Code Editor Assistance(4.3)
- Jenni Wallin
In addition, to make it easier to navigate in the code, there is an Outline navigation panel to the right of the code area. These features are described below. The text is color coded according to the following definitions: Brown - Strings Blue - Functions Green - Types Purple - Keywords Orange - Comments Hint! To refresh the text press . The right-click menu has the following options: Text Editor right-click menu Option Description Sets the font size. Moves the selected text to the clipboard. You can also press the Copies the selected text to the clipboard. You can also press the Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the place where the insertion point has been set. You can also press the Selects all the text. You can also press the Undoes your last action. You can also press the Redoes the last action that you undid with Undo. You can also press the Displays a dialog where chosen text may be searched for and, optionally, replaced. You can also press the Quick Find Searches the code for the highlighted text. You can also press the Repeats the search for the last text entered in the Find/Replace dialog. You can also press the Opens the Go to Line dialog where you can enter which line in the code you want to go to. Click OK to be redirected to the entered line. You can also press the CTRL+L keys to perform this action. Adds or removes the line numbering. You can also press the CTRL+F2 keys to perform this action. If you right click on a function in the code that has been defined somewhere else and select this option, you will be redirected to where the function has been defined. If the function has been defined within the same configuration, you will simply jump to the line where the function is defined. If the function has been defined in another configuration, the configuration will be opened and you will jump directly to the line where the function has been defined. You can also click on a function and press the 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 will be called during workflow execution. Opens the UDR Internal Format Browser from which the UDR Fields may be inserted into the code area. You can also press the Imports the contents from an external text file into the editor. Note that the file must reside on the host where the client is running. Exports the current contents into a new file, for instance, to allow editing in another text editor or use in another Performs code completion on the current line. For more information about Code Completion, see the section below, Code Completion. You can also press the Moves the cursor to the matching parenthesis or bracket. You can also press the Adds or removes comment characters at the beginning of the current line or selection. You can also press the CTRL+3 keys to perform this action. Surround With Adds a code template that surrounds the current line or selection: for Loop ( To make coding easier, the Code Completion feature provides you with context-sensitive functions and their respective syntax. To access Code Completion, place the cursor where you want to add code, press CTRL+SPACE and select the correct function. In order to reduce the number of hits, type the initial characters of the function you are looking for. The characters to the left of the cursor will be used as a filter. Code Completion covers:In the code area the code is color coded according to type, for easier identification. When you right-click in the code area, a context sensitive popup menu appears. Here you can access the most common coding actions. Code completion provides proposals when requested to help you write code.
Syntax Highlighting
Right-Click Menu
Font Size Cut CTRL+X keys to perform this action.Copy CTRL+C keys to perform this action.Paste CTRL+V keys to perform this action.Select All CTRL+A keys to perform this action.Undo CTRL+Z keys to perform this action.Redo CTRL+Y keys to perform this action.Find/Replace... CTRL+H keys to perform this action.CTRL+F keys to perform this action.Find Again CTRL+G keys to perform this action.Go to Line... Toggle Line Numbers Show Definition CTRL+F3 keys to perform this action.UDR Assistance... CTRL+U keys to perform this action. system.
Code Completion CTRL+SPACE keys to perform this action.Jump to Pair CTRL+SHIFT+P keys to perform this action.Toggle Comments CTRL+ALT+F)
while Loop ( CTRL+ALT+W )
Debug Expression ( CTRL+ALT+D )
if Condition ( CTRL+ALT+I )
Block Comment ( CTRL+ALT+B )Code Completion
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