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Add Snippets to the Database
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<a name="task_addsnippets"></a>Add Snippets to the Database
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<p>
You can add your own code snippets to the database as follows:
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<li>
Click the <img
src="../Images/AddSnippet.gif"
class="glyph"
alt="Add Snippet button"
> toolbar button or choose the <em>Database | Add Snippet</em> menu
option.
</li>
<li>
Provide information about the snippet, along with its source code in the
resulting <a href="dlg_editsnippet.htm">Add a Snippet</a> dialog box.
</li>
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<p>
Existing user-defined snippets can be edited or deleted by selecting the
required snippet and choosing the <em>Edit Snippet</em> and <em>Delete
Snippet</em> options on the <em>Database</em> menu or using the
<img
src="../Images/EditSnippet.gif"
class="glyph"
alt="Edit Snippet button"
> or
<img
src="../Images/DeleteSnippet.gif"
class="glyph"
alt="Delete Snippet button"
> toolbar buttons.
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<p>
Snippets can be categorised using any of the existing categories, or you
can define your own using the <em>Database | Add Category</em> menu item.
You can also rename your categories (<em>Database | Rename Category</em>)
and delete them when no longer needed (<em>Database | Delete
Category</em>). If you don't want to categorise them, just use the
predefined <em>User Defined Snippets</em> category to keep them together.
</p>
<p>
Changes to the user database are indicated by the display of a
"Modified" flag in the status bar. The database can be saved
using the <em>Database | Save User Database</em> menu option or the
<img
src="../Images/SaveDatabase.gif"
class="glyph"
alt="Save User Database button"
> toolbar button. <strong>Note:</strong> the user database is
automatically saved when <em>CodeSnip</em> is closed normally. The
database can also be backed up and restored from the <em>Database</em>
menu.
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<p>
Snippets from the main database cannot be edited or deleted. User defined
snippets are displayed in a different colour to the snippets from the main
database.
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