Chapter 14 Customizing the Microsoft Programmer's WorkBench

The Microsoft Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) is not just a text editor, but also a full-featured platform for program development. It is both flexible (you can customize it to match your working habits) and extensible (you can add your own functions and features).

This chapter explains three ways to customize the Programmer's WorkBench:

Setting switches

Assigning keystrokes

Writing macros

While this chapter explains customizing techniques, it does not document every customizable feature. Please consult online help for detailed information about these and other PWB features.

This chapter assumes you are familiar with basic PWB operation and termi-nology. If not, please read “Using the Programmer's WorkBench” in Installing and Using the Microsoft Macro Assembler Professional Development System. The Programmer's WorkBench is supplied with both the Macro Assembler and Microsoft C so that you can customize one copy of PWB to work with these and other languages.