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The contents of the Selected menu vary slightly, depending on the type of program element you have selected. Unless otherwise indicated, the following options are available for all program element types.
Option | Description |
Open | Opens a browser on the selected program element. |
Open To | Opens a browser on the selected program element, to a specific page, which you choose from the sub-menu. |
Go To | Goes to a selected program element within the Projects page of the Workbench. |
Add | Launches the Add SmartGuide for the program element type you choose from the sub-menu. |
Method Template (types, methods) | Inserts a method in the current type, following the method template. |
Import (projects, packages, types) | Launches the Import SmartGuide to let you import classes and interfaces from the file system or from another repository. |
Export (projects, packages, types) | Launches the Export SmartGuide to let you export packages or types to the file system, as files or into a Jar file, or to another repository. |
References To (types, methods) | Lets you search for code references to the selected element or related elements. |
Declarations of (types, methods) | Lets you search for code declarations of the selected element or related elements. |
Search (packages, projects) | Opens the Search dialog to let you search for program elements or text. |
Replace With | Lets you replace the selected program element with an edition from the repository. |
Delete | Deletes the selected program element from the workspace (but not from the repository).
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Reorganize | Provides sub-options for copying, moving, and renaming the selected program element. |
Manage (projects, packages, types) | Sub-option Version lets you version the selected program element, if
it is an open edition.![]()
Sub-option Create Open Edition creates an open edition based on the
versioned edition of the selected program elements.
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Compare With | Lets you compare a program element with an edition from the repository, or two program elements with eachother. |
Run | Lets you run the selected program element (if it is a runnable class), a class contained by the selected program element (if it is a package or project), or the class that contains the selected program element (if it is a method). |
Document (projects, packages, types) | Lets you generate Javadoc documentation for a set of classes, or print source or graph views of classes. |
Print (methods) | Lets you print the source code for the selected method. |
Tools (types) | Has submenu items for tools and enterprise access builders (for the Enterprise version
of VisualAge for Java), plus any third-party tools that you add yourself.
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Properties | Opens properties notebook for the selected program element. For programs, you can set the class path, applet parameters and attributes, or application command line arguments and properties. |
Searching for a Program Element in the Repository
Browsing the Workspace
Adding Projects and Packages from the Repository to the
Workspace
Adding Types and Methods From the Repository to the
Workspace
Replacing Editions in the Workspace (Reloading)
Comparing Two Program Elements
Comparing Editions of a Program Element
Versioning a Program Element
Creating an Open Edition
Copying or Moving a Program Element
Generating HTML Documentation for Classes