FBHFC Programmer's Project Manager Welcome to the Programmer's Project Manager Editor. This editor allows you to edit Source, Documentation, and Release files in a multiple-window environment. The menu is accessed by pressing Alt-Space. All the other menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. Of course, you may also use the mouse to navigate the menus. & Press ESC to clear this help screen. Reference The Reference section contains information regarding various programming languages. / Builder MOREBuilder Builder+MOREBuilder Calculator The calculator is a simple four-function calculator with add, subtract, multiply, and divide. To operate the calculator you can either use the keyboard or press the buttons on the calculator with the mouse. The 'C' key clears the calculator, the ' ' key will erases the last character typed, and the ' ' key toggles the value from positive to negative (the keyboard equivalent of ' ' is '_'). Calendar The calendar displays the current month, highlighting todays date. The next and previous months can be viewed using the '+' or '-' keys respectivly. The mouse can also be used to change the month by pressing the icons. ASCII Table The ASCII table displays the entire IBM PC character set. The current character is marked by a blinking block cursor, and the hexadecimal and decimal ASCII values of the character are displayed below the chart. A new character is selected by pressing it on the keyboard, by clicking the mouse on it in the chart, or by moving the cursor using the cursor keys. (System) Menu (Alt-Spacebar) The System menu appears on the far left of the menu bar and is represented by the symbol. ( When you pull down the menu, you see ' Ascii Table Calendar Calculator About When you choose the About command from the (System) menu, a dialog box appears, showing copyright and version information. G To close the box, press Esc, Space, or Enter, or click the OK button. Calendar The Calendar menu item opens a small calendar which displays the current month. It also allows you to view other months. ASCII table The ASCII menu items opens an ASCII Table that displays the IBM PC character set. Calculator When you choose Calculator, a four-function calculator is opened on the desktop. File (Alt-F) The File menu includes choices for opening and saving files, changing directories, DOS shell, and exiting the program. Open Change Exit File Open (F3) The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box you select the text file you want to edit in a window. & The Open File dialog box contains: an input box with a history list a list box to browse the directory the standard Cancel button Open action button an information panel that describes the selected file File The New command creates a new editor window. The window's name is "Untitled", and is empty. File Save The Save command allows you to save the current editor window to a disk file. If the window already has a name, the file will be saved under this same name. If you wish to save the file under a new name, select the File|Save As command instead. File Save As The Save As command allows you to save the current editor window to a new file name. Note that if an editor window does not have a name (it is called "Untitled") selecting File|Save will execute the Save As dialog box. File Save All The Save all command saves all editor windows to disk. File Change Dir Change Dir brings up the Change Directory dialog box, in which you can change the current directory. File DOS Shell With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. 9 To return to this program, type EXIT at the DOS prompt. File Exit (Alt-X) The Exit command terminates this program. Edit (Alt-E) The Edit menu includes choices for UNDO in the editor and managing the clipboard. Edit Undo The Undo command allows you to "take back" the last editor action you performed. For example, if the line: This is an editor test is changed to: This was an editor test the Undo command will become active. Executing the Undo command will cause the line to revert back to its original version. Note that changes which can be undone are grouped into similar actions, such as typing, or deleting characters. Any action type you perform that is different than the last action type will cause the Undo information to be lost. Edit The Cut command removes the selected text and places it on the Clipboard. Any information previously on the clipboard is lost. Text cut from the editor may be immediately replaced by selecting the Undo command before moving the cursor. Edit Copy The Copy command places a copy of the selected text on the Clipboard. The selected information is left unchanged, but any information previously on the clipboard is lost. Edit Paste The Paste command inserts a the contents of the clipboard into the current editor window at the cursor position. The contents of the clipboard