Editor Options

Editor Options allow you to set the parameters of viewing and editing the SQL statements within DBISAM Manager.

To call the Editor Options window select the Options | Editor Options menu item.

General

   Auto Indent
If this option is checked, each new indention is the same as the previous when editing SQL text.

   Insert Mode
If this option is checked, insert symbols mode is on by default.

   Use Syntax Highlight
Enables syntax highlight in the object editor window.

   Find Text at Cursor
If this option is checked, Text to Find field in the Find Text Dialog window is automatically filled with the text, the cursor is set on.

   Always Show Hyperlinks
If this option is checked, hyperlinks are displayed in the editor window. To open a link click it with the Ctrl button pressed.

   Show Number of Lines
If this option is checked, line numbers are displayed in the SQL text editor window.

Tab Stops
Defines the tab length, used when editing text.

Undo Limit
Defines the maximum possible number of changes to be undone.

Display

   Visible Margin
Makes the right text margin visible.

   Visible Gutter
Makes the gutter visible in the editor window.

Right Margin
Defines the position of the right text margin in the editor window.

Gutter Width
Defines the gutter width in the editor window.

Editor Font, Size
Use these options to set the editor font and its size.

Color

On this tab you can set the font and background colors and attributes of the text, editor uses to mark out different text fragments: default, comments, strings, SQL keywords, numbers, links, wrong symbols, identifiers, symbols, and selected text.

Quick Code

   Code Completion
If this option is checked, then on typing the first word symbols in the SQL text editor you are offered some variants for the word completion in a popup list (analogue of the Code Insight in Delphi IDE). The popup list will appear at a time, defined by Delay option.

Delay
Using this option you can change the time the popup list takes to appear.

Code Case
Allows you to change the case of the words inserted automatically.

   Use Keyboard Templates
Allows you to use keyboard templates for faster typing regularly met expressions (see Keyboard Templates).

   Emulate Typewriting
Defines the delay of displaying symbols on the screen.

   Color Scope Categories
If this option is checked, object types differ in color in the popup menu.

Sort By Scope / Sort By Name
Switches sorting objects in the popup menu by name or by type (table, SQL commands, etc.).

See also:

SQL Editor SQL Script Editor Visual Query Builder Table Editor