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<<Addyourapplication-specifichow-totopicshere.>>
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.