Genero Studio: Overview
Genero Studio provides a graphical integrated development environment dedicated to Genero users, with tools designed to help you quickly and easily:
•design a user interface that interacts with a database
•create application forms based on database tables
•use the correct syntax in your application code
•organize projects
•compile, run, and debug Genero applications.
Genero Studio and File Menu:
Genero Studio Configuration
Using Genero Studio, you can work locally or across remote resources, with multiple defined configurations.
Configure Genero Studio to match your work environment.  You can define:
•Genero Desktop Client configurations, and specify which one is active
•Remote servers to access remote Genero
•Local and remote Genero Configurations, and specify which one is active
Overview of Studio Applications
Code Editor
A fundamental tool of Genero Studio, the Code Editor is a smart editor that recognizes the structure of the file being processed (for .4gl files and for other types such as .xml) and highlights it based on the customizable highlighting rules.
Code Editor parses your file and displays a list of errors while you are working on your code. It provides important assistance with syntax (structure highlighting, code completion, and customizable templates). The folding feature makes it easier to work with any text.
Graphical Debugger
The Graphical Debugger allows you to test and control the behavior of your application. You can navigate through the functions, and create and manage breakpoints on functions and code lines.
You can choose and group together any variables you specifically want to watch. This gives you the ability to follow a number of variables easily, and even to alter their values while the application is running, for testing purposes.
editor bar
Form Designer
The Form Designer provides a graphical interface to design and create forms. Widgets, containers, and objects can be added to the forms and their properties can be specified. An interface with databases is provided, allowing you to generate and manipulate form fields from a database schema.
A form created with Form Designer can be compiled into the .42f format, which is executable by your Genero programs. Existing .per forms may be imported and then updated with Form Designer.