SheerPower® 4GL
A Guide to the SheerPower Language


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Appendix G
Input Dialogbox--supported HTML tags

G.1 FORM tags

G.2 Formatting tags

G.3 Text Formatting tags

G.4 TABLE tags

Table Tag Attributes

G.5 IMG Attributes

G.6 Supported HTML Colors


Appendix H
SPDEV Menu Item Descriptions

H.1 FILE

Table H-1 File Menu - Functions
Function Description
New (GOLD+Alt+N) Open a new file.
Scratchpad (GOLD+Alt+T) Open a temporary file.
Open (GOLD+Alt+O) Open an existing file.
Close Close an opened file.
Save (GOLD+Alt+S) Save the current file.
Save As Save the current file under a new name and/or file type.
Purge (GOLD+Alt+P) Deletes (purges) individual files and folders containing files of backed up file versions.
Print Opens the printer software allowing you to print the current file.
Open Include (Alt+I) Lists all the .SPINC (SheerPower Include) files to choose from to open.
Launch SPDEV (GOLD+Alt+L) Open a new instance of SPDEV.
Command Prompt Opens the Command Prompt program.
Recent Files List of recently opened files.
Recent Projects List of recently opened projects.
Exit Close SPDEV.

H.2 EDIT

Table H-2 Edit Menu
Function Description
Undo (Ctrl+Z) Undo the last edit in the current file.
Cut (Ctrl+X) Cuts the selected text to the clipboard.
Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
Paste (Ctrl+V) Pastes the contents of the clipboard.
Select All (Ctrl+A) Selects the entire file.
Find (Ctrl+F) Find a word or a phrase within the current file.
Find Next (Ctrl+G) Find next instance of word or phrase in find.
Replace (Ctrl+H) Replace a character, word or phrase with another.
Find In Files Search multiple files for a word or phrase. You can choose which FIND window to display the results in (Find 1 or Find 2). When the result is displayed in the Find tab you can then double-click on the line displayed and it will open the corresponding file to that exact line.
Clear Find BM (Alt+F) Clears all find bookmarks (binocular icons).

H.2.1 Find

Inside the FIND dialog box you will find the following options:

Table H-3 Find Menu
Function Description
Find what: type in the word or phrase you want to find in the current document. You can also click on the down arrow to see a list of previously "found" words/phrases to choose.
Match whole word only find only the exact specified word/phrase in the file.
Match case search word/phrase in the exact case specified.
Regular expression see http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/helpsheets/regex.html for an explanation of regular expressions.
Direction Up/Down searches the current file either up or down from where the cursor is currently placed.
Find Next find the next instance of the search word/phrase
Mark All places bookmark icons in the left margin on each line where the search word/phrase is found.
Cancel Cancel the current find.

H.3 DISPLAY

Table H-4 Display Menu
Function Description
Toolbar Choose which icons to display and the look of them.
Status Bar Choose to show the status bar or not.
Workbook Mode Change the look of the working SPDEV file.
Change Font or Color Change the font size, font color, background and foreground colors.
Customize Toolbars Customize what options to display in the toolbar.
Change Toolbar/OutputBar Styles Change the look of the toolbar.

H.4 PROJECTS

Table H-5 Projects Menu
Function Description
New Project Create a new project file (.SPPRJ).
Open Project Open a project. This will open in SPDEV all the files associated with that project.
Edit Project Edit the name, files and description of a project file.
Set Default Project Specify which project is the default, or remove default project. The default project will open in SPDEV each time SPDEV is started.

H.5 SHEERPOWER

Table H-6 SheerPower Menu
Function Description
Setup Data Structures Create or open/edit an existing data structure file. See Chapter 16, Database Setup for instructions on how to setup a data structure in SheerPower.
Deploy Create an .SPRUN program file (like an .EXE) where the source code is hidden from the end-user
Deployment Properties Disable or re-enable the Deployment Password dialog box to appear each time you click on Deploy.
Run Run the current SheerPower program file.
Launch SheerPower 4GL Launch a new instance of the console window.


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