Preview Tab

Many objects have a Preview tab in their property sheets, that allow you to preview the code to be generated from the object. This provides an easy way to apply modifications to your code and update the model.

All or some of the following tools are available on this tab:

Tool	Description	Keyboard shortcut
	Open Editor Contextual Menu	Shift + F11
	Edit With contextual menu. This allows you to select an editor for the script	ctrl + E
	Refresh	F5
	Select generation targets. This tool is available when at least one extended model definition flagged for generation is linked to the model and when it contains GeneratedFiles entries for the current object. When available, it displays the list of targets for the current object. If you add a generation target, the corresponding tab is added to the Preview tab. If you deselect a generation target, the corresponding tab disappears from the Preview tab	ctrl + F6
	Show generation options. If you select the Show Generation Options tool when available, the Generation Options dialog box is displayed. You can change generation options from this dialog box and see the impact on the code	ctrl + W
	Ignore generation options. If you click the Ignore Generation Options tool when available, the preview ignores generation options selected by using the Show generation options tool but uses a predefined set of options	ctrl + D

In the Preview tab, you can add and remove bookmarks at specific points in the code and then navigate forwards or backwards from bookmark to bookmark:

Keyboard shortcut	Description
ctrl + F2	Adds a new bookmark. A blue bookmark box is displayed. If you repeat this action from the same position, the bookmark is deleted and the blue marker disappears. Note that bookmarks are not printable and are lost if you use the Refresh, or Show Generation tools.
F2	Jumps to bookmark
shift + F2	Jumps to previous bookmark

For more information about how the Preview tab is used in the different modules, see the appropriate modeling guide.