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APPENDIX B : Quick Reference


Note - In the SNiFF+ Visaj integration the Resource Bundle Editor, Image Editor and the Project Window are not supported and java code is automatically generated and stored in your SNiFF+ project directory so please ignore toolbar buttons and menu entries related to these tools and code generation.


Class Editor Toolbar Buttons


Project Window Toolbar Buttons


Resource Bundle Editor Toolbar Buttons


Class Editor Menu Items

There are 10 menus in the Class Editor - "File", "Edit", "Class", "Method", "Object", "View", "Generate", "Palette", "Windows" and "Help".

The File Menu

The first item in the File menu is "New". This is a pullright menu, containing three further items.

New Project - Create a new, blank project window.

New Class - Display the Class Editor.

New Resource Bundle - Display the Resource Bundle Editor.

Open... - Open a saved document.

Save - Save the current class.

Save as - Save the current class using the specified filename.

Import - Pulls right to allow importing of class files generated from other tools. The current version supports:

X-Designer bridge file - A design created using X-Designer, the Motif builder.

Close - Close this Class Editor window.

Exit Visaj - Exits the application, closing all open windows.

The Edit Menu

Undo - Undo the last change.

Redo - Make the change again, after Undo.

Cut - Cut the selected item to the clipboard.

Copy - Copy the selected item to the clipboard.

Paste - Paste the contents of the clipboard.

Clear - Clears the currently selected item without saving it on the clipboard.

The Options Menu

Authentication... - Displays the Licensing dialog.

The Class Menu

Properties... - Displays a dialog for changing the class signature, the package and the list of imports.

The Method Menu

Add new method - Adds a new method to the class.

Add event binding - Displays the Event Binding Editor for the currently selected method.

Main method - Makes the currently selected method the "main" method.

Delete - Delete the currently selected method.

The Object Menu

Properties - Displays the Property Sheet for the currently selected item.

Customize... - Displays the Customizer for the currently selected item, if one has been provided by the component vendor.

Layout... - Displays the Layout Editor for the currently selected container.

Reset - Recreates the objects in the dynamic display.

The View Menu

Left justify tree - Display the hierarchy left justified.

Layout horizontally - Switch the tree view of the hierarchy so that it grows horizontally.

Collapse all composite components - Hide the children of Swing components which are composites.

Fold/Unfold nodes - Fold away or unfold the hierarchy below the currently selected node.

Collapse/Expand selected composites - Hide or show the children of the selected Swing composite component.

The Generate Menu

Generate java... - Displays the generate dialog for generating new Java code files or updating existing ones.

The Palette Menu

Show labels - A toggle to display or hide the component names along with their icons in the component palette.

Merge palette file... - Display a File Dialog prompting for the name of a palette to merge into the existing palette.

Load Jar file... - Display a File Dialog prompting for the name of a JAR file. Any beans in the file are added to the palette.

The Windows Menu

Color Selector - Display the Color Selector window.

Font Selector - Display the Font Selector window.

Image Editor - Display the Image Editor.

The Windows menu also lists all current Visaj windows, enabling you to switch easily between them.

The SNiFF+ Menu

Browse <class> - Displays the members of the class in the SNiFF+ Class Browser.

Show <class> in Hierarchy - Displays the inheritance relationships of the class in the SNiFF+ Hierarchy Browser.

Edit <generated java file> - Opens the SNiFF+ Source Editor and displays the generated Java file.

Find <selected method> - Displays all symbols matching the selected method name in the SNiFF+ Symbol Browser.

Show <selected symbol> - Opens the SNiFF+ Source Editor and is positioned at the selected symbol.

Retrieve <selected object> - Opens the SNiFF+ Retriever and retrieves the selected object from all files in the current project.

The Help Menu

Swing Compatibility - Display information on Swing support in Visaj.

Index - Display the online help main index for the Class Editor.

User Guide - Display the user guide in HTML format in a separate window.

About Visaj... - Displays the splash screen and licensing information.


Project Window Menu Items

There are 5 menus in the Visaj main window: "File", "Edit", "Project", "Windows" and "Help".

The File Menu

New - A pullright menu, containing the following three items:

New Project - Create a new, blank project window.

New Class - Display the Class Editor.

New Resource Bundle - Display the Resource Bundle Editor.

Open... - Open a saved document.

Save - Save the current project.

Save as - Save the current project using the specified filename.

Import - Pulls right to allow importing of class files generated from other tools. The current version supports:

X-Designer bridge file - A design created using X-Designer, the Motif builder.

Close - Close the current document.

Exit - Exit the application, closing all open windows.

The Edit Menu

Edit - Display the appropriate editor for the selected file.

The Options Menu

Authentication... - Displays the Licensing dialog.

The Project Menu

Add File... - Add a file to the project.

Add Group... - Create a new group.

Remove File - Remove the selected file from the project.

The Windows Menu

The Windows menu lists all current Visaj windows, enabling you to switch easily between them.

The Help Menu

Index - Display the online help main index for the Project window.

User Guide - Display the user guide in HTML format in a separate window.

About Visaj... - Displays the splash screen and licensing information.


Resource Bundle Editor Menu Items

There are 5 menus in the Resource bundle Editor - "File", "Edit", "Generate", "Windows" and "Help".

The File Menu

New - Displays a new Resource Bundle Editor window

Open... - open a saved document.

Save - Save the current project.

Save as - Save the current project using the specified filename.

Export language... - Export the currently selected language in a readable format.

Import language - A pullright menu containing the following two items:

Merge... - Import into currently selected language, merging with existing data.

Append... - Import into currently selected language, appending to existing data.

Close - Close the current document.

The Edit Menu

Undo - Undo the last change.

Redo - Make the change again, after Undo.

Cut - Cut the selected item to the clipboard.

Copy - Copy the selected item to the clipboard.

Paste - Paste the contents of the clipboard.

Clear - Clear the currently selected item without saving it on the clipboard.

Delete key - Delete the currently selected key (row).

Delete language - Delete the currently selected language (column).

Add key - Add a new key (row).

Add language... - Add a new language (column) - displays a dialog prompting for the ISO code of the new language.

The Generate Menu

Generate all files - Generate a Java source code file for each language (including "Default") in the table - displays the Class Name dialog if the class name has not been specified.

Set properties... - Display a dialog for changing the class name to be used for code generation and for adding a package name.

The Windows Menu

The Windows menu lists all current Visaj windows, enabling you to switch easily between them.

The Help Menu

Index - Display the online help main index for the Resource Bundle Editor.

User Guide - Display the user guide in HTML format in a separate window.

About Visaj... - Displays the splash screen and licensing information.




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