Program editor – Adept DeskTop 4.3 User Manual
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Program Editor
The Adept DeskTop Program Editor is an online, interactive editor that includes program debugging
functionality.
• The editor performs syntax checking and formatting while you are programming.
• You can open up as many programs as needed.
• Program pages can be displayed as a group of tabs, or 'tiled' and displayed in horizontal or
vertical windows, which allows you to compare two or more routines. An example is shown in
Figure 26 Program Editor
Context Sensitive Help on Keywords
You can obtain help on a V+ or MicroV+ keyword directly from the Program Editor.
To obtain Keyword help:
1. Click on a keyword and right click to obtain the context menu
2. Select the keyword help item, as illustrated in
Figure 27 Obtaining Keyword Help in the Program Editor
Program Editor toolbar
Status bar indicates: line and
column number of the cursor
position, error message, and
keyword help
Keyword tooltip displays
keyword syntax and
description when you move
(hover) over with mouse
Tabs show programs
currently open in the
Program Editor
Click here
to open online help page
for selected keyword