AddPeriodical (JLink Symbol)

AddPeriodical[expr, interval] adds the computation expr to the set of operations that are periodically performed automatically.

FormStartPosition (NETLink Symbol)

FormStartPosition is an option to DoNETModal, DoNETModeless, ShowNETWindow, and ShowNETConsole that controls the onscreen location of the form when it first appears.

Creating an Executable (C Compiler Driver Package Tutorial)

The CCompilerDriver Package lets you work with C compilers that are installed on your computer. It is used automatically by the Mathematica compiler when you set the option ...

Animator (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Animator[u] represents an object that displays with the value of u being continually increased from 0 to 1 with time. Animator[u, {u_min, u_max}] makes u vary from u_min to ...

Mathematica Sessions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Typical command-line options for Mathematica executables. If the Mathematica front end is called with a notebook file as a command-line argument, then this notebook will be ...

AbsoluteTime (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AbsoluteTime[] gives the total number of seconds since the beginning of January 1, 1900, in your time zone.AbsoluteTime[{y, m, d, h, m, s}] gives the absolute time ...

ImageScaled (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ImageScaled[{x, y}] gives the position of a graphical object in terms of coordinates scaled to run from 0 to 1 across the whole image region in each direction. ...

RandomSample (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RandomSample[{e_1, e_2, ...}, n] gives a pseudorandom sample of n of the e_i.RandomSample[{w_1, w_2, ...} -> {e_1, e_2, ...}, n] gives a pseudorandom sample of n of the e_i ...

Threshold (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Threshold[data] thresholds data by replacing values close to zero by zero.Threshold[data, tspec] thresholds data using threshold specification tspec.Threshold[image, ...] ...

Creating Dialog Boxes (Mathematica Tutorial)

In Mathematica, dialog boxes are customized notebooks used to provide users with information and/or request user input. There are two properties associated with dialogs. ...