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Highlighting Syntax

Form Designer

Debug/Execution

Editor Parameters

Setting Up Code Editor

To determine parameters of work in the development environment, click the Settings button on the toolbar only in the web application or select the View > IDE Settings item in the web application and in the desktop application.

The parameters panel opens containing three groups of settings in the web application or the IDE Settings dialog box opens containing four tabs in the desktop application.

Code editor settings in the web application can be saved to a JSON file for a faster loading in the future. To save settings, select the File > Save Settings to File main menu item, after which a standard file saving dialog box opens. To load code editor settings from file, select the File > Open Settings from File main menu item, after which in the dialog box that opens select the required file.

Highlighting Syntax

The Syntax Highlighting group/tab is used to determine display options for specific code parts in a macro window.

Set the parameters:

Font

Syntax highlighting

Form Designer

The Form Designer tab contains form parameters in the edit mode. It is available in the desktop application.

When the Snap to Grid checkbox is selected, when components are placed on the form and resized using a mouse, they are snapped to the grid nodes. To set up precise location and size of components using the mouse, hold down the ALT key.

The numeric step value (in pixels) is defined by the Grid Step Size option.

Debug/Execution

The Debug group/Execution tab contains the settings that determine the behavior if exceptions are thrown during debugging of a custom assembly, unit, or form.

NOTE. Forms are available only in the desktop application.

Select or deselect the checkboxes if required:

To force clear the Fore Runtime, select the Clear Fore Runtime item in the development environment's main menu.

Editor Parameters

The Editor Parameters group/tab contains form editor macro window settings.

Set the parameters:

See also:

Getting Started with the Development Environment