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Options - Code Editors
You access the source code editor options via the 'DDL' page of the 'Preferences' dialog. On this page you can configure options for Enterprise Architect's internal editor, as well as the default editor for DDL scripts. You can configure external editors for code languages on each language options page.
Access
On the 'Preferences' dialog, select the 'Source Code Engineering > Code Editors' option.
Ribbon |
Start > View > Preferences |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Options
Option |
Action |
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DDL Editor |
Defaults to blank, indicating that the Enterprise Architect code editor is the DDL editor in use. You can select a different default editor if necessary; click on the button to browse for and select the required DDL editor. The editor name then displays in the 'DDL Editor' field. |
Data Modeling Settings |
Default Database |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the default database to be used. |
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MySQL Storage |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the MySQL storage engine to be used. |
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Use inbuilt editor if no external editor set |
Select the checkbox to use the inbuilt editor for code in any language if no external editor is defined for that language in the user-specific options. |
Language Options |
Show Line Numbers |
Select the checkbox to display line numbers in the editor. |
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Show Structure Tree |
Select the checkbox to show a tree with the results of parsing the open file (if the file is parsed successfully). |
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Automatically Reverse Engineer on File Save |
If you select this checkbox, pressing to save in the source code editor automatically reverse engineers the code in the same way as the button does. |
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Don't parse files larger than |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the upper limit on file size for parsing. Setting this option prevents performance decrease due to parsing very large files. |
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Syntax Highlighting Options |
Click on the button to display the 'Editor Language Properties' dialog, in which you can set both global and language-specific editor language properties. |
Editor Language Properties |
Configure Enterprise Architect File Associations |
Click on the button to display the 'Set Associations for a Program' dialog, and select the file extensions for files that you want to open through the Enterprise Architect Document Handler. |
Configure File Associations |