Using Visual Studio for modal editing

To edit or create a script using Visual Studio for modal editing:

  1. With a form open and in Design Mode, from the Edit menu, select Script Editor.

    If a form script is not defined for the current form, the editor opens a template for a script. Otherwise, the editor opens the form script for the form. The solution name is EditWinStudioScript. The class name is ScriptClass.VB.

  2. Edit the script code.

    We recommend that you build the script. Visual Studio provides a convenient environment for identifying and correcting errors. Windows client itself does not use the build.

  3. Save the script.
  4. Minimize or close the Visual Studio IDE.
  5. Optionally, in the Editing Script in Visual Studio dialog box, you can:
    • Perform test compilations of the script: Click Compile, and then observe the Compile Status message, which indicates whether the compilation was successful.
    • Reopen or restore the Visual Studio IDE to fix compilation errors: Click VS IDE.
    • Start a debugging session to test script functionality with Windows client.
  6. To preserve the script in a cache and close the dialog box, click OK.
Note:  If the Compile source on OK check box is selected and compilation fails, the dialog box remains open and Compile Status shows a failure message. You can fix the compilation errors and click OK again, or you can clear the check box and click OK to preserve the script, including any faulty code.
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