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The standard toolbar includes five buttons used for file management, and three window view controls, as shown in the following figure:
The file-management buttons include the following:
Starts a new project or adds a new component of any type to an existing project. For information about creating new projects or component files, see Project Management.
Opens an existing project.
Adds files of any type to a project. This includes existing DirectMusic Producer components as well as files from inside or outside the DirectMusic Producer environment such as text files and wave files. For information about adding all types of files, see Managing Components.
Saves changes made to the selected project.
Saves changes made to the component in the active editing module. The Save button is disabled if no component is open in an editing window.
The following buttons are used to change how windows are arranged and displayed:
Turns the display of the project tree on or off.
Arranges the editing windows of the components so they line up from top to bottom without overlapping.
Arranges the editing windows so they line up side-by-side without overlapping.