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Commands

Filemenu

Editmenu

Penmenu

Viewmenu

Windowmenu

Helpmenu

Filemenucommands

TheFilemenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

New Createsanewdocument.Open Opensanexistingdocument.Close Closesanopeneddocument.Save Savesanopeneddocumentusingthesamefilename.SaveAs Savesanopeneddocumenttoaspecifiedfilename.Print Printsadocument.PrintPreview Displaysthedocumentonthescreenasitwouldappearprinted.PrintSetup Selectsaprinterandprinterconnection.Exit Exits<<YourApp>>.

Editmenucommands

TheEditmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Undo Reversepreviouseditingoperation.Cut Deletesdatafromthedocumentandmovesittotheclipboard.Copy Copiesdatafromthedocumenttotheclipboard.Paste Pastesdatafromtheclipboardintothedocument.

Viewmenucommands

TheViewmenuoffersthefollowingcommands:

Toolbar Showsorhidesthetoolbar.StatusBar Showsorhidesthestatusbar.

Windowmenucommands

TheWindowmenuoffersthefollowingcommands,whichenableyoutoarrangemultipleviewsofmultipledocumentsintheapplicationwindow:

NewWindow Createsanewwindowthatviewsthesamedocument.Cascade Arrangeswindowsinanoverlappedfashion.Tile Arrangeswindowsinnon-overlappedtiles.ArrangeIcons Arrangesiconsofclosedwindows.Window1,2,... Goestospecifiedwindow.

Helpmenucommands

TheHelpmenuoffersthefollowingcommands,whichprovideyouassistancewiththisapplication:

HelpTopics Offersyouanindextotopicsonwhichyoucangethelp.About Displaystheversionnumberofthisapplication.

StatusBar

Thestatusbarisdisplayedatthebottomofthe<<YourApp>>window.Todisplayorhidethestatusbar,usetheStatusBarcommandintheViewmenu.

Theleftareaofthestatusbardescribesactionsofmenuitemsasyouusethearrowkeystonavigatethroughmenus.Thisareasimilarlyshowsmessagesthatdescribetheactionsoftoolbarbuttonsasyoupressthem,beforereleasingthem.Ifafterviewingthedescriptionofthetoolbarbuttoncommandyouwishnottoexecutethecommand,thenreleasethemousebuttonwhilethepointerisoffthetoolbarbutton.

Therightareasofthestatusbarindicatewhichofthefollowingkeysarelatcheddown:

IndicatorDescription

CAPTheCapsLockkeyislatcheddown.

NUMTheNumLockkeyislatcheddown.

SCRLTheScrollLockkeyislatcheddown.

Toolbar

Thetoolbarisdisplayedacrossthetopoftheapplicationwindow,belowthemenubar.Thetoolbarprovidesquickmouseaccesstomanytoolsusedin<<YourApp>>,

Tohideordisplaythetoolbar,clickToolbarfromtheViewmenu.

Newcommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtocreateanewdocumentin<<YourApp>>.SelectthetypeofnewfileyouwanttocreateintheFileNewdialogbox.<<Removeprevioussentenceifyourapplicationsupportsonlyonedocumenttype.>>

YoucanopenanexistingdocumentwiththeOpencommand.

Opencommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtoopenanexistingdocumentinanewwindow.Youcanopenmultipledocumentsatonce.UsetheWindowmenutoswitchamongthemultipleopendocuments.SeeWindow1,2,...command.

YoucancreatenewdocumentswiththeNewcommand.

Closecommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtocloseallwindowscontainingtheactivedocument.<<YourApp>>suggeststhatyousavechangestoyourdocumentbeforeyoucloseit.Ifyoucloseadocumentwithoutsaving,youloseallchangesmadesincethelasttimeyousavedit.Beforeclosinganuntitleddocument,<<YourApp>>displaystheSaveAsdialogboxandsuggeststhatyounameandsavethedocument.

Savecommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtosavetheactivedocumenttoitscurrentnameanddirectory.Whenyousaveadocumentforthefirsttime,<<YourApp>>displaystheSaveAsdialogboxsoyoucannameyourdocument.Ifyouwanttochangethenameanddirectoryofanexistingdocumentbeforeyousaveit,choosetheSaveAscommand.

SaveAscommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtosaveandnametheactivedocument.<<YourApp>>displaystheSaveAsdialogboxsoyoucannameyourdocument.

Tosaveadocumentwithitsexistingnameanddirectory,usetheSavecommand.

Printcommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtoprintadocument.ThiscommandpresentsaPrintdialogbox,whereyoumayspecifytherangeofpagestobeprinted,thenumberofcopies,thedestinationprinter,andotherprintersetupoptions.

PrintPreviewcommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtodisplaytheactivedocumentasitwouldappearwhenprinted.Whenyouchoosethiscommand,themainwindowwillbereplacedwithaprintpreviewwindowinwhichoneortwopageswillbedisplayedintheirprintedformat.Theprintpreviewtoolbaroffersyouoptionstovieweitheroneortwopagesatatime;movebackandforththroughthedocument;zoominandoutofpages;andinitiateaprintjob.

PrintSetupcommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtoselectaprinterandaprinterconnection.ThiscommandpresentsaPrintSetupdialogbox,whereyouspecifytheprinteranditsconnection.

Exitcommand(Filemenu)

Usethiscommandtoendyour<<YourApp>>session.YoucanalsousetheClosecommandontheapplicationControlmenu.<<YourApp>>promptsyoutosavedocumentswithunsavedchanges.

Undo/Can'tUndocommand(Editmenu)

<<Yourapplication'suserinterfaceforUndomaydifferfromtheonedescribedbelow.Modifythishelptextaccordingly.>>

Usethiscommandtoreversethelasteditingaction,ifpossible.Thenameofthecommandchanges,dependingonwhatthelastactionwas.TheUndocommandchangestoCan'tUndoonthemenuifyoucannotreverseyourlastaction.

Cutcommand(Editmenu)

Usethiscommandtoremovethecurrentlyselecteddatafromthedocumentandputitontheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnodatacurrentlyselected.

Cuttingdatatotheclipboardreplacesthecontentspreviouslystoredthere.

Copycommand(Editmenu)

Usethiscommandtocopyselecteddataontotheclipboard.Thiscommandisunavailableifthereisnodatacurrentlyselected.

Copyingdatatotheclipboardreplacesthecontentspreviouslystoredthere.

Pastecommand(Editmenu)

Usethiscommandtoinsertacopyoftheclipboardcontentsattheinsertionpoint.Thiscommandisunavailableiftheclipboardisempty.

Toolbarcommand(Viewmenu)

Usethiscommandtodisplayandhidethetoolbar,whichincludesbuttonsforsomeofthemostcommoncommandsin<<YourApp>>,suchasFileOpen.Acheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhenthetoolbarisdisplayed.

SeeToolbarforhelponusingthetoolbar.

StatusBarcommand(Viewmenu)

Usethiscommandtodisplayandhidethestatusbar,whichdescribestheactiontobeexecutedbytheselectedmenuitemorpressedtoolbarbutton,andkeyboardlatchstate.Acheckmarkappearsnexttothemenuitemwhenthestatusbarisdisplayed.

SeeStatusBarforhelponusingthestatusbar.

Newcommand(Windowmenu)

Usethiscommandtoopenanewwindowwiththesamecontentsastheactivewindow.Youcanopenmultipledocumentwindowstodisplaydifferentpartsorviewsofadocumentatthesametime.Ifyouchangethecontentsinonewindow,allotherwindowscontainingthesamedocumentreflectthosechanges.Whenyouopenanewwindow,itbecomestheactivewindowandisdisplayedontopofallotheropenwindows.

Cascadecommand(Windowmenu)

Usethiscommandtoarrangemultipleopenedwindowsinanoverlappedfashion.

