This bar is located under the menu bar, and contains a number of options, in icon form, that can be used directly, with no need to open the corresponding menu.
Depending on the active document type, some of the options presented here may be missing from the toolbar.
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Open | Opens the Open a source dialog box. |
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Save | Saves the source of the document in the active window. |
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Prints the source of the document in the active window, or the text in a text document. |
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Cut | Cuts the selected block and copies it to the clipboard. The selected block can be a section of text or a block in a tree view. |
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Copy | Copies the selected block to the clipboard The selected block can be a section of text or a block in a tree view. |
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Paste | Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the document in the active window. |
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Delete | Deletes the selected block. The selected block can be a section of text or a block in a tree view. In the latter case, either the block and its associated source code will be totally deleted, or else just the source will be deleted, depending on the type of block. |
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Cancel | Cancels the most recent action. |
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Redo | Restores the last cancelled action. |
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Change to remark | Converts all the selected elements to remarks. |
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Cancel remark | Converts all the selected elements to normal text. |
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Increase indent | Shifts the selected source x spaces to the right, where x is the size of a tabulation. |
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Decrease indent | Shifts the selected source x spaces to the left, where x is the size of a tabulation. |
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Toggle case | Toggles the case of the selected items. If the Shift key is also pressed, the "Toggle code case" option is enabled. |
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Repository | Opens a dialog box used to work with the repository's objects. |
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Input help | Opens an input help dialog box for the program. |
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Verify program | Starts the program verification and displays the relevant report. |
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Generate program |
Opens a dialog box used to generate the program (Generating a WADELIA Program, Generating an ADELIA Batch Program, Generating an ADELIA Interactive Program) . |
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Job manager | Starts (or puts in foreground) the job manager. |
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Verify source code | Starts immediately a quick verification of the source code. This tool is not available if the 4GL Editor's option Dynamic source code verification is not active. |
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Back | Move back through the position log and source. Keyboard shortcut: Alt+LeftArrow The source log contains the last cursor positions in the editor. You can, for example, use the Position on the definition option to quickly access the source of a procedure then use the Back option to return to the starting line. The log also enables you to browse among the open documents or reload a document that was closed in the meantime. |
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Forward | Move forward through the position log and source. Keyboard shortcut: Alt+RightArrow |
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Search | Displays a Windows system dialog box used to search for a character string. The related combo box lets you type a string directly or select one of the most recent search strings. If a block of text is selected in the active document (e.g. source code or help text), pressing the Ctrl+F3 key combination displays the selection in the input field and starts the string search automatically. By default, the most recent search string is displayed when a program is opened. |
All the clipboard operations presented in these tools can also be accessed via:
the options in the source view's context-sensitive menu,
the options in the Edit menu.
The actions relating to the text's formatting (remarks, shift, case) presented here are also included in:
the Tools menu options.
You can also call the Repository window using:
the Repository menu options.
The input help, verification and program generation functions are also available in:
the Program menu options.