Introduction

TRIMpl is based on the industry standard programming language C. You can examine the code with any text editor, like vi or emacs, or even Notepad, and make your changes to the program files before they are compiled.

Using one of Trifox's front-end designers, you create window or screen-based applications. As you choose keys, screen navigation, dialog boxes, events, and actions, the front-end designer records your choices, as well as the TRIMpl functions with which they are associated.

When you are satisfied with the applications, you use TRIMgen to compile the .app file, which contains TRImpl. The end result is machine-independent binary code with data references that are offset-based and easily relocatable. The code can be compiled on one machine and executed on other types of machines, including 32-bit to 64-bit and vice versa conversions.

Along with the runtime environment, TRIMrun, these machine-independent binary applications are what your end-users see and use.

You can create a block of TRImpl code in a separate file as a stand-alone application. Stand-alone applications are useful for writing user utilities that can be transported to any DesignVision-supported system. Other applications can call the stand-alone piece as an external function that can receive parameters and return values.

TRIMgen is a compiler that takes a TRIMpl design file and converts it to a special binary file that can be run by the TRIMrun code executor.

More Reading

 »  TRIMpl Function Reference online.

 »  TRIMpl Function Reference for download.

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