Frequently Asked Questions
INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR SLICKEDIT® 2008
Why do I get the error "Client activation is not allowed to activate"?
INSTALLATION & LICENSING
Why do I get a license error when attempting to launch SlickEdit?
Flashing DOS prompt when installing on Windows® 9x
Is the full version the same as the trial?
Why do I keep getting an "Invalid key" error?
I get a segmentation fault when running old Linux® versions
How do I get a new download link?
How do I uninstall SlickEdit?
How do I uninstall SlickEdit Tools?
Uncompress not found
GENERAL
How can I start a new instance of SlickEdit?
How do I change my working directory?
How do I see the source for my SlickEdit form?
How do I get my Project toolbar back?
How do I search multiple files?
Why isn't the update manager installing my updates?
Why doesn't "Surround With" honor my style settings?
How do I stop a Search (Find) or Replace?
How do I change line ending characters in my file?
How to break out of a hang or Slick-C® macro?
How do I create a new file extension?
How do I speed up slower-than-normal menu response?
COLOR AND COLOR CODING
Why does my PHP/JSP™ code show up in a gray color?
Why does the gutter show up in a different color?
How do I create my own custom color coding?
CONFIGURATION
Can I specify my configuration directory from the command line?
How do I change where my configuration is stored?
How do I transfer my configuration to another machine?
How do you edit forms in SlickEdit?
Why is SlickEdit inserting characters on every line of a block selection?
How do I prevent SlickEdit from undoing my cursor movement?
How do I keep text selected after a copy?
How do I prevent clicking past the end of a line?
How do I indent with tab characters?
Why doesn't my Tab key move text?
FTP
SlickEdit keeps disconnecting FTP connection with "Keep Alive" checked
Why can't I SFTP using SSH public key authentication?
My FTP will not connect with Aventail® installed
PROCESS BUFFER
How do I clear the output in the Build window?
What is the concurrent process buffer?
Why can't I set environment variables in the process buffer?
PROJECT & WORKSPACE
How do I build my Visual C++® project within SlickEdit?
How do I compile from within SlickEdit?
What is a project?
What is a workspace?
REFACTORING
How do I correct the "Invalid configuration" error when refactoring?
What compilers are supported for the C/C++ refactoring?
TAGGING & NAVIGATION
Why will my Qt® information not tag correctly?
Why does SlickEdit not take me to my class definitions?
Why do some of the menu items disappear in the plug-in?
What does the Symbol tab do?
How can I easily see which function I am editing?
What is Context Tagging®?
What is tagging?
KEY BINDING AND KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION
How do I make the AltGr key function properly?
ECLIPSE™ PLUG-IN SPECIFIC
SlickEdit Plug-in will not open a file after installing CDT 2.0
Why do I get a "libvseclipse.so: libXm.so.2" error?
Why do I get a "JRE™ or JDK™ must be available" error?
Why do I get an "Error loading VSECLIPSE" error?
How do I specify a different Eclipse workspace?
How do I generate a debug log to troubleshoot issues?
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