As far as notepad++ goes, if you don't want to build your own language definition for SBasic (doesn't look too tough: http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/User_Defined_Languages), you may want to select C/C++. There are a few constructs that lean more toward standard modern BASIC. The built in text editor, while not as powerful as notepad++, does have syntax highlighting for SBasic, and doesn't require quite so much cutting and pasting  .

I'm not sure exactly which bit of sample code from the documentation you are referring to. The ZipCode application itself does not have record IDs (at least my older copy doesn't). Page number?

In general, a unique number can be obtained from @Number() and the starting point can be set in SDesigner for that application, under "Application" see the "Application Property Manager".

The example on page 483 of the programming manual also doesn't have a record ID as one of the fields. If you have added a record ID element to your form, you can simply assign it any value you want in the main loop, starting with any value -- such as 10,000. The code below is snipped from the middle of the routine, with one line added to set the RecordID element to 10,000 plus the record counter.

vFileHandle = fileOpen("C:\Sesame\addresses.txt")
If vFileHandle >= 0
{
  fileSeek(vFileHandle, 0)
  While FilePos(vFileHandle) < FileSize(vFileHandle)
  {
    fileReadLn(vFileHandle, vLine)
    If @Len(vLine) > 20 Then
    {
      parseline()
      nn = @CreateNewRecord()
      Name = t[1]
      Address = t[2]
      City = t[3]
      State = t[4]
      Zip = t[5]

      // This is the line that sets the RecordID to 10,000 plus the running counter
      RecordID = 10000 + counter

      counter = counter + 1
    }
  }
  fileClose(vFileHandle)
  @Msgbox("Imported " + counter + " records.", "", "")
}
 

Just out of curiosity, why do you have a record ID?

Sesame does have default fonts, a couple of which can be set in the sesame.ini file.

MENU FONT: and SECONDARY FONT:

These refer to user interface elements outside of the form. To use a default font on the form, simply set the font you want to use for labels and text, and SDesigner will continue to use that font for all further elements you create until you change them. If you wish to change a font setting that has already been made, select all of the elements you want to change, either by rubberbanding, shift or ctrl select, or using the selection dialog to select by type. etc. and change either the label or text font. It will change all of the selected element's font.

SDesigner has a "set it and forget it" style of editing for all element attributes. You select the attributes that please you for that form, and do not have to reset them again without cause. This maintains a consistent look and feel with a minimum of clicking around.

Under the hood, Sesame selects helvetica/arial font as the starting font. So, if you don't set the font yourself, you start with helvetica. If you have set the font, and want to get back to the settings you had on previous elements, use the make-like-me commands in SDesigner to reset back to a previous setting.