To open a file in HelpLogic's built-in Code Editor, select a file in the Source Files column and then choose "HelpLogic Code Editor" from the "Edit Page" toolbar menu.
HelpLogic's Code Editor displays HTML with syntax coloring, line numbering, and many other convenient features. Useful information (such as the current line of the cursor position) is displayed in the status bar at the top right of the Editor window (just below the toolbar). Select Preferences from the HelpLogic application menu to modify the editor's font size, display font and colors.
You can either manually type HTML code or you can use HelpLogic's handy Code Plugins architecture to automate your HTML writing. HelpLogic includes more than 90 Code Plugins to help save you programming time. To access these Code Plugins, use the toolbar at the top of the Editor window or use the contextual menu (accessible by using your right mouse button or control-click a single button mouse). Code Plugins are divided into convenient category toolbar menus. Need support for additional HTML tags? Download the Code Plugins SDK and write your own Code Plugins -- it's easy! See the Code Plugins section of this User Guide for details.
The Code Editor identifies the document's charset text encoding upon opening the file, which is displayed in the status bar just below the toolbar. You can convert the document to a different charset text encoding by selecting a different charset from that pulldown menu. If you find the syntax coloring or text to be displaying incorrectly when viewing double-byte Japanese and Chinese charsets, you might find that changing the charset menu to UTF-16 may solve the issue.
If you need to search for a word or phrase in an open document or replace existing text, select one of the "Find" options from the Tools menu.
Don't worry if you accidentally delete the wrong text or make a coding mistake. Just use the handy Undo feature (in the Edit menu) to retract that last move.
If you want to test your HTML code, you can preview your help page by choosing a viewer/browser from the Editor's "Preview" menu.
To save your open file, you can either use the standard keyboard shortcut Command-S (Mac) or Control-S (Windows) or select "Save" from the "Editor" menu.
If you don't want to use the built-in Code Editor, HelpLogic also lets you select your favorite editor for viewing and editing your source files. Select "Add New Editor" from the "Edit Page" toolbar menu to add additional external editors to the "Edit Page" toolbar menu list. Please note that only normal applications are supported. Trying to add an editor that is a command line console application will produce a shell error.