Tilecommand(Windowmenu)

Usethiscommandtoarrangemultipleopenedwindowsinanonoverlappedfashion.

WindowArrangeIconsCommand

Usethiscommandtoarrangetheiconsforminimizedwindowsatthebottomofthemainwindow.Ifthereisanopendocumentwindowatthebottomofthemainwindow,thensomeoralloftheiconsmaynotbevisiblebecausetheywillbeunderneaththisdocumentwindow.

1,2,...command(Windowmenu)

<<YourApp>>displaysalistofcurrentlyopendocumentwindowsatthebottomoftheWindowmenu.Acheckmarkappearsinfrontofthedocumentnameoftheactivewindow.Chooseadocumentfromthislisttomakeitswindowactive.

Indexcommand(Helpmenu)

Usethiscommandtodisplaytheopeningscreenofhelp.Fromtheopeningscreen,youcanjumptostep-by-stepinstructionsforusing<<YourApp>>andvarioustypesofreferenceinformation.

Onceyouopenhelp,youcanclicktheContentsbuttonwheneveryouwanttoreturntotheopeningscreen.

Aboutcommand(Helpmenu)

Usethiscommandtodisplaythecopyrightnoticeandversionnumberofyourcopyof<<YourApp>>.

FileNewdialogbox

<<Deletethishelptopicifyourapplicationsupportsonlyonedocumenttype.>>

Specifythetypeofdocumentyouwanttocreate:

<<Listyourapplication'sdocumenttypeshere>>

FileSaveAsdialogbox

Thefollowingoptionsallowyoutospecifythenameandlocationofthefileyou'reabouttosave:

FileName

Specifiesafilenametosaveadocumentwithadifferentname.<<YourApp>>addstheextensionyouspecifyintheSaveFileAsTypebox.

Drives

Specifiesthedriveinwhichyouwanttostorethedocument.

Directories

Specifiesthedirectoryinwhichyouwanttostorethedocument.

Network

Clickthisbuttontoconnecttoanetworklocation,assigningitanewdriveletter.

<<AddotherFileSaveAsdialogboxoptionsdependingonwhichonesyourapplicationchoosesthroughtheOFN_flagsoftheOPENFILENAMEstructureusedbytheCFileDialog.>>

Printdialogbox

Thefollowingoptionsallowyoutospecifyhowthedocumentshouldbeprinted:

Printer

Displaystheactiveprinterandprinterconnection.ChoosetheSetupoptiontochangetheprinterandprinterconnection.

Setup

DisplaysaPrintSetupdialogbox,soyoucanselectaprinterandprinterconnection.

PrintRange

Specifiesthepagesyouwanttoprint:

All Printstheentiredocument.Selection Printsthecurrentlyselectedtext.

Pages PrintstherangeofpagesyouspecifyintheFromandTofields.

Copies

Specifiesthenumberofcopiesyouwanttoprintfortheabovepagerange.

CollateCopies

Printscopiesinpagenumberorder,insteadofseparatedmultiplecopiesofeachpage.

PrintQuality

Specifiesthequalityoftheprinting.Generally,lowerqualityprintingtakeslesstimetoproduce.

PrintSetupdialogbox

Thefollowingoptionsallowyoutoselectthedestinationprinteranditsconnection.

Printer

Specifiestheprinteryouwanttouse.Choosethedefaultprinter,orchoosetheSpecificPrinteroptionandselectoneofthecurrentinstalledprintersshowninthebox.YouinstallprintersandconfigureportsusingControlPanel.

Orientation

SpecifiesPortraitorLandscape.

PaperSize

Specifiesthesizeofpaperthatthedocumentistobeprintedon.

PaperSource

Specifiesthepapersource,becausesomeprintersoffermultipletraysfordifferentpapersources.

Options

Displaysadialogboxwhereyoucanmakeadditionalchoicesaboutprinting,specifictothetypeofprinteryouhaveselected.

Network

Clickthisbuttontoconnecttoanetworklocation,assigningitanewdriveletter.