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; ------------------------ MEMOPAD.TXT --------------------- ; ; This is the help text file for the MEMOPAD application. It ; includes the help text that a D-Flat application would use ; for the user interface. ; ; There can be a help window with a helptag name for each ; command in commands.h, each menu label on the menu bar ; as defined in menus.c, and each dialog box name in dialogs.c ; ; There can be other help windows as well. Some of them will ; be displayed as the result of hypertext and definition key ; words embedded in the help text of other help windows. Others ; can be implemented from within an application software system. ; ; Following is the format for a help window: ; ; ┌── (1st column of each line) ; ; ; anything with a semicolon in the 1st column is a comment ; <helptag> (names the help window) ; [<<]<helptag> (names the previous window in chain) ; [>>]<helptag> (names the next window in chain) ; Help Window Title (displays in window's title bar) ; Help text follows until next helptag occurs ; Hypertext reference [..keyword]<helptag> embedded in text ; Definition reference [**keyword]<helptag> embedded in text ; <helptag> (names another window) ; ; Notes: ; 1. A hypertext reference, when selected, causes the ; associated help window named by the <helptag> to ; become the active help window. ; 2. A definition reference, when selected, displays ; a momentary window with the text of the associated ; help window named by the <helptag>. The window ; closes when the user releases the Enter key or ; mouse button. ; 3. A definition window has no title. ; 4. The last window is followed by the <end> helptag. ; 5. The window's height and width adjust to the text. ; 6. The [..], [**], and <helptags> do not display and ; do not figure in the width of the line in which ; they occur. ; ; ----------------------------------------- <Application> [<<]<MEMOPAD> [>>]<Menubar> Application Window The Application Window is the desktop for the application. The Application window contains the application's [..Document Windows]<docwindow>. Before you open any documents, the Application window is empty. The application window has an [..Action Bar]<Menubar> just below its [..Title Bar]<titlebar> and a [..Status Bar]<statusbar> at the bottom. Note that there might not be a title or status bar depending on the [..Display]<ID_DISPLAY> option on the [..Options]<Options> menu. ; ----------------------------------------- <MEMOPAD> [>>]<Application> The MEMOPAD Application MEMOPAD is a multi-window notepad program that demonstrates the programmer's [**API]<API> to the D-Flat Common User Access interface library. ; ----------------------------------------- <MEMOPADDOC> [<<]<Application> The MEMOPAD Document Window This [..Document Window]<docwindow> is a basic notepad text editor. You can have many of these windows open at one time. ; ----------------------------------------- <docwindow> Document Window A Document Window contains the data that you work on. It displays within the [..Application Window]<Application> and consists of these parts: [..Client Area]<client> [..Border]<border> [..Title Bar]<titlebar> [..Status Bar]<statusbar> [..Scroll Bars]<scrollbar> [..Control Box]<controlbox> [..Minimize Box]<minbox> [..Maximize Box]<maxbox> [..Restore Box]<restorebox> [..Resize Box]<sizebox> ; ----------------------------------------- <client> [<<]<docwindow> [>>]<border> Client Area The Client Area is the space inside the window's borders where the application's data values are displayed and manipulated. ; ----------------------------------------- <border> [<<]<client> [>>]<titlebar> Border The Border is the frame around a window. When the window has the focus, the border is a double line. When a different window has the focus, the border is a single line. The window's [..Scroll Bars]<scrollbar>, if any, are positioned in the right and bottom parts of the border. ; ----------------------------------------- <titlebar> [<<]<border> [>>]<statusbar> Title Bar The Title Bar is at the top of the window and contains the window's title. When the window has the focus, the title is highlighted. The Title Bar includes these items as well: [..Control Box]<controlbox> [..Minimize Box]<minbox> [..Maximize Box]<maxbox> [..Restore Box]<restorebox> You can move the window with the mouse by clicking the title bar and dragging the window