Using different colors for various language elements such as functions and variables gives you immediate visual cues about the structure of your source code. You can change the default colors of these elements as well as the color of other text in the Graphical Development Environment such as reserved words, breakpoints, errors, and tags. You can also turn off syntax coloring.
To familiarize yourself with the steps in changing screen colors, change the color of the source window to blue and its text to white.
·To change the colors in the source window:
1.From the Options menu, choose Color. The Color dialog box appears (see Figure 7.3).
2.From the Items list select the item you want to change. For this example, select Source Window.
3.Select the color squares to represent the item in the Foreground Color and Background Color lists. For example, select the blue square in the Background Color list and the white square in the Foreground Color list. The new color combination is shown in the Sample Text box.
4.Choose OK to apply the change to the source window. You can change several items in the list before choosing OK.
·To change the source window back to its original colors:
1.From the Options menu, choose Color.
2.From the Items list, select Source Window.
3.Choose Default.
4.Choose OK.
Display items such as keywords and identifiers can be changed back to their default colors without changing the foreground and background colors. You can change items individually or as a group.
To revert all items to their default values, choose All Defaults.