$LibraryPath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$LibraryPath gives the default list of directories to search in attempting to find a library.

Package Bulletproofing (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica makes it easy to "bulletproof" packages, and prevent features of their environment from affecting their internal operation.

FilePrint (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FilePrint["file"] prints out the raw textual contents of file.

GUIScreenShot (GUIKit Package Symbol)

GUIScreenShot[interface] generates a graphic that captures the current state of the runtime user interface.

Calling Java from Mathematica (JLink Guide)

Java Connection Management >, InstallJava AddToClassPath ShowJavaConsole ..., Java Classes and Objects >, LoadJavaClass -- load and set up a Java class for use from ...

Interrupting Calculations (Mathematica Tutorial)

There will probably be times when you want to stop Mathematica in the middle of a calculation. Perhaps you realize that you asked Mathematica to do the wrong thing. Or ...

MousePosition (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MousePosition[] gives the current mouse position in the notebook front end. MousePosition["coords"] gives the mouse position with respect to the specified coordinate ...

EventHandler (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

EventHandler[expr, {"event_1" :> action_1, "event_2" :> action_2, ...}] displays as expr, evaluating action_i whenever "event_i" occurs in connection with expr.

Use Palettes (Mathematica How To)

Palettes give you immediate access to many features built into Mathematica, from creating syntactically complete expressions and inserting special characters, to building up ...

GUIRunModal (GUIKit Package Symbol)

GUIRunModal[src] loads and runs an interface definition in a modal state with the kernel and returns a result when finished.GUIRunModal[src, args] passes arguments to the ...