DataWindow Designer provides 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 DataWindow Designer.
To open the file editor:
Press Shift+F6 anywhere in DataWindow Designer.
Select File>Open File or click the Open icon (an open folder) on the Painter bar to open the file you want to edit.
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.
To specify File Editor properties:
Select Design>Options to display the property page.
Choose the tab appropriate to the property you want to specify.
The file editor provides a full set of basic editing facilities including:
Opening, saving, and printing files
Cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing selected text
Finding and replacing text
Undoing changes
Commenting and uncommenting lines
Importing and exporting text files
Dragging and dropping text
The file editor has a PainterBar that provides a shortcut for performing frequently used activities. There is also a corresponding menu item (and often a shortcut key) for each activity.
To see the shortcut keys, select Tools>Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu bar and use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box.
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.
