ATEasy has many options and features to help you when writing code:
● You can insert flow control statements as a For...Next statement by right-clicking on the code editor where you want the statement to start and selecting the Insert Flow-Control Statement from the context menu. This will insert text that can serve as a template for the statement; you will need to edit it to add the missing parts.
● You can insert a symbol or a procedure call by right-clicking on the code editor where you want the symbol to start and selecting the Insert Symbol command from the context menu. This shows a browser window with the available symbols that you can use from the current procedure or test.
● You can use the ATEasy Auto Type Information feature to provide information regarding procedures, variables. and other programming elements. You can move the mouse pointer on the programming elements to see the syntax and a description of that symbol.
● You can use the code completion options Parameter Suggestion and Parameter Information to suggest parameters for procedures when you type parameters. The syntax, type, and description of the parameter typed in will show in a small tool tip window next to the insertion point.
● You can turn on the code syntax highlighting to color code the programming statement. This makes the code more readable and shows you which words are keywords, literals and more.
● Other code completion features are available for using objects, structures and commands.
Additional resources explaining the programming language elements and statements can be found in the on-line help and in the examples provided with ATEasy.