Creating an EGL text form

A text form is an EGL form part that defines a layout to display in a command window. To create an EGL text form, do as follows:

  1. Identify an EGL file to contain the text form and open that file in the EGL editor. You must create an EGL file if you do not already have one.
  2. Type the specifics of the text form according to EGL syntax (for details, see Form part in EGL source format). You can use content assist to place an outline of the form part syntax in the file.
  3. Save the EGL file.

Related concepts
EGL projects, packages, and files
Form part
Text forms
Editing form groups with the EGL form editor

Related tasks
Creating an EGL source file
Creating a form in the EGL form editor
Using the EGL templates with content assist

Related reference
Content assist in EGL
Form part in EGL source format
Naming conventions

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