Step 1 Editor Settings

Step 1. Editor Settings

FRM015 - Getting Started with Forms Programming

In this step you will logon to Visual LANSA and set the editor options

1.  Logon to Visual LANSA. If you cannot remember how to do this, refer to the LANSA User Interface Tutorials. Once started, the Visual LANSA Editor is displayed. The appearance of the editor will depend upon the type of installation as well as the editor settings.

2.  To change the editor settings, choose Editor Options from the File tab.

     It is recommended that you set the Source settings to include Component Definitions. These settings are included in the exercise Format Source Code in the LANSA Editor Tutorials.

     Remember that you can also turn on the Auto Hide tab feature to make more space to view source code in the editor. For more details, refer to exercise VUI002 Editor Parts in the User Interface Tutorials.

3.  Make sure you can view the Controls tab. This tab contains all the controls frequently used on a component. In V13 SP1, this is now a separate tab which looks like this:

     If the Controls tab is not open, open it from the Home ribbon, Views menu: