Code Editor

The Code Editor is designed to display and edit the runtime behavior of a single UBIK^® object. Technically, it reads the definition of overrideable properties and methods of the context object (directly from the context object if it is of type MetaClass, otherwise it gets the MetaClass of the context object and reads the definition from there). When using the Code Editor, basic programming skills in Microsoft's C# are certainly beneficial.

Code Editor
Code Editor control displaying events
Name	Code Editor
Internal Name	CtrlObjectCodeEditor
Purpose	Edit runtime behavior of objects
Context object	MetaClass
Version	2+

The Code Editor is probably the most powerful control in UBIK® since it allows to modify the behavior of objects with hardly any limitations. Handle with care!

Appearance

Code controls

The control reads the definition from the current context object and displays a code editing box for each eligible property or method, its appearance depending on status of the actual property/method:

Appearance	Example	Comment
Disabled		The code for this property/method can't be edited
Enabled		The code for this property/method is editable
Raised caption		There is already custom code for this property/method stored, but is is not editable
Raised caption		There is already custom code for this property/method stored and it can be edited
Bold caption		The custom code for this property/method was edited but not saved yet

Captions

Per default, each Code control shows the name of the respective property/method as its caption.

Tooltips

When hovering over the expand/collapse button of a code control, a Tooltip with its code will appear.

Drag & Drop

The Code Editor does not support Drag&Drop operations.

The Code Editor features a toolbar with the following items, from left to right:

This control doesn't feature any context menu yet.

The Code Editor has four different View Styles, each of them providing different views and functionality.

Events

In this view mode you can override certain events that are thrown by a UBIK^® object. This means that custom code can be executed once the event raises. The following events are currently exposed by UBIK^® objects:

Methods

In this view mode you can override certain properties and methods that are exposed by an UBIK^® object.

MetaProperties

In this view mode you can modify the code that is executed within the accessors of a UBIK^® MetaProperty

The Code Editor will display inherited MetaProperties, but without the code located at its inherit base!

Custom

In this view mode it is possible to store code which is not related to events, methods or MetaProperties but shall still be assembled with a MetaClass or with the entire customizing. Use this if you want to provide a code library or classes that shall be used by your custom event or property/method code.

This menu allows you to insert pre-configured, yet dynamic code snippets for typical customizing tasks in UBIK^®. Insert will always happen at the current caret position in the selected coding box.

Start workflow snippet

This snippet will insert the code to execute a UBIK^® Workflow synchronously, meaning in the same thread as the rest of the code is executed. So code execution will only continue after the workflow is finished. Example:

This code locates the workflow object at the MetaClass of the object using its UID, loads the declared XAML code and sends it to the invoker. The calling object will be passed to the workflow as first and only parameter UBIKObject.

If you need the workflow to be executed conditionally, just wrap the conditions (e.g. an if block) around the generated snippet!

• Coding box
• Debugger