Formatting Code Automatically

You do not need to format your PeopleCode statements; you need only to use the correct syntax. When you save or validate, the system formats the code according to the rules in the PeopleCode tables, no matter how you entered it originally. The PeopleCode Editor automatically converts field names to uppercase and indents statements.

PeopleCode is case-insensitive, except for quoted literals. PeopleCode does not format anything surrounded by quotation marks. String comparisons, however, are case-sensitive. When you compare the contents of a field or a variable to a string literal, make sure the literal is in the correct case.

All field names in a PeopleCode program must be fully qualified, even if the field is on the same record definition as the PeopleCode program. However, you only need to type in the name of the field. The editor validates if the field exists on the current record, and reformats the field name to recordname.fieldname.