Use the Formatter preference to
specify preferences for formatting code in the editor.
Procedure
- Click .
- Select the Indentation tab to specify
indentation for the record description and procedure code divisions.
- Start of Area A
- Specify a column 8 - 11 used to align language elements that are
required to begin in Area A. Column 8 is the default value.
- Start of Area B
- Specify a column 12 - 16 to specify the leftmost column to align
language elements that are required to begin in Area B. Column 12
is the default value.
- Indent length
- Specify the number of spaces to indent for each language element
level in Area A and B. The default value is 3.
- Use fixed indent length
- Click to specify a fixed length that is defined by the Indent
length field.
- Indent EXEC blocks
- Indicates to indent EXEC blocks.
- Indent END-EXEC phrase
- Indicates to indent the line that contains the END-EXEC phrase
with the contents of the EXEC block.
The Custom Indentation section
allows for specifying the number of spaces to indent the listed language
phrases. You can specify a value 0 - 10.
- Select the Capitalization tab to
specify the type of capitalization to be used for language elements.
You can select the following capitalization options for some
language elements in the editor:
- Upper
- Lower
- Mixed, which is a mix of uppercase and lowercase characters, for
example: FirstLast or firstLAST.
- None
The default value for the reserved word, user-defined
word, function, date format, and complier directive language elements
is uppercase. The default value for comments is none.
- Select the Line Length tab to
- Click Apply when finished to save
your changes.