Using the Jade Platform Development Environment

This section covers the following topics.

• Development Source Control

• Navigating around the Jade Platform Development Environment

  • Using the Navigation Bar in Hierarchy Browsers

  • Using Hierarchy Nodes to Navigate around a Browser Window

  • Using Browser Toolbar Buttons

  • Using the Editor Clipboard Toolbar

  • Using Custom Toolbar Buttons

  • Using Jade Platform Development Environment Menus

  • Using Popup Menus

  • Displaying or Clearing a History of Accessed Entities

  • Using the Quick Navigation Facility

• Displaying a Light or Dark Development Environment Theme

• Using Function Keys and Shortcut Keys

• Filtering Entries in Combo Box and List Box Text

• Using Jade AutoComplete Functionality

• Customizing the Layout of Hierarchy Browser Forms

• Using Concurrent Windows

• Setting User Preferences

• Sending Messages to Other Developers

• Maintaining Debugger Breakpoints from the Editor Pane

• Performing Edit Actions

• Recording and Replaying a Series of Keystrokes

When the Jade Platform development environment outputs a message advising you that an unavailable resource (for example, a form, class, application, lock, and so on) is held by another user, the message includes user-name {process-identifier}. This enables you to determine which process to force off, and it minimizes errors when doing so. The following is an example of the additional information output with the message.

The Form ViewSchema::UpdateCustomer is in use by Wilbur {6}