional Chinese).

9.If you do not see Chinese characters, then you must install files for East Asian Language display. Please follow Step 1 above. You do not need to repeat the steps following it.

FIGURE 1.12 - Regional and Language Options Control Panel for installing files required for display of the Chinese character sets.

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FIGURE 1.13 - Select Properties for the newly created TracePro Shortcut.

FIGURE 1.14 - Enter -cht for traditional Chinese, -chs for simplified Chinese, or -eng for English.

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Chinese Translations for TracePro Dialogs

FIGURE 1.15 - TracePro Licensing Option Dialog in traditional Chinese.

FIGURE 1.16 - TracePro environment in traditional Chinese.

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