Tools»Preferences...

General tab

The General preferences tab allows the user to customize general appearance and behavior.

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  • Fonts and colors used in the Trace windows

  • Automatic generation of a “Save for Review” zpj file on exit

  • Display of a “Loading…” dialog at the start of processing


Debug tab

The Debug preferences tab allows the user to customize the visual debugger appearance and behavior.

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  • Colorization settings of text in the Source and Trace windows

  • Various debugging options, including:

    • the display of variables with $NULL value in the Variables window;

    • the display of a Pause/Continue dialog when a breakpoint is encountered;

    • the ability to debug into $FLOOK type look-aheads; and

    • the option to diagnose uninitialized macro variables when they are used in an expression.;

  • Enable contextual help of codes and registers in the Output trace window

  • Macro strong declaration setting, uninitialized variable testing and formatting

  • Selection of either the C style or standard APT style representation format of macro source


Trace tab

The Trace preferences tab allows the user to customize Trace/Source window size and content.

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  • Limit number of lines written to the Trace and Source windows

  • Console trace window options, including:

    • tracing of operator (DISPLY command) and other messages;

    • tracing of MACRO I/O command processing; and

    • tracing of diagnostic messages at or above a specified minimum severity.