The Code Template Editor

The Code Template Editor provides the facilities of the Common Code Editor, including Intelli-sense for the various macros. For more information on Intelli-sense and the Common Code Editor, see the Editing Source Code topic.

Access

Ribbon	Code > Configure > Options > Edit Code Templates
Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl+Shift+P

Options

Option	Action	See also
Language	Select the programming language.
New Language	Display the 'Programming Languages Datatypes' dialog, which enables you to include programming languages other than those supported for Enterprise Architect, for which to create or edit code templates.	Programming Languages Datatypes
Template	Display the contents of the active template, and open the editor for modifying templates.
Templates	List the base code templates; the active template is highlighted. The 'Modified' field indicates whether you have changed the default template for the current language.
Stereotype Overrides	List the stereotyped templates, for the active base template. The 'Modified' field indicates whether you have modified a default stereotyped template.
Add New Custom Template	Invoke a dialog for creating a custom stereotyped template.
Add New Stereotyped Override	Invoke a dialog for adding a stereotyped template, for the currently selected base template.
Get Default Template	Update the editor display with the default version of the active template.
Save	Overwrite the active templates with the contents of the editor.
Delete	If you have overridden the active template, the override is deleted and replaced by the corresponding default code template.

Notes

User-modified and user-defined Code Templates can be imported and exported as reference data (see the Sharing Reference Data topic); the templates defined for each language are indicated in the 'Export Reference Data' dialog by the language name with the suffix _Code_Templates - if no templates exist for a language, there is no entry for the language in the dialog

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