The Xbasic Code Editor is used to write Xbasic scripts in applications. It includes features, such as syntax highlighting and auto-complete, to make it easy to read and write Xbasic.

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To determine the list of properties associated with an object, use the Xbasic Explorer. To display the Xbasic Explorer, select View > Code editor from the Control Panel menu. For example, if you have a form called Customer, navigate in the Xbasic Explorer to Objects > Windows > Customer > Properties to see a list of the properties associated with the form (as shown below):

Just because you are in the Xbasic Code Editor does not mean you cannot take advantage of the Action Script Genies. This example shows how to use the Action Script Editor to generate code to paste into an Xbasic script.

Creating a passive-link table using Xbasic:

The Stripe Genie, accessed from the right-click menu when you are editing Xbasic code, open a genie that shows sample code from making calls to the Stripe API.

This article describes the new Xbasic methods that can be used on the HTML that is rendered by either the {html} or new {htmlhost} commands.

Xbasic classes used to implement web services are not reloaded unless the Classic Application Server is restarted or the __AARegisterClasses.a5w page is called.

While an Xbasic Function Library and Xbasic Module may seem to be the same thing, the two Xbasic constructs have several key differences.

The A5_ASCII_TABLE() function displays an ASCII character table.