External editors and SilverStream

[mingus]

I can't stand the default SilverStream editor, and was wondering if one can select an alternative editor.

I see a choice under prefrences for "Extrernal Editor Command Line" but can't find any refrence in the help regarding this.

thanks for any help,

mingus

 

[javacrypto]

There is not much in the help about this feature, but here is how it works. Put the path to the exe of your external editor in the box, like, perhaps:

c:\winnt\notepad.exe

Add any command line switches as necessary, because SilverStream will call the path followed by a file name as a parameter.

To use the external editor, open a programming window and click the External Editor window. SilverStream will open the editor with the class, and then disable editing until you click one of the other two buttons, retrieve or cancel external edit. Then the text will be put back into the SilverStream database.

Note that you cannot use any of SilverStream's property dialogs while this is going.