About the Script view
You use the Script view to code functions and events, define your
own functions and events, and declare variables and external
functions.
Script views are part of the default layout in the Application,
Window, User Object, Menu, and Function painters. In Application,
Window, and User Object painters, the initial layout has one Script view
that displays the default event script for the object and a second
Script view set up for declaring instance variables. You can open as
many Script views as you need, or perform all coding tasks in a single
Script view.
Title bar
The Script view’s title bar shows the name and return type of the
current event or function, as well as the name of the current control
for events and the argument list for functions. If the Script view is
being used to declare variables or functions, the titlebar shows the
type of declaration.
Drop-down lists
There are three drop-down lists at the top of the Script
view:
In the first list, you can select the object, control, or menu
item for which you want to write a script. You can also select Functions
to edit function scripts or Declare to declare variables and external
functions.
The second list lets you select the event or function you want to
edit or the kind of declaration you want to make. A script icon next to
an event name indicates there is a script for that event, and the icon’s
appearance tells you more about the script:
|
If there is a script |
The script icon displays |
|---|---|
|
For the current object or control |
With text |
|
In an ancestor object or control |
In color |
|
In an ancestor as well as in the object or control |
Half in color |
The same script icons display in the Event List view.
The third list is available in descendant objects. It lists the
current object and all its ancestors so that you can view scripts in the
ancestor objects.
Toggle buttons for Prototype and Error
windows
A Prototype window displays at the top of the Script view when you
define a new function or event. An Error window displays at the bottom
of the view when there are compilation errors. You can toggle the
display of these windows with the two toggle buttons to the right of the
lists.
For more information about the Prototype window, see Working with User-Defined Functions and Working with User Events.