Source Code Editor

When you right-click a symbol in the Content Manager and select Open Source, you can open the source file in which the symbol or topic is contained.

To configure your source editor

To open the source file using the application registered for editing this type in Windows, select the Open using registered application check box.
To open the source file using a specific application, type the path and file name of this application in the Open using this application box.
To open the source file at a specific point, provide your source editor with the corresponding line number:
- In the Number Format String box, enter the line number format that your editor uses.
- If your editor counts line numbers from zero, select the zero based line numbers check box.
To open source files for symbols and topics by double-clicking them, select the Open on Double Click check box.

Advanced User Information

To open source in your source editor at the correct line number

Application	Number Format String	Check Boxes
Developer Studio	/Edit /Command "Edit.GoTo %d" The "/Edit" part is optional, it instructs Visual Studio to open the file in a running instance if possible.	Deselect the zero based line numbers check box
Context	/g1:%d	Deselect the zero based line numbers check box
Notepad 2	/g %d,1	Deselect the zero based line numbers check box and select the Pass line number as first argument check box