Defines external files or devices.

A document is a programming object which identifies, to Zim, a line-oriented device or text file in your operating system, giving you the means to access that device or file in your application programs.  A document may be unstructured (e.g., containing straight text or a program), or it may be structured (e.g., containing tabular data in discrete fields).

Establishing a Document

Call up the Zim IDE, select DOCUMENTS from the DataBases menu, and use the tools of the Zim IDE Development to define the desired document.

Creation of Documents step by step: