The Script view automatically:
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Color-codes scripts to identify datatypes, system-level functions, flow-of-control statements, comments, and literals
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Indents the script based on flow-of-control statements
You can modify these and other properties.
Some properties are shared
Some properties you specify for the Script view also affect the file editor, Source editor, Debugger, and the Interactive SQL and Activity Log views in the Database painter.
To specify Script view properties:
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Select Design>Options to display the Options dialog box for the painter.
The Options dialog box includes four tab pages that affect the Script view: Script, Font, Coloring, and AutoScript.
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Choose the tab appropriate to the property you want to specify:
To specify
Choose this tab
Tab size, automatic indenting, whether dashes are allowed in identifiers, and which compiler and database messages display
Script
Font family, size, and color for the Script view
Font
Text and background coloring for PowerScript syntax elements
Coloring
Whether AutoScript is enabled and what kind of assistance it provides
AutoScript
