WINDEV Concepts

56 Part 2: Development environment • Drag and drop to copy, paste or move controls from one report to another. • Report skin templates and preset control styles. • Real-time interface checker to position controls more easily. • Use of a form in a report background. • Creation of multi-column labels. • Ability to edit a report in HTML (to publish it on the Internet for example) or RTF (to use it in a word processing software). • Zoom in the report editor. For more details, see the online help about the report editor. 2.7 Code editor The code editor allows you to write all processes/ events in WLanguage (programming language common to WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile). For example, it allows you to enter the source code of the following elements: • controls, • windows or pages, • reports, • local and global procedures, • classes and methods, etc. Let’s see some characteristics of the code editor: • Automatic formatting. • Automatic completion. • Glossary of functions. • Typing error detection and spelling checker. • Incremental compilation. • Insertion of WLanguage events specific to the use of the mouse or keyboard. • History of code changes and ability to roll back. • Ability to open multiple code windows (to compare code, for example). • Zoom in the code editor. • Relation between the different panes and elements of the editor. For more details, see the online help about the code editor. 2.8 Help editor The help editor allows you to create a set of help pages (CHM or PDF file) based on your project. A help page is created for each window in your project. These pages allow you to describe the different operations that can be performed by the users. Let’s see some characteristics of the help editor: • WYSIWYG editor ("What You See Is What You Get"). You can directly view the help pages of your project. • Compilation of help pages and creation of CHM or PDF files. • Ability to create an index and a table of contents. • Insertion of images. • Insertion of links in the help pages. • Ability to display the titles of the pages in a bar. • Zoom in the help editor. For more details on the help editor, see the online help. 2.9 Image editor The image editor allows you to edit images and icons in the project and its elements. Let’s see some characteristics of the image editor: • Crop. • Resize. • Symmetry, rotation. • Text. • Layers. • Access to image catalog. • Transparency. For more details on the Image editor, see the online help.