Using Additional Programming Language Editors

This section discusses these programming editors:

  • SQL editor

  • Application packages editor

  • HTML editor

  • Free form style sheet editor

SQL Editor

The SQL editor is a text editor that enables you to construct, modify, and review a SQL statement and save it as a reusable SQL definition. Using the SQL editor, you can add, delete, and change text and you can use the find and replace function. The SQL editor formats the text, but the editor does not validate the SQL syntax.

You can access the SQL editor from these definitions:

  • Record definitions that are based on SQL and dynamic views.

  • PeopleSoft Application Engine actions.

  • PeopleCode editor.

Application Packages Editor

From an Application Package you can access the PeopleCode programs that are associated with the classes of the package. The Application Packages editor and the PeopleCode editor interfaces are similar. You can add, delete, and change text; you can use the find and replace function; and you can validate the syntax. When you save your application package, the code is automatically formatted, just as it is in the PeopleCode editor.

HTML Editor

The HTML editor interface offers some of the same functionality as the other editors. In the HTML editor you can add, delete, and change text; and you can use the find and replace function. While the editor does format certain elements of your code, such as variables, methods, and strings, the editor does not validate the syntax. Because the HTML editor is free form, you can enter any type of text in it because there is no validation of any kind. However because the HTML editor output is used in web pages, typically, you enter only the following markup languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML

Free Form Style Sheet Editor

The free form style sheet editor interface enables you to create text-based sub style sheets that enable you to take advantage of Cascading Style Sheets - Level 2 (CSS2), AJAX, and DHTML. In the free form style sheet editor you can add, delete, and change text; and you can use the find and replace function. The editor does not format the text or validate the syntax.

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