Preface

This preface is an introduction to the OpenL Tablets Developer’s Guide.

The following topics are included in this preface:

Audience

This guide is mainly intended for developers who create applications employing the table based decision making mechanisms offered by the OpenL Tablets technology. However, business analysts and other users can also benefit from this guide by learning the basic OpenL Tablets concepts described herein.

Basic knowledge of Java, Ant, and Microsoft Excel is required to use this guide effectively.

The following table lists sources of information related to contents of this guide:

Title Description
OpenL Studio Guide Document describing OpenL Studio, a web application for managing OpenL Tablets projects through a web browser.
https://openl-tablets.org/ OpenL Tablets open source project website.

Typographic Conventions

The following styles and conventions are used in this guide:

Convention Description
Bold Represents user interface items such as check boxes, command buttons, dialog boxes, drop-down list values, field names, menu commands,
menus, option buttons, perspectives, tabs, tooltip labels, tree elements, views, and windows. Represents keys, such as F9 or CTRL+A.
Represents a term the first time it is defined.
Courier Represents file and directory names, code, system messages, and command-line commands.
Courier Bold Represents emphasized text in code.
Select File > Save As Represents a command to perform, such as opening the File menu and selecting Save As.
Italic Represents any information to be entered in a field. Represents documentation titles.
< > Represents placeholder values to be substituted with user specific values.
Hyperlink Represents a hyperlink. Clicking a hyperlink displays the information topic or external source.