Enabling the automatic prefixing

1. Open the project description: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Proyecto" group, click "Descripción".
2. Display the "Options" tab.
3. Check "Activar prefijos automáticos de variables y elementos del proyecto".
4. Choose the code style to use. The "Standard" style (provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile) is used by default.
5. Check "Agregar prefijos automáticamente" if you want prefixes to be added automatically. In this case, prefixes will be automatically used in the different editors if a code style has been defined. Therefore, when writing code, the prefix that corresponds to the type of variable will be automatically added before the name of the variable.
6. Check "Generar un error de compilación de UI si un control no tiene el prefijo correcto" to throw a UI error if controls do not use the prefix defined in the code style.
7. Validate. When creating new elements or new variables, the corresponding prefixing will be automatically added.

• Another solution to enable the automatic prefixing: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Otras acciones" group, expand "Estilo de código" and select "Use code style".
• From version 27 onwards, when creating a new project, only the automatic prefixes for project elements are enabled by default. Prefixes are not added automatically (especially in WLanguage code).
  The "Agregar prefijos automáticamente a las nuevas variables" option allows you to enable prefixes for variables as well, as soon as you create the project.
• The names of variables containing less than 3 characters are not prefixed.

Dsabling the automatic prefixing

• on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Otras acciones" group, expand "Estilo de código" and uncheck "Use code style".
• in the "Options" tab of the project description, uncheck "Activar prefijos automáticos de variables y elementos del proyecto".

Create a code style

1. Open the project description: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Proyecto" group, click "Descripción".
2. Display the "Options" tab.
3. Click "Crear un estilo de código" and validate the window that appears.
4. Select the location of the new code style and enter its name (".CDP" file).
5. Validate ("Save" button). The new code style is created.
   By default, this style is the "Standard" style (provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile).
6. Click the "Edit" button.
7. Define the different prefixes and validate.

Modifying a code style

1. Open the project description: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Proyecto" group, click "Descripción".
2. Display the "Options" tab.
3. Select the code style to modify.
4. Click "Editar estilo de código".
5. Define the new prefixes and validate.

• These modifications will be taken into account when creating new elements or new variables.
• The "Standard" code style cannot be modified.
• Another solution to edit the current code style: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Otras acciones" group, expand "Estilo de código" and select "Edit code style".

Modifying the code style used

1. Open the project description: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Proyecto" group, click "Descripción".
2. Display the "Options" tab.
3. Select the code style to use (in the "Code style" list or via the "..." button).
4. Validate.

Managing prefixes

• automatically add prefixes in the different editors when a code style has been defined.
• generate a UI compilation error if a control has the wrong prefix.

1. Open the project description: on the "Proyecto" tab, in the "Proyecto" group, click "Descripción".
2. Display the "Options" tab.
3. To add prefixes automatically, select "Agregar prefijos automáticamente".
4. To generate a UI error if an invalid prefix is used, select "Generar un error de compilación de UI si un control no tiene el prefijo correcto".
5. Validate.