Legato Short Tutorials

Below, training and tutorial videos are available to help you discover Legato and learn more about how to create programs using the Legato Scripting language. Sample files of the scripts used in each video are also available.

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01. Hello, Y’all

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A demonstration of how to use the Legato Scripting Language to create a simple “Hello World” program. This video also discusses language syntax and variables and contains a few other script examples to demonstrate different types of variables.

Primary Functions: MessageBox, OkCancelBox, AddMessage, FileToString, ExplodeString, ArrayGetElementsUsed

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02. Dialog Boxes

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A demonstration of how to create and use dialog boxes with the Legato Scripting Language. This video also discusses dialog controls, property sheets, and validation.

Primary Functions: DialogBox

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03. Program Flow

Part One: Project Entry

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A discussion of the various methods you can use to start a program in Legato.

Primary Functions: GetLocalTime, MessageBox

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Part Two: Conditionals

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A discussion of conditional statements, including the ‘if’ and ’switch’ statements.

Primary Functions: GetFileAttributeString, InString, WordParseGetWord

Part Three: Loops

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A discussion of loops, including the ‘while’ and ‘for’ statements and the ‘continue’ and “break’ statements.

Primary Functions: WordParseGetWord, WordParseGetPosition, WordParseSetPosition, GetTagElement, ArrayGetAxisDepth, ArrayGetKeyName, AddMessage

Part Four: Exit

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A discussion of how to exit a function or script using the ‘return’ and “exit’ statements.

Primary Functions: N/A