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Option

Description

Font Size

Sets the font size.

Cut

Moves the selected text to the clipboard.

You can also press the CTRL+X keys to perform this action.

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

You can also press the CTRL+C keys to perform this action.

Paste

Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the place where the insertion point has been set.

You can also press the CTRL+V keys to perform this action.

Select All

Selects all the text.

You can also press the CTRL+A keys to perform this action.

Undo

Undoes your last action.

You can also press the CTRL+Z keys to perform this action.

Redo

Redoes the last action that you undid with Undo.

You can also press the CTRL+Y keys to perform this action.

Find/Replace...

Displays a dialog where chosen text may be searched for and, optionally, replaced.

You can also press the CTRL+H keys to perform this action.

Find/Replace dialog

Quick Find

Searches the code for the highlighted text.

You can also press the CTRL+F keys to perform this action.

Find Again

Repeats the search for last entered text in the Find/Replace dialog.

You can also press the CTRL+G keys to perform this action.

Go to Line...

Opens the Go to Line dialog where you can enter which line in the code you want to go to. Click OK and you are redirected to the entered line.

You can also press the CTRL+L keys to perform this action.

Show Definition

If you right-click a function in the code that has been defined somewhere else and select this option, you are redirected to where the function has been defined.

If the function has been defined within the same configuration, you jump to the line where the function is defined. If the function has been defined in another configuration, the configuration opens and you jump directly to the line where the function has been defined.

You can also click a function and press the CTRL+F3 keys to perform this action.

Note

Note!

If you have references to an external function with the same name as a function within the current code, some problems may occur. The Show Definition option will point to the function within the current code, while the external function is the one that is called during workflow execution. 

Show Usages

If you right-click a function where it is defined in the code and select this option, a dialog called Usage Viewer opens and displays a list of the Configurations that are using the function.

You can also select a function and press the CTRL+F4 keys to perform this action.

UDR Assistance...

Opens the UDR Internal Format Browser from which the UDR Fields may be inserted into the code area.

You can also press the CTRL+U keys to perform this action.

 MIM Assistance...

Opens the MIM Browser from which the available MIM Resources may be inserted into the code area.

You can also press the CTRL+M keys to perform this action.

Import...

Imports the contents from an external text file into the editor. Note that the file has to reside on the host where the client is running.

Export...

Exports the current contents into a new file to, for instance, allow editing in another text editor or usage in another Usage Engine system.

Use External Editor

Opens the editor specified by the Desktop property mz.gui.editor.command, e g "notepad.exe".

APL Help...

Opens the APL Reference Guide.

APL Code Completion

Performs code completion on the current line. For more information about Code Completion, see the section below, APL Code Completion.

You can also press the CTRL+SPACE keys to perform this action.

Indent

Adjusts the indentation of the code to make it more readable.

You can also press the CTRL+I keys to perform this action.

Jump to Pair

Moves the cursor to the matching parenthesis or bracket.

You can also press the CTRL+SHIFT+P keys to perform this action.

Toggle Comments

Adds or removes comment characters at the beginning of the current line or selection.

You can also press the CTRL+7 keys to perform this action.

Surround With

Adds a code template that surrounds the current line or selection:

  • for Loop (CTRL+ALT+F)

  • while Loop (CTRL+ALT+W)

  • Debug Expression (CTRL+ALT+D)

  • if Condition (CTRL+ALT+I)

  • Block Comment (CTRL+ALT+B)

APL Code Completion

In order to make APL coding easier, the APL Code Completion feature will help you find and add APL functions and their respective syntax.

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The Configuration List Editor appears in many Agent Configuration dialog boxes and usually looks like the example in the figure below, Configuration List Editor. This table enables you to select and list several entries that you want to include in a certain Configuration definition.

Button

Description

Add

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Click to open a dialog box where you can add an item to the Configuration list.

Edit

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Select a row and click Edit; an Update dialog box opens and enables you to modify the data entry.

Remove

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Select a row and click Remove.

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Select an entry from the Configuration list and click Up or Down to move it to an upper or lower position

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Item

Description

UDR Types

List of available UDR types ordered in a tree structure.

You can search for a specific UDR type using the filter text box. You can also expand all of the folders to display all the subfolders and types by clicking the Expand button. You can collapse the folders again by clicking the Collapse button. If you click the Refresh button, the view is refreshed and the folders are collapsed.

Formats created in Ultra Format Editor usually have the following structure:

folder name - configuration name - internal type name

Note

Note!

There are a number of agents, for example Diameter and Inter Workflow, that have predefined UDR types with corresponding folder names.

Expand All

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Click this button to expand all of the UDR Types folders to display all the subfolders and types.

If you click the Refresh button, the view is refreshed and the folders are collapsed.

Collapse All

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Click this button to collapse the UDR Types folders so that only the folders are displayed.

UDR Fields

Displays the UDR type fields in a tree structure.

You can search for a specific UDR type field using the filter text box. To refresh the view, click the Refresh button.

To ease identification, the fields are color coded:

  • Optional - Italic black

  • Read-only - Red

  • Default - Blue

  • Nested UDRs - Gray

Note

Note!

A nested UDR that is optional appears in Italic Black.

Show Optional

If enabled, fields declared as optional are displayed in black italic text.

Show Readonly

Select this check box to display read-only fields; the text appears in red.

Note

Note!

Clearing this check box also affects the blue text entries. These are reserved fields that you cannot modify.

Datatype

If enabled, only fields that match the selected data type are displayed. 

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