File menu

New



Create a new blank document. You may specify a default language (syntax highlighter) to use for new documents on the Language/Tabs page of the Options dialog box.

If you click New on the File menu (not the Toolbar or through a shortcut key) the New document dialog box will be shown. This dialog shows all File Templates you have created. By default this dialog only have a "Blank document" item which will be used by default when you click the New button on the Standard toolbar.

Open



Browse and open an existing file. With this dialog box you can also reach the Recent Files. And you can also add and remove a folder to the internal favorites list. It's also possible to open files using the file view in the Toolbox Window.

Close and Close all

Close the current or all opened documents. If a file has been altered you will be asked if you want to save any changes you have done.

Revert to Saved

You can at any time discard all changes you have made and revert back to the original, last saved, file.

Save, Save As, Save All

 

Save the current or all opened documents. Save As allows you to save the file to a different name and/or folder.

Save selection

Save the currently selected text to a file.

FTP

Source Edit has a small built-in FTP client which you can use to Save or Open a file directly to/from a FTP server. Both the FTP Open and FTP Save As commands will bring up the FTP Accounts dialog box in which you can create or select an already created account to use as the connection. You can also launch File Courier from this menu. File Courier is a stand-alone FTP client.

To create a new account click the New button and type in a name for the new account. Type in the URL or IP address of the FTP server (don't type the ftp:// part). Now type in the User ID and Password to use and optionally check the Save Password option, if you leave this option unchecked you will be forced to type the password every time you use this account. However if checked the password will be saved together with the other information and there might be security issues with that.

You can type an initial directory path to use when first connected. You can use either a forward slash (/) or a backslash (\) as the directory separator. Source Edit will translates the directory name separator to the appropriate character before they are used.

The IP or Proxy port must be given (default is 21). If you're using a proxy server to connect you must supply the name of the proxy. Also pick how you want the file to be transfered, as ASCII or Binary file.

If you already created one or more accounts pick the one you want to use in the Account Name drop-down list, make sure all required fields are supplied and click OK to connect.

Either the FTP Open or FTP Save dialog will now be visible. To open a file simply select it and click the Open button. To save select the correct directory, type in a name for the file and click the Save button.

If you have opened a remote file and made changes to it you can use the regular Save command to save the changes back to the FTP server. Source Edit will then reconnect to the server and save the file. If you want to save it with another name or to another directory use the FTP Save As command.

All files opened or saved from/to a remote server will be added to the Most Recently Used file list and you can reopen the file simply by clicking on it in that list.

Note that the FTP Open command will open the file directly in Source Edit so you should only use this command on text files.


Print, Print All



Print the current document. If you use the toolbar button the default printer will always be used but by clicking the menu item will allow you to select a printer. You can also use the Print All command on the File menu to print all currently open documents.

Page Setup

Shows the Page Setup dialog box in which you can set margins, font, a header and a footer to be used when printing.

Print Preview

Will bring up the print preview window.

Insert File

Inserts the contents of another file at the current caret position.

More Files

Shows the recent files dialog. It shows the 50 last documents you have edited with Source Edit.