to its new location. ; ----------------------------------------- <statusbar> [<<]<titlebar> [>>]<scrollbar> Status Bar The Status Bar is at the bottom of the application window. It displays the time and brief contextual messages about the menus and other application-dependent features. ; ----------------------------------------- <scrollbar> [<<]<statusbar> [>>]<controlbox> Scroll Bars You use Scroll Bars to scroll a window's data with the mouse. A window can have one or two Scroll Bars - one at the right and one at the bottom parts of the window's Border. The Scroll Bar at the right scrolls the document's data up and down. The Scroll Bar on the bottom scrolls the window's data right and left. To scroll a window a line at a time, click the arrow tokens at either end of the Scroll Bar. The Scroll Bar includes a slider box that indicates the relative position of the window's display with respect to the total document. You can page to an approximate position within the document by clicking inside the Scroll Bar. You can drag the slider box in either direction to scroll the document. ; ----------------------------------------- <controlbox> [<<]<scrollbar> [>>]<minbox> Control Box The Control Box is indicated by the character (≡) at the left end of the window's [..Title Bar]<titlebar>. You can click it to select the System Menu or double click it to close the window. ; ----------------------------------------- <minbox> [<<]<controlbox> [>>]<maxbox> Minimize Box The Minimize Box is the token at the right end of the window's [..Title Bar]<titlebar>. When you click on the Minimize Box, the window is reduced to an icon at the bottom of the [..Application Window]<Application> ; ----------------------------------------- <maxbox> [<<]<minbox> [>>]<restorebox> Maximize Box The Maximize Box is the token at the right end of the window's [..Title Bar]<titlebar>. When you click on the Maximize Box, the window grows to occupy the entire [..Client Area]<client> of the [..Application Window]<Application> ; ----------------------------------------- <restorebox> [<<]<maxbox> [>>]<sizebox> Restore Box The Restore Box is the token character at the right end of a minimized window's [..Title Bar]<titlebar> and the token character at the right end of a maximized window's Title Bar. You click the Restore Box to restore the window to the position and size it had before it was minimized or maximized. ; ----------------------------------------- <sizebox> [<<]<restorebox> Resize Box The Resize Box is the lower right corner of the window's border. To change the window's size, drag the Resize Box. The window's upper left coordinates remain the same, and the lower right coordinates change as you drag the mouse around. ; ----------------------------------------- <Menubar> [<<]<application> [>>]<Pulldowns> The Action Bar To select the action bar, do one of these: 1. Press F10 2. Press and release the Alt key 3. Press Alt+the letter that is highlighted in a menu's title on the action bar. The selected menu will pull down. 4. Click the action bar. If you click a pull-down menu selection's title, that menu will pull down. To exit from the action bar and return to the document or application window, do one of these: 1. Press Esc 2. Press and release the Alt key ; ----------------------------------------- ; ; Following are the Help system windows ; ; ----------------------------------------- <HelpHelp> [<<]<Help> [>>]<ExtHelp> Help for Help Getting Into the Help System ---------------------------- There are three ways to get into the Help system: 1. Execute commands on the [..Help]<Help> menu 2. Press F1 3. Press the Help command button on a dialog box. Contextual Help (F1) -------------------- The F1 key provides contextual help--help for the part of the application that currently has the focus. You can press F1 with the action bar selected, a pull-down menu displayed, a field on a dialog box selected, or a document window in focus. The Help Command Button ----------------------- The Help command button on a dialog box displays information about the dialog box and its purpose. The help window that displays when you press F1 with a dialog box field selected relates to the field itself. References to Other Help Windows -------------------------------- A Help window can include a reference to another help window. That reference is highlighted like this: [..Help]<Help> You can Tab to the