Editing a full script or script sections

The LotusScript® editor in Eclipse (LSEE) permits you to work on all sections at once, or one section at a time.

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To edit all sections, click the top node on the Objects tab. To edit one section, click its name on the Objects tab.

When you create a section in full-script mode, the section appears within the current text and on the Objects tab, and you remain in full-script mode. If you delete a section in full-script mode, it disappears from the editor and the Objects tab.

When you create a section in section mode, the editor goes to the new section. When you delete a section in section mode, the editor goes to another section.

In full-script mode, the banner displays the section where you have focus, unless you have selected text across sections.

In full-script mode, the section with focus is also highlighted in the outline on the Objects tab. Note that when a declaration has focus, the Declarations section is highlighted, not the specific declaration.

Searching and printing apply to the text currently in the editor. In full-script mode, you get all sections. If you are editing a section, you get only that section.

The predefined database script objects, starting with Postdocumentdelete, can be coded in LotusScript® or the formula language. (Options), (Declarations), Initialize, and Terminate apply only to LotusScript®. Initially a database script opens in full-script mode with Option Declare (unless the preference is cleared) and stubs for Sub Initialize and Sub Terminate. In full-script mode, you can add LotusScript® code for a predefined object and add new LotusScript® objects. If you use only LotusScript®, the interface works the same as for script libraries and agents.

To use a formula for a predefined database script object: select the object, click the Formula button, and click the at-sign button. This displays the Edit Formula window. Write your formula and click Done to save.

An object that contains a formula is denoted by an at-sign on the triangle. You cannot edit a formula in full-script mode. You must select the object and open the Edit Formula window. You can write both LotusScript® and formula code for an object, and switch between the two until you close the editor. At that time, the selected code is saved and the other code is discarded.