Overview of Editing Code

From Delphi for PHP Documentation Wiki

Summary: Describes the features of the Code Editor in Delphi for PHP.

The Code Editor is a customizable editor that provides syntax highlighting and multiple undo capability. As you design the user interface for your application, Delphi for PHP generates the underlying code. When you modify object properties, your changes are automatically reflected in the source files.

Because all of your programs share common characteristics, Delphi for PHP auto-generates code to get you started. You can think of the auto-generated code as an outline that you can examine and modify to create your program.

The following help topics give further details about the functionality of the Code Editor:

• Using Code Insight - helps speed coding and reduce errors
• Error Insight - alerts you to errors as you type
• Code Folding - collapse and expand areas of your source code for easier navigation
• Sync Ranges - edit multiple instances of a string at once
• Bookmarks - Bookmarks provide a convenient way to navigate long files. You can mark a location in your code with a bookmark and jump to that location from anywhere in the file.
• Tracking Band - to see recently changed lines of code and recently saved lines of code
• Conversions - to convert to all upper case or all lower case
• Syntax Highlighting - color codes your source code so you can easily identify different elements
• Synchronized Editing - edit multiple instances of a string at once
• Macro Recording and Playback - record and play back sets of keystrokes
• Source Code Formatter - format your source code using a set of configurable options
• Creating and Using Code Templates - to easily insert blocks of code and save keystrokes
• Encoding, Format and Character Set - can be set on a per file bais
• Status Bar - provides information on multiple status elements
• Undo/Redo
• Print - print source code files including color syntax highlighting
• Cut/Copy/Paste