You can use a command line below the Edit pane to enter Arbortext Command Language commands. The default is to hide the command line.

To enable this option in document types that allow it, choose Tools > Preferences. Then choose the Window category, and check Command Line.

You can use the Arbortext Editor command line to tailor Arbortext Editor to your needs by using the alias command to combine existing commands into a single new command or by using the map command to assign commands to keyboard sequences.

The Arbortext Editor command line is also used for system-wide operations such as configuring new menus, changing the screen display, setting up a command file, generating popup message windows, and the like.

When using the command line with ACL commands or expressions, you can drag and drop a file (or multiple files) onto the command file to insert file paths. If you drop a script file on the command line, a source command referencing the path is automatically generated; you can then press ENTER to execute the script code.

With your cursor in the command line, press F5 to cycle through types of script that can be run from there. For example, if you want to execute a JScript function use F5 to cycle through the script types until JScript is displayed. Now you can run a JScript script without having the specify the js extension.