highlighted reference and press the Enter key to select the referenced help window. You can select it with the mouse by double-clicking on it. Definitions ----------- Some references, such as [**function key]<shortcut>, are definitions of terms. These definitions are highlighted the same as references. When you select the definition, a window displays in the upper left corner of the desktop. The window contains the definition of the selected term and stays in view until you release the Enter key or the mouse button. Command Buttons on the Help Windows ----------------------------------- Each help window contains these [..command buttons]<cmdbuttons>: Close This button closes the help window and exits from the help system. Back This button changes to the help window that you viewed before the current one. Prev This button changes to the help window that logically preceeds the current one. Next This button changes to the help window that logically follows the current one. Exiting from the Help System ---------------------------- You exit from the Help system by closing the current help window in one of these three ways: 1. Press the Esc key 2. Use the Close command button on the Help window. 5. Double click the window's [..Control Box]<controlbox>. 4. Close the help window from its [..System Menu]<sysmenu>. ; ----------------------------------------- <ExtHelp> [<<]<HelpHelp> [>>]<KeysHelp> Extended Help The MEMOPAD program has few features and procedures that are not taken directly from the SAA/CUA interface that F-Flat implements. The [..Log Messages]<ID_LOG> and [..Display]<ID_DISPLAY> selections on the [..Options]<Options> menu are unique to MEMOPAD and would not necessarily be in an application. Some of the Display features would be useful to a user who is not developing D-Flat programs. Others, such as the [..Title]<ID_TITLE>, [..Border]<ID_BORDER>, [..Status Bar]<ID_STATUSBAR>, and [..Texture]<ID_TEXTURE> check boxes on the [..Display]<Display?GA> dialog box, are to allow a programmer to see how the screen looks with these features enabled and disabled. ; ----------------------------------------- <KeysHelp> [<<]<ExtHelp> [>>]<HelpIndex> Keys Help From the Desktop ---------------- Alt+Hyphen Open the desktop's [..SystemMenu]<sysmenu>. F10 or Alt Activate the [..ActionBar]<menubar>. Esc Deactivate the Action Bar. Alt+letter Open the associated [..Pull-down menu]<Pulldowns>. Alt+F6 Change focus to another document. Alt+X Exit the application. From a [..Document Window]<docwindow> ---------------------- Alt+Spacebar Open the window's [..System Menu]<sysmenu> Alt+S Save the document to a disk file. Editor Keys ----------- Arrow keys Move the cursor one character. Ctrl+arrow Move the cursor one word. Del Delete character to the right of the cursor. If a [..block]<Block> is marked, delete the block. Backspace Delete character to the left of the cursor. If a block is marked, delete the block. Alt+BackSpace Undo the last block deletion. PgUp/PgDn Scroll forward and back one page. Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn Scroll horizontally one page. Home/End Move the cursor to the beginning and end of the line. Ctrl+Home/End Move the cursor to the beginning and end of the document. Alt+P Form a paragraph from the marked block. If no block is marked, form a paragraph from the cursor position to the next blank line. Ins Toggle Insert/Overstrike mode. Tab Tab to the next [..Tab Stop]<TabStops> position. [..Clipboard]<clipboard> Keys -------------- Shift+Del [..Cut]<ID_CUT> the marked text to the Clipboard Ctrl+Ins [..Copy]<ID_COPY> the marked text to the Clipboard. Shift+Ins [..Paste]<ID_PASTE> the contents of the Clipboard into the document. [..Dialog Box]<dialog> Keys --------------- Tab Move to the next control. Shift+Tab Move to the previous control. Enter Execute the control. Esc Close the Dialog Box with no action. [..Listbox]<listbox> Keys ------------ Up/down arrows Move the selection cursor Ctrl+arrows Select a group of entries. Enter Choose the selected entry or entries. Shift+F8 Toggle Add mode. Spacebar In Add mode, select/deselect an entry. ; ----------------------------------------- <HelpIndex> [<<]<KeysHelp> Index of Help Titles Select (Tab then Enter or double-click) from these titles to view the help screens related to each one. [..Application Window]<Application> [..Action Bar]<Menubar> [..Pull-down Menus]<Pulldowns> [..The File