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JavaDraw! Features
JavaDraw! MainMenu - Features

Intelligent Editor

Find Procedures

Code Colorizer

Bookmarks

Font Properties

Format SourceCode

Ghostwriter

Runclass.exe

Ascii-table

Project-manager


Intelligent Editor

A great feature of javadraw is the "Intelligent Editor".

It's an powerful, useful and intelligent sourcecode-editor.

With this editor you can create easily and fast your own java-sourcecode.

It's written from developers for developers.

The cursor begins at the point where your last row began.

You can jump with your cursor in the code, whereever you want, there are no borders.

You can set the fontproperties and colours to set up the look of the intelligent editor.


Find Procedures

Menu Tools | Find procedures

1. 	Find procedures

JavaDraw! can detect procedures in your source code.

Detected procedures will be listed in the Detect-procedure-listbox.

2. 	Jump to procedures

Select the procedure that you want to jump in the listbox and

doubleclick or press the GOTO - button


Code Colorizer

Menu Options | Colors

JavaDraw! can colorize your source code.

Here you can set up the colors for background, foreground, characters, special characters and

numbers in the intelligent editor.


Bookmarks

Menu Search | Bookmarks

1.Define Bookmarks

You can define bookmarks in the Search menu  | Set Bookmarks .

2. Jump to bookmarks

Jump to bookmarks by pressing the -->button.

Create new bookmarks with the + button

Remove bookmarks with the - button.

JavaDraw! is setting the bookmark in your source-code  where the insertion point is located.


Font properties

Menu Options | Font

Set Font Properties in Menu Options | Font.

Here you can set the font-options to set up the look of the intelligent editor

Select the font that you want to use in the editor and select the properties.


Format Sourcecode

Menu Edit | Format Source-code

This function can format your sourcecode automatically.

It makes your source code easier to read.

Before:

After:


Ghostwriter
The Ghostwriter

Menu Tools | Ghostwriter

The ghostwriter is a multi-macro-pad.

It's a collection from command and parameters.

For fast programming, you can select the main body of the command that you want

and complete it with the parameter that you need by pressing the buttons below.


Runclass.exe

Directory Runclass | runclass.exe

The runclass.exe is a program that can start class-files.

This file will work if you have compiled your files with JavaDraw! successfully.

It's a great tool because it is registered in the windows registry and will be started

when you doubleclick a class - file you want to start.


ASCII - Table

Menu Tools | Ascii table

The ascii-table is one of the most important things a developer needs.

We are knowing that. That's why we integrated our ascii-tool in JavaDraw!.

With it you can easy get the ascii-value of every character you want.

Press the key you want to get the ascii-value and JavaDraw!

will display it in the label below.


Project-manager

Menu Projects | Overview

This tool shows you the structure of your JavaDraw! - projectfile.

1. 	Name of the Project-file

2. 	Directory of the Project-file

3. 	Type of the Project

4. 	Worktime of the project

Structure of the project-file ( included java-files)