remain unchanged. If any text is selected in the current editor window, the highlighted text is replaced by the text coming from the clipboard. Information pasted into an editor may be removed immediately by using the Undo command before moving the cursor. Edit Show Clipboard The Show Clipboard command will display the Clipboard contents is an ordinary editor window. Note that Cut and Paste commands are not enabled while the clipboard is the focused window. Edit Clear The Clear command removes any selected text from the current editor without placing a copy of the text on the clipboard. The effects of this command may be reversed by selecting Undo before moving the cursor. Search (Alt-S) The Search menu provides text search and replace in the topmost edit window. Search Find The Find command performs a text search in the editor. Search Replace The Replace command performs a text search and replace in the editor. Search Search again The Search again repeats the last Find or Replace. Window (Alt-W) The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands. Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons. > For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows. : Window-management commands Zoom Tile Cascade Next Previous Close Window Size/Move (Ctrl-F5) Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window. Size If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. Q If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window. Move When you choose Window Size/Move, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. F You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse. Window Zoom (F5) Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. { You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window. Window Tile Choose Window Tile to tile all open file windows on the desktop. L Tiled Windows Window Cascade Choose Window Cascade to stack all open file windows on the desktop. A Cascaded Windows Window Next Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop. Window Close (Alt-F3) Choose Close to close the active window. O You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window. Default (Alt-D) The Default menu contains commands that let you change color and mouse default settings. Default Mouse... The Mouse command brings up the Mouse Options dialog box, where you can set various options that control how your mouse works, including: R how fast a double-click is which mouse button (right or left) is active Default Colors... The Colors item brings up the Colors dialog box, where you can customize the colors of the display. Default Save Desktop Saves the state of all open windows to a file call PPMEDIT.DSK. This file can be reloaded by selecting Default Retrieve Desktop. Default Retrieve Desktop Restore a previously-saved state of all open windows from a file called PPMEDIT.DSK. This file is saved via the Default Desktop menu command. File Open (F3) The File Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box you select the text file you want to edit in a window. File New The File New command creates a new editor window. The window's name is "Untitled", and is empty. File Save The File Save command allows you to save the current editor window to a disk file. If the window already has a name, the file will be saved under this same name. If you wish to save the file under a new name, select the File|Save As command instead. File Save As The File Save As command allows you to save the current editor window to a new file name. Note that if an editor window does not have a name (it is called "Untitled"), selecting File|Save will execute the Save As dialog box. File Save All The File Save All command saves all editor windows to disk. File Change Dir File Change Dir brings up the Change Directory dialog box, in which you can change the current directory. File DOS Shell With the File DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to perform a DOS command or run another program. I To return to the editor, type EXIT at the DOS prompt and press [ENTER]. File Exit (Alt-X) The File Exit command terminates the editor, and returns to PPM. Help on Open a File Dialog Box The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a file list, a file information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Name inputbox. Name The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*). Files FILENM01.PAS FILENM09.PAS FILENM02.PAS FILENM10.PAS FILENM03.PAS FILENM11.PAS FILENM04.PAS FILENM12.PAS FILENM05.PAS .. FILENM06.PAS \MOREXAMP FILENM07.PAS \TOURS FILENM08.PAS \ANSWERS.DIR The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory and all subdirectories. C:\TP\EXAMPLES\*.PAS HELLO.PAS 52 Jul 14,1990 12:00pm The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time, and size of the selected file. = None of the items on this information panel are selectable. [ Open ] The Open button opens a new Viewer window and places the selected file in that window. [ Cancel ] If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog box is put away. M (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.) [ Open ] In the Open a File dialog box, if you choose the Open button TVDEMO opens a new window and places the selected file in that window. Help on the Change Directory dialog box The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). | Directory Name The Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory. Directory Tree Drives C:\ TP TVISION The Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter. If you're using the keyboard, press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. + [Chdir ] The Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. + [Revert] The Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box. Help on the Mouse Options dialog box This dialog box consists of one check box, one slider bar, and the standard buttons OK and Cancel. Mouse Double Click Slow Medium Fast The Mouse Double Click slider bar adjusts the double-click speed of your mouse. ^ [X] Reverse Mouse Buttons Reverse Mouse Buttons makes the right mouse button take on the normal functions of the left--and vice versa. 6 See also: Default Mouse... command Help on the Colors dialog box The Colors dialog box consists of two list boxes, a text display area, the standard OK, Cancel, and Help buttons, and one of the following: On color and black-and-white systems, it also contains two color palettes. On monochrome systems, it contains a set of radio buttons instead of the palettes. This dialog box is where you can change the colors of different parts of this program. Group Desktop Menus Dialogs/Calc Puzzle Calendar Ascii table The Group list box contains the names of the different regions of the program that you can customize. L Item Color When you select a group from the Group list, the Item list box displays the names of the different views in that region. Foreground Background On color and black-and-white systems, you use the Foreground and Background palettes to modify colors. Colors ) Mono low ( ) Mono high ( ) Mono underscore ( ) Mono inverse On monochrome systems, you use the Colors set of radio buttons systems to modify the character attributes. Q Text Text Text Text Text Text On all systems, the display text (above the Help button) shows the current color or attribute settings. a Changes do not take effect on the desktop until you close the Colors dialog box by choosing OK. Reference Builder Adaptor - StrVar := Adaptor BCFAdd - [LongIntVar :=] BCFAdd StrExp1, StrExp2 BCFCopy - [IntVar :=] BCFCopy StrExp1, StrExp2, StrExp3 BCFDelete - [IntVar :=] BCFDelete StrExp1, StrExp2 Beep - Beep BLDAttrib - [IntVar :=] BLDAttrib StrExp1, StrExp2 BLDChDir - [IntVar :=] BLDChDir StrExp BLDChDrive - [IntVar :=] BLDChDrive StrExp BLDCopy - [IntVar :=] BLDCopy StrExp1, StrExp2 BLDDel - [IntVar :=] BLDDel StrExp BLDMkDir - [IntVar :=] BLDMkDir StrExp Boxes - Single Box , , , On - Double Box , , , On CALL - CALL Canceled - IF Canceled CapsLockOff - CapsLockOff CapsLockOn - CapsLockOn CapsLockStatus - IntVar := CapsLockStatus Case - Select from case : ] ... ] End CharToNum - IntVar := CharToNum StrExp ClearLineTo - ClearLineTo IntExp Clock - Clock [foreground color] on [background color] ClockOff - ClockOff Close - Close FileVar CloseAllFiles - CloseAllFiles CLS - CLS CLS On - CLS On Contains - IF StrExp1 Contains StrExp2 CoprocessorInstalled - IntVar := CoprocessorInstalled CPU - IntVar := CPU CurrentDir - StrVar := CurrentDir CurrentDrive - StrVar := CurrentDrive DayoftheWeek - IntVar := DayoftheWeek DirExists - IntVar := DirExists StrExp DiskFree - LongIntVar := DiskFree StrExp DiskLabel - StrVar := DiskLabel StrExp DiskReady - IntVar := DiskReady StrExp DiskSize - LongIntVar := DiskSize StrExp DOSErrorLevel - IntVar := DOSErrorLevel DOSInstalled - LongIntVar := DOSInstalled DOSRAM - LongIntVar := DOSRAM DriveSize - IntVar := DriveSize StrExp DropDown - DropDown StrExp1 [@ , ] Item StrExp2 Item StrExp3 End ECHO - ECHO EMSAvail - LongIntVar := EMSAvail EMSInstalled - IntVar := EMSInstalled EMSMajor - IntVar := EMSMajor EMSMinor - IntVar := EMSMinor EMSTotal - LongIntVar := EMSTotal EMSVersion - StrVar := EMSVersion ENVAvail - IntVar := EnvAvail ENVTotal - IntVar := EnvTotal EOF - EOF FileVar Exit - Exit [] External - External Operand File - File FileVar1 [, FileVar2...] FileChangedDateToLong - LongIntVar := FileChangedDateToLong StrExp FileChangedTimeToLong - LongIntVar := FileChangedTimeToLong StrExp FileSize - LongIntVar := FileSize StrExp FillArea - FillArea row,col,width,height,StrExp FlushKeyboard - FlushKeyboard FOR - FOR %% IN "" DO For (Loop Structure) - For IntVar = IntExp1 to IntExp2 End FreeArray - FreeArray ArrayVar GetFilePos - LongIntVar := GetFilePos FileVar GetKey - GetKey GetYN - GetYN GOTO - GOTO