In this post we will cover how to create your first M model with Intellipad. For more information about M language please see http://blogs.msdn.com/mlanguage

I launch Intellipad and start authoring my first M. Not very surprisingly, the first thing I want to model is the Intellipad team:

I want some syntax coloring. Let me bring up minibuffer…

.. and let me change the mode to MMode

Notice the following:

• All M Keywords are now bolded (type, module)
• Intellipad is telling the user that this file is currently in MMode (top right hand corner)
• Also a M Mode Specific menu appeared in the top toolbar

Let's look at how the SQL look like for the above M from the M Mode specific menu:

A split is now appeared with the generated SQL:

The generated SQL is too big to view in a split. Let me close the left split (x button in the Untitled1* window) so I can view the SQL alone:

You can still view the original M file (untitled1*) by accessing the drop down:

Happy Modeling!