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User Settings for the Form and Report Editor

The prefernce settings of the formr- and the report editor can be edited in the eclipse main menu by selecting the entry Window > Preferences and selecting the Entry Form editor (s. fig. 269 ).

Fig. 269: Form Editor User Settings
Fig. 269: Form Editor User Settings

The following settings can be done

Show component names When this setting is active, the names of components are shown in the design view
Mark The color of the frame of marked components
Group mark The color of the frame of a marked group
Grid The color of the grid lines
Border The color of the border around the components
Focus The color of selected components
System Fonts available Allows the use of system fonts in the form- and report editor. By activating this check box all system fonts are listed in the Font select des Dialog of the form- and report editor and can be assigned to form or report components like SLabel. Is the check box deactivated, only the java fonts can be choosen
Allow no components with the same name If this caption is activated, it is not possible to have two or more components with the same name
Grid Width Defines the width of the grid in the Form- and Report Editor. These settings can also be done with the Preferences Dialog
Grid Height Defines the height of the grid in the Form- and Report Editor. These settings can also be done with the Preferences Dialog
Show class name in propertys Shows the class name of selected component in titel of the property dialog
Erstelle Java Code Activates that java code is generated for each form which is saved by the form designer. A new class file with the same name as the form is generated or an existing one gets updated.
Behaviour on closing a property dialog Appoints, what happened, when the editor is closed and changed properties are not saved.
Save the property Saves the changed properties whitout saving.
Cancel the dialog Discards the changed properties and cancelss the dialog.
Ask the developer Asks the developer, if he wants the changed properties to be saved or not.
Retsore default Resetts the settings to their default values