In the Common Language Implementation subsystem, a one-argument code block
that is evaluated when a compiler error occurs.
feature
A major component of a software product that can be installed
separately.
In VisualAge, an action, attribute, or event that is available from a
part's public interface and that other parts can connect to. See
also action,attribute, and event.
File In
A Smalltalk command for compiling external definitions of applications,
classes, and methods from a text file.
File Out
A Smalltalk command for writing definitions of applications, classes, and
methods to an external text file.
fixed class
A class that can have named instance variables but no indexed instance
variables.
fixed object
An object that cannot be moved by the Smalltalk garbage collector.
form
An HTML element that can include entry fields, push buttons, and other
user-interface controls through which users can enter information.
Sometimes called a fill-in form.
framework
A library of classes, intended for reuse, that fall within a particular
domain (for example, a communications framework or a graphics
framework).
free-form surface
In VisualAge, the large open area of the Composition Editor window.
The free-form surface holds the visual parts contained by the views you build
and representations of the nonvisual parts that your application
includes.
function
In the Common Widgets subsystem, a method that enables a widget to perform
an action.