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Advanced Text Editor

The Advanced Editor supports syntax highlighting, and it includes more editing options.

The concatenation example shown in the Basic Text Editor looks like this in the Advanced Editor:

String Expression

FME Feature Attributes - The exposed user attributes specific to the feature types of the data being transformed.
Published Parameters
Private Parameters
System Parameters (includes FME Server Parameters)
Special Characters
FME Feature Functions
String Functions
Math Functions

Inserting Extended ASCII Characters

The Advanced editor supports inserting extended ASCII printing characters and non-printing control characters. On Windows, these characters are inserted by holding the Alt key while typing the corresponding character code on the numeric keypad (usually on the right side of the keyboard; do not type the numbers that appear on the main part of the keyboard). On Macintosh, extended ASCII characters are inserted with a keystroke combination that includes the Opt key, or the Opt and Shift keys together.

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Options Menu

Option	Description
Syntax Highlighting	Sets the highlighting scheme to the given language. If FME syntax highlighting is selected, then: valid attribute names are in yellow functions are shown in blue valid parameters in purple invalid parameters/attributes are shown in red.
Select Font	Opens the font dialog and changes the editor font.
Find	finds the next instance of a string in the text.
Find Next	Finds the next instance of the string that was specified previously in the Find dialog.
Replace	Replaces the specified string with another string. Replace replaces only the text that is highlighted dark blue. Replace All replaces all instances of the highlighted text.
Show Line Numbers	When selected, shows the line numbers to the left of the text.
Show Brace Matching This option is valid only if Syntax Highlighting specifies a programming language such as Python.	When selected, shows brace matching. Matching braces on the left side of the text allow you to collapse the braced section so only the first line is in view.
Show Spaces/Tabs	When selected, shows a different character in the text for spaces, newlines and tabs.
Word Wrap	When selected, wraps lines that continue past the end of screen onto the next line. Otherwise, it keeps the line intact and shows a horizontal scroll bar.
Switch To Basic	Switches from the advanced to the basic text editor.
Default To Advanced Editor	Sets Workbench to always show the advanced editor. You can also set this option from the Tools > FME Options menu.