The Editor toolbar presents commonly used functions, organized into a series of menu groups. The toolbar is shown in the following image.
The following table lists and describes the functions that you can access from the Editor toolbar.
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Syntax highlighting improves readability and makes debugging procedures easier. This color-coded highlighting is applied to the source code for WebFOCUS procedures to distinguish keywords, comments, functions, arithmetic and logical operators, constants, and quoted strings.
Highlighting is supported for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, R, Python, and SQL files.
The following image is an example of highlighting in a WebFOCUS procedure (FOCEXEC) that is opened in the Editor.
The main components of the Editor interface are shown in the following annotated image.
The Editor interface components are identified as follows:
You can launch the Editor in one of the following ways:
The Editor enables you to create, view, and edit the source code for WebFOCUS procedures (FOCEXECs), Master, HTML, JavaScript, WebFOCUS StyleSheet, Cascading Style Sheet, Text, SQL, R, and Python files.
Additionally, the Editor supports user-friendly features, such as syntax highlighting, code folding, line numbering, autocomplete, and display of a status bar and indent guides. These features speed productivity by enabling better clarity in helping you understand, debug, and work with your source code.
Use circle plot charts to display differing values in rows, enabling you to draw inferences as to how the values overlap.
Note: Circle plot charts require at least one measure and one dimension, as well as one for the Detail and Color buckets. Optionally, add a dimension to the Size bucket to view the concentration of data.
The following display options are available for a circle plot chart:
The Editor enables you to create, view, and edit source code. The Editor supports user-friendly features, such as syntax highlighting, line numbering, code folding, autocomplete, and the display of a status bar and indent guides. These features speed productivity by enabling better clarity in helping you understand, debug, and work with your source code. The Editor offers the ability to run WebFOCUS procedures (FOCEXECs) or HTML pages directly from the Editor.
