What You Need to Know to Develop with Concordance

In order to develop with Concordance, you may need to understand two technologies: Concordance itself, and general programming or scripting.

•Concordance - The main features of Concordance Programming Language (CPL) are designed to automate Concordance tasks. Therefore, you should be familiar with Concordance features, such as tags, comments, and querying. You should also be familiar with the Concordance UI. In general, it is recommended that you receive the general training on using Concordance before you attempt to develop a CPL script.

•C/Pascal Development - CPL is a scripting language in the C/Pascal family. While the Concordance Programming Fundamentals section can walk you through many of the basics of writing a script, it is recommended that you have at least a basic familiarity with scripting before you begin. Alternately, having a basic background in C or C++ would also be useful.