TEXT/HTML EDITOR:


 dBworxPE includes a general purpose text/HTML
 editor for use in creating and editing both 
 plain ASCII text files and HTML files (such 
 as web pages, HTML notes and web forms).  
 Along with the standard "cut, copy, paste" 
 functions, the editor provides a selection of
 "elements" you can use to build HTML files.  These elements 
 include: text size, text color, font, and text style (normal,
 bold, italic, etc.), plus selections to allow inserting images
 and links to other documents.

Text Files:
You can use the editor to build and save any kind of ASCII text
document, particularly when you're setting up dBworxPE items
such as "macro" files.  You can select, cut, copy and paste text 
and you also have an "undo" function.  Just build your file and 
save it with the appropriate extension (".txt" for standard text files,
".dws" for dBworxPE macro files, etc.).

HTML files:
dBworxPE's Editor is especially useful in creating HTML documents.
For example, just click on any item from the "Elements" menu and
the corresponding HTML code is inserted whereever the cursor is. 
If you make a mistake or change your mind, you can click on "Undo" 
under the "Edit" menu to remove your latest change or changes.

At any time you can preview your HTML file by clicking the 
"Browser View" button (be sure to save your latest changes first).
If you want to continue editing, click the "Edit" button in the browser
screen and dBworxPE will return to the Editor.

One use for HTML documents in dBworxPE are so-called "web notes".
"Web notes" (whether you create them with dBworx or in some
other fashion) are just HTML documents that can be linked to any
"External" (code "E") field in a dBworxPE database. 

As an example, the "notes" database included with dBworxPE 
consists of a "Description" field and a "Notes" (type "E") field.  In
each of the last two entries of the "notes" database a web note has
been linked to the "Notes" field (webnote.html and webnote2.html).
If you right-click on these fields in the "Current Record" box, dBworx 
will automatically display the note in the built-in browser.  If you
wish you can click the "Edit" button in the browser window at this
point and make changes to the note.

Notice that you can also move back and forth between the two 
notes by clicking on the (underlined) link in each one.  This feature
allows you to reference one or more other documents in a given 
web note.

You can also use the Editor to edit a "Webform" which you can 
use to input information to a given database (a webform can be
created automatically by selecting the "Webforms" menu and
clicking "Create Web form").  Using the Editor you can move 
fields around, add additional text or images, and do special 
formatting.  You can also add Javascript, Vbscript or other
"programming" code to handle edit checks, calculations, etc.
This ability to use "programmable" input forms provides a great
deal of additional flexibility in setting up your dBworxPE databases.