Document Properties

A view is a different window providing another view on a document. You can have any number of concurrent views for a document. Views are either provided in a separate window (in which case you can define separate properties for this view) or in the same window if the window has been tiled.

The Document Properties dialog can be accessed by selecting the Document Properties menu item from the Edit menu pane or by pressing the associated accelerator keys ALT+RETURN.

The Properties dialog is provides several sections, which can be accessed by selecting the corresponding tab at the top of the dialog window.

File Settings

File

The following file modes are available:

• Eloquence Compatible Program File
  This file mode is fully backward compatible, but the program file size is limited to 64K. If the file size exceeds 64K, the A.05.01 file mode is automatically applied.
• Eloquence A.05.01 Program File
  With Eloquence A.05.01, this file mode has been added which overcomes the 64K file size limit.
• Eloquence A.06.00 Program File
  This is the new file format introduced with Eloquence A.06.00. If the A.06.00 language extensions are used or the program file shall be password-protected, this file mode is obligatory.
• Text File (CR-LF line separators)
• Text File (LF line separators)
• Text File (CR line separators)

• HP Roman-8
• ISO 8859-1

Mode Switches

Enable Auto-Save

When checked, the Auto-Save feature is enabled for this document.

Readonly

When checked, no modifications can be applied to the window.

Set or change password

For further reference, please refer to the section Working with password-protected files.

The following dialog is used to set or change the password:

Old Password

If this program file has already a password assigned, it must be entered here before a new password can be set. If the file has no password assigned yet, this field is disabled.

New Password

The new password must be entered twice, both values must match. If you want to remove an already existing password, just leave both fields "New Password" and "Confirm New Password" empty.

Editor settings

Category

Tab Stops

• The inital tab
• Any subsequent tab position

Cursor Shapes

• Caret
• Block
• Underline

Mode Switches

• In Overwrite mode, each character typed replaces an existing character with the following exception:
  • At the end of the line, new characters are added
  • The RETURN key always inserts a line break
  • The TAB key sets the cursor to the next tab position. At the end of the line, spaces are added up to the next tab.
  • The Backspace and DEL keys always remove a character.

• When enabling the Line Wrap mode, the editor window will wrap a line at the current window border. An arrow is displayed at the right margin. Some Eloquence program lines can get quite long and it can be inconvenient to see only a subset of a line.

• When automatic line indenting is enabled and the RETURN key is hit, the new line will start with the same indent as the previous line.

• With the "use enhancement characters" option enabled, all enhancements such as character attributes and the line draw character set are displayed and can be edited in the editor window.

Program settings

Edit

• On-line syntax-checking
  When enabled, each time the cursor leaves a modified program line, the syntax is checked. If a syntax error is detected, the error description is shown in the status bar and the program line is highlighted in the configured error color.

• Syntax-coloring
  When enabled, colors are used to enhance the program source code.
  Please Note: On-line syntax-checking must be enabled in order to use syntax-coloring.

• Space dependent typing
  When enabled, the on-line syntax-checking will work in space dependent mode. In this mode, separating spaces are significant while upper- or lowercase is not.
  Please Note: On-line syntax-checking must be enabled in order to use space dependent typing.

• Language-sensitive line indenting
  When enabled and the RETURN key is hit, the new line is indented according to the meaning of statement contained in the previous line (e.g. the line after a SUB statement is automatically indented).
  Please Note: On-line syntax-checking must be enabled in order to use language-sensitive line indenting.

• Show line number
  This activates an indicator in the status bar where the current line number is diplayed. The indicator can also be used to navigate to a specific program line.

Compile

• Start with line number
• Increment line number by
  When a program is compiled, all lines are renumbered. These settings define how this takes place.

• Re-indent lines
  When enabled, all lines are automatically re-indented on compilation.