Using the file editor
One of the tools on the PowerBar and Tools menu is a text editor
that is always available. Using the editor, you can view and modify
text files (such as initialization files and tab-separated files with
data) without leaving PowerBuilder. Among the features the file editor
provides are find and replace, undo, importing and exporting text
files, and dragging and dropping text.
Setting file editing
properties
The file editor has font properties and an indentation property
that you can change to make files easier to read. If you do not change
any properties, files have black text on a white background and a tab
stop setting of 3 for indentation. Select Design>Options from the
menu bar to change the tab stop and font settings.
Editor properties apply elsewhere
When you set properties for the file editor, the settings also
apply to the Function painter, the Script view, the Source editor,
the Interactive SQL view in the Database painter, and the Debug
window.
Dragging and dropping
text
To move text, simply select it, drag it to its new location, and
drop it. To copy text, press the Ctrl key while you drag and drop the
text.