Settings menu - Configuring Easy Code

Available through the Tools-->Settings menu. It displays the following window:

General Tab

• You can specify whether you want a grid on each window object and, if so, whether controls have to be aligned to grid
• You can specify whether a window asking for project type is shown when Easy Code is started with no project in the command line
• You can specify whether the Output window is only shown when errors occur at compile/link time
• You can select a sound (or none) for successful and failed operations
• You can reset all settings to default values

Editor Tab

Includes several options allowing you to customize the editor.

Code colors

• Back color of the editor
• Text color of the editor
• Back color for selected text
• Text color for selected text
• Comments
• Single quoted text
• Double quoted text
• Easy Code reserved words
• Processor commands
• Preprocessor commands
• Directives
• Operators and separators
• Numbers
• High level syntax
• Registers
• API routines
• API constants and structures
• Editor line numbers

Font

• Changes name, type and size of the font (just fixed pitch fonts)

Tab size (spaces)

• Sets number of spaces for a <Tab> character

Line format correction

• Removes unnecessary left and middle spaces and tabs

Show line nubers

• Shows or hides the editor line numbers

Automatic indentation

• Indents next line properly when pressing the <Enter> key

Keywords syntax correction

• Corrects case for keywords and reserved words

Auto variable info

• When typing a colon character (:), shows a list box with all variable types

Auto parameter info

• When typing a comma character, displays the complete prototype for procedures and API functions including any required parameters

Constants and variables info

• When the mouse is over, displays a window showing the value (for constants) or type (for variables)

Enable syntax highlighting

• Enables syntax highlighting (code is drawn coloured)

Colorize API constants and structures

• Enables API constants and structures to be coloured (may take a long time in slow computers)

REMARKS: In some old slow computers, it is possible that the editor scrolls slowly. If so, try to uncheck the Colorize API constants and structures option.

Compile / Link Tab

In the Executable files for building applications section, you have to enter the following files (placed in the bin folder created by Masm32):

Compiler	The path to a compiler file (ml.exe recommended)
Linker	The path to a linker file (link.exe recommended)
Resource compiler	The path to a resource compiler file (rc.exe recommended)
Library compiler	The path to a library compiler file (lib.exe recommended)

while in the Directories for Include, Library, Macros and Help files section, you have to enter the path for Include, Lib, Help and Macros folders (placed in Masm32 folders), respectively. In both cases, if those paths are not properly set, errors will be generated at compile or link time and the project will not be built.

The path specified in Macro files will be used to include the Macros.asm file at compile time (only if the Macros.asm file option in Project->Properties is checked), while the path specified in Help files (only available in Masm32) is used to open the help files for Masm32 Reference, Masm32 Library and Opcodes, in the Easy Code Help menu.

Tools Tab

• You can specify the path for an image editor in order to edit bitmaps, icons or cursors
• You can specify the path for the Win32 help. It will be started when pressing <Ctrl+W>
• You can specify the path for a debugger program. This debugger will be started when pressing the <F5> key (only for executable files)