You must enable the Editor Mode for the TestStand User Interface (UI) Controls to create an Editor application.

Set the ApplicationMgr.IsEditor property at edit time to specify whether Editor Mode is on or off by default. Alternatively, you can set the ApplicationMgr.IsEditor property in the application source code before you call the ApplicationMgr.Start method.

You can pass a command-line argument to override the default editing mode for the application. Pass /editor to set the ApplicationMgr.IsEditor property and pass /operatorInterface to clear the ApplicationMgr.IsEditor property. Set the ApplicationMgr.CommandLineCanChangeEditMode property to False to prevent users from changing the ApplicationMgr.IsEditor property from the command line.

The full-featured user interface examples allow users with sequence file editing permissions to toggle the editing mode by pressing <Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Insert>. To change or disable this keystroke in an application based on a full-featured example, set the ApplicationMgr.EditModeShortcutKey and ApplicationMgr.EditModeShortcutModifier properties in the designer or in the user interface source code.