\chapter Reference: Menu Options 

\section1 Introduction

\QSAD provides menu options that invoke the actions necessary to create
applications. Many menu options lead to dialog boxes that provide
additional options and functionality. The most commonly used menu
options also have corresponding toolbar buttons. This chapter explains
each menu option and its use. For menu options that invoke a dialog
box or which have a corresponding toolbar button, there is a
cross-reference to the detailed explanation that appears in the
relevant chapter.

\section1 The File Menu

\img filemenu.png
\caption The File Menu

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+F, and provides the following
options:

\list

\i \Menu {File|New Script}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+N) to
invoke the \l{New Script Dialog} dialog.

\i \Menu {File|Import Script}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+I) to invoke the \l{Import Script Dialog} dialog.

\i \Menu {File|Export Script}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+E) to invoke the \l{Export Script Dialog} dialog.

\i \Menu {File|Rename Script}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+R) to rename script in the active editor. Object scripts cannot 
be renamed.

\i \Menu {File|Remove Script}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+D) to remove the script from the project.

\i \Menu {File|Close Tab}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+F4) to close the tab in the editor.

\i \Menu {File|Print}\BR Click this menu option  (or press \Key
Ctrl+P) to print the contents of the current editor.

\i \Menu {File|Exit}\BR Click this menu option to exit \QSAD.

\endlist

\section1 The Edit Menu

\img editmenu.png
\caption The Edit Menu

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+E, and provides the following
options:
\list

\i \Menu Edit|Undo\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+Z) to
undo an action. The name of the last action that was performed appears
after the word 'Undo'.  

\i \Menu Edit|Redo\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+Y) to
redo an action. The name of the last action that was performed appears
after the word 'Redo'. 

\i \Menu Edit|Cut\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+X) to
delete the selected item from the current form or file and copy it to
the clipboard. 

\i \Menu Edit|Copy\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+C) to
copy the selected item from the current form or file to the clipboard.

\i \Menu Edit|Paste\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+V) to
paste the clipboard item (if any) into the current form or file. 

\i \Menu {Edit|Select All}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+A) to highlight all the text in the current editor.

\i \Menu Edit|Preferences\BR Click this menu option to invoke the
\l{Preferences Dialog} dialog.

\endlist

\section1 The Search Menu

\img searchmenu.png
\caption The Search Menu

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+S, and provides the following options:

\list

\i \Menu Search|Find\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key Ctrl+F) to
invoke the \l{Find Text Dialog}. 

\i \Menu Search|Find Next\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key F3) to
find the next occurance of the last key word searched for. The \l{Find
Text Dialog} is shown if this is the first search.

\i \Menu Search|Find Previous\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Shift+F3) to find the next occurance of the last key word searched for. The
\l{Find Text Dialog} is shown if this is the first search.

\i \Menu Search|Replace\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Ctrl+R) to invoke the \l{Replace Text Dialog} to replace specific
words or characters.

\i \Menu{Search|Goto line}\BR Click this menu option (or press \Key
Alt+G) to invoke the \l{Goto Line Dialog} to go to a specific line in
the file.

\endlist

\section1 Project

\img projectmenu.png
\caption Project Menu

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+P, provides the following options:

\list

\i \Menu{Project|Call Function}\BR Click this
menu option (or press \Key F5) to invoke the \Dialog{Call function} dialog.

\i \Menu{Project|Call Function}\BR Click this
menu option (or press \Key F6) to call the last function specified in the \Dialog{Call Function} dialog.

\i \Menu{Project|Evaluate}\BR Press this function to force evaluation of the files
in the project.

\endlist

\section1 Window

\img windowmenu1.png
\caption Window Menu, first submenu.

\img windowmenu2.png
\caption Window Menu, second submenu.

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+W, provides the following options:

\list

\i \Menu{Window|Views|Output}\BR Click this menu option to enable/disable the
output window.

\i \Menu{Window|Views|Project Scripts}\BR Click this menu option to enable/disable the
project scripts window.

\i \Menu{Window|Views|Line up}\BR Click this menu option to line up the dockable windows
in the user interface.

\i \Menu{Window|Toolbars|File}\BR Click this menu option to enable/disable the file toolbar.

\i \Menu{Window|Toolbars|Edit}\BR Click this menu option to enable/disable the
edit toolbar.

\i \Menu{Window|Toolbars|Project}\BR Click this menu option to enable/disable the project toolbar.

\i \Menu{Window|Toolbars|Line up}\BR Click this menu option to line up the dockable windows
in the user interface.

\endlist


\section1 The Help Menu

\img helpmenu.png
\caption The Help Menu

This menu is invoked with \Key Alt+H, and provides the following
option:

\list 

\i \Menu{Help|About}\BR Click this menu option to invoke the About
\QSAD dialog which gives the version number and some licensing
information.

\endlist






