Syntax Highlighting in Component Editors

ODAC supports syntax highlighting in component editors at design time. This topic explains how to enable or disable this feature in ODAC component editors.

• Enable syntax highlighting
  • Delphi
  • Lazarus
• Disable syntax highlighting in Delphi

Enable syntax highlighting

Delphi

To enable syntax highlighting for Delphi, install the freeware SynEdit component set. You can download SynEdit from the official website or install it using the GetIt Package Manager. Once installed, syntax highlighting will be enabled automatically in all component editors.

Lazarus

In Lazarus, SynEdit is a system package integrated into the IDE. This means that syntax highlighting for ODAC component editors is enabled automatically and requires no additional setup.

Disable syntax highlighting in Delphi

If you have SynEdit installed but prefer not to use syntax highlighting in ODAC component editors, you can disable it in the following way:

1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Devart\ODAC\Editors registry key.
3. Сreate a DWORD value named UseSynEdit and set its value to 0.

Syntax highlighting is now disabled for ODAC. To enable syntax highlighting again, delete the UseSynEdit value or set it to 1.