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App Studio provides a fully integrated text editor that you can use to create, view, and edit the source code for procedures, procedure components, and other types of files required by your projects.
You can access the Text Editor tab by selecting Procedure via Text Editor or Text Document in the New dialog box, or by right-clicking a procedure in the Environments Tree panel and selecting Open in Text Editor. You can also access the Text Editor tab by selecting the Embedded JavaScript/CSS view tab in the HTML canvas. Some commands are unavailable while in the Text Editor tab accessed through the Embedded JavaScript/CSS view tab. The Text Editor tab is shown in the following image.
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The Find group contains options that enable you to find or replace text. The Find group is shown in the following image.
The commands in this group are:
Finds the specified text. You can also use Ctrl+F to activate the Find dialog box.
Finds the next instance of the specified text.
Finds the previous instance of the specified text.
Replaces specific text with different text.
Selects all of the text in the procedure.
You can use the options on the Find dialog box to indicate how to search for information. The Find dialog box is shown in the following image.
The options in this dialog box are:
Provides a text box where you can specify the text that you want to find. Optionally, you can click the arrow to select a search term or phrase that was previously specified.
Select this option to match the whole word only.
Select this option to match the uppercase or lowercase value, as specified in the Find what field.
Select this option to use a regular expression, which is a pattern matching expression. Indicate the pattern in the Find what field and the Text Editor will look for anything that matches the pattern.
Select up or down to indicate the direction the Text Editor should search in.
Allows you to find the next instance of your search term.
Marks all instances of your search term in the Text Editor.
Cancels the current search and closes the Find dialog box.
You use the options on the Replace dialog box to indicate how to use the find feature to find and replace information. The Replace dialog box is shown in the following image.
The options in this dialog box are:
Provides a text box where you can specify the text that you want to find. Optionally, you can click the arrow to select a search term or phrase that was previously specified.
Provides a text box where you can specify the text that is going to replace the text that you are searching for. Optionally, you can click the arrow to select a replacement term or phrase that was previously specified.
Select this option to match the whole word only.
Select this option to match the uppercase or lowercase value, as specified in the Find what and Replace with fields.
Select this option to use a regular expression, which is a pattern matching expression. Indicate the pattern in the Find what and Replace with fields and the Text Editor will look for and enable you to replace anything that matches the pattern.
Enables you to specify where you would like the replacement to occur. Options include Selection or Whole file.
Allows you to find the next instance of your search term.
Replaces the search information that you specified in the Find next field with the text or other information that you indicated in the Replace with field.
Allows you to automatically replace all instances of the search term you indicated in the Find next field with the information you specified in the Replace with field.
Cancels the current search and replaces and closes the Replace dialog box.
The Bookmarks group enables you to turn bookmarks on or off, find the next bookmark, find the previous bookmark, and delete all bookmarks. The Bookmarks group is unavailable when you access the Text Editor tab through the Embedded JavaScript/CSS view tab, in the HTML canvas. The Bookmarks group is shown in the following image.
The commands are:
Turns bookmarks on or off.
Goes to the next bookmark.
Goes to the previous bookmark.
Deletes all bookmarks.
The Case/Comment group contains options for changing selected text to uppercase or lowercase. The Case/Comment group is unavailable when you access the Text Editor tab through the Embedded JavaScript/CSS view tab, in the HTML canvas. The Case/Comment group is shown in the following image.
The commands are:
Changes the selected text to uppercase (all capital letters).
Changes the selected text to lowercase (all lowercase letters).
Changes the case of the selected text to lowercase or uppercase depending on how the selected text appeared first. You can also change the case of selected text by using the shortcut menu, on the canvas, while text is selected.
Inserts a new comment line if your pointer appears on a new line or changes an active line of text to a comment. You can also use the shortcut menu, on the canvas, to add a comment.
Deletes the previous comment change. This option is similar to the Undo command on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can also use the shortcut menu, on the canvas, to remove a comment.
The Options group contains commands that you can use to format the text in a procedure. The Options group is unavailable when you access the Text Editor tab through the Embedded JavaScript/CSS view tab, in the HTML canvas. The Options group is shown in the following image.
The commands are:
Opens the Font and Color Settings dialog box from which you can modify the appearance of the syntax in a procedure.
Replaces spaces between characters with a visual indicator.
Controls the number of spaces a tab character uses.
Provides the options to control tab characters. You can substitute spaces for tab characters or keep tab characters in the syntax.
Automatically indents the syntax within a procedure.
Restores all options back to the default settings.
The Position group allows you to place your curser at the desired line and allows you to turn off line numbers. The Position group is shown in the following image.
The commands are:
Displays the current line your curser is on. You can type a different line number into the text box to place your curser on that line.
When selected, displays line numbers. This option is selected by default.
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