Using the Free-Standing Editor Window to Define Text

When you select the Text command from a menu (for example, the Classes, Interfaces, Methods, or Properties menu), a free-standing editor window is then displayed. The free-standing text editor window functions in the same way as the editor pane on the Text sheet of the Define Class dialog or on the Enter Text window, which is accessed by clicking the Enter Text button on the definition dialog of other schema elements.

For details about specifying descriptive text during the definition phase of a schema element, see "Specifying Text for a Class" or "Specifying Text for a Schema Element", earlier in this chapter. See also "Specifying Text for an Interface", in Chapter 14.

To close the text editor window, perform one of the following actions

• Click the close icon at the top right corner of the window.

• Press Ctrl+F4.

If you only viewed existing class or interface text and made no changes, the editor window is then closed.

If you made any changes in the editor window, a message box is then displayed, asking you to confirm that you want to save your text.

To save your changes and close the editor window, perform one of the following actions

• Click the Yes button in the message box.

  Alternatively, click the Cancel button if you want to continue specifying or maintaining text for your class, or the No button if you want to close the editor window without saving your new or changed text.

• Select the Save command from the File menu.

After a momentary delay, the text editor window is then closed.