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To open the editor, click the New Configuration button in the upper left part of the Desktop dialog, and then select Ultra Format from the menu.
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Buttons | Description |
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Validate | Compiles the current Ultra code, checking for grammatical and syntactical errors. The status of the compilation is displayed in a dialog. Upon failure, the erroneous line is highlighted and a message, including the line number, is displayed. |
Undo | Select this option to undo your last action. |
Redo | Select this option to redo the last action you "undid" with the Undo option. |
Cut | Cuts selections to the clipboard buffer |
Copy | Copies selections to the clipboard buffer |
Paste | Pastes the clipboard contents |
Find... | Displays a dialog where chosen text may be searched for and, optionally, replaced |
Find Again | Repeats the search for the last string entered in the Find dialog |
Zoom Out | Zoom out the code area by modifying the font size. The default value is 12(pt). Clicking the button between the | and buttons will reset the zoom level to the default value. Changing the view scale does not affect the configuration.
Zoom In | Zoom in the code area by modifying the font size. The default value is 12(pt). Clicking the button between the | and buttons will reset the zoom level to the default value. Changing the view scale does not affect the configuration.
Configuration Diff Panel
If you want to compare the current version of an Ultra configuration that you are displaying with a previous version of the same configuration, you can use Configuration Diff to compare the two versions side by side.
To hide or display the Configuration Diff panel, click the vertical Diff button to the right of the Ultra Format Editor. The panel can be hidden or visible. By default, it is hidden.
Ultra Format Editor - Configuration Diff panel
You can navigate through the differences by scrolling both panes in parallel using the scroll bar to the right of either pane. If you want to scroll through each pane separately, hover over the pane that you want to scroll through, and use the scroll wheel on your mouse.
If you want to skip through each difference in the panes, you can use the navigation buttons, Previous, Next and Refresh, which are described below.
Item | Description |
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History | Click the History drop box to select the version to which you want to compare the version currently displayed. You can also display and view encrypted configurations. If you select an encrypted configuration, you are prompted to enter the relevant password to decrypt the configuration. |
Previous | Click this button to skip to the previous difference in the configurations. The previous difference is highlighted in green. |
Next | Click this button to skip to the next difference in the configurations. The next difference is highlighted in green. |
Refresh | Click this button to display the updated version of the configuration. Configurations are not locked when you display them in Configuration Diff. If another user has modified and saved a configuration that you are viewing in this tool, you can click this button to view the latest updated version. |
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