Edit in Text Editor

You can edit formats in a text editor using File > Edit in Text Editor. Text editors have these advantages:

• global searches
• replace options
• syntax highlighting
• editing modes

When you click Edit In Text Editor in the menu, a text editor opens with a text file containing all the formats, which you can modify. After saving the file and closing the text editor, XBUILD resumes control. The default editor is Windows Notepad, but you can use a different editor by adding its path to the XBUILDEXTEDIT environment variable.

To add an environment variable in Windows 7:

1. Select Start > Control Panel > System. The system information is displayed.
2. Select Advanced system settings. The System Properties dialog is displayed.
3. On the Advanced tab, click the Environment Variables button. The Environment Variables dialog is displayed.
4. In the User variables section, click the New button. The New User Variable dialog is displayed.
5. In the Variable name box, enter XBUILDEXTEDIT.
6. In the Variable value box, enter the path to the executable. For example: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe.
7. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
8. Click OK to close the Environment Variables and System Properties dialogs.

To add an environment variable in Windows 8:

1. Position the mouse cursor over bottom right corner to the display menu.
2. In the Search Control Panel, select Control Panel > System. Type Environment variables. The Environment Variables dialog is displayed.
3. In the User variables section, click the New button. The New User Variable dialog is displayed.
4. In the Variable name box, enter XBUILDEXTEDIT.
5. In the Variable value box, enter the path to the executable. For example: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe.
6. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.