Indent Size

PARADYME generates Data/Basic source code. This code is generated ready formatted. That means that sub-statements within a main statement are indented to indicate the code structure. This option allows the user to specify the size of source code indenting for the generated program. The source code will be indented by this number of spaces (or multiples thereof) to give a formatted appearance to the program.

Where multi-line 'IF' statements, 'CASE' statements, etc. are generated, this will cause 'contained' statements to be further indented. Such indenting helps the programmer as it gives the generated code a more readable look. It is recommended that the user does look at the generated code as it gives them a feel for the structure. It also helps with adding additional code, which is explained in a different part of this manual. If you press return here the indent value will default to four spaces and multiples of four.

On older system, there was an item size limit of 32K. On such systems, there may be times when the program generated would exceed this maximum item size. In such a case, an error message will be displayed telling the user that the maximum item size has been exceeded. One of the easiest ways that the user can release some space so that the program can be generated is by reducing the indent size. Specifying a value of 0 for INDENT SIZE would created the greatest space saving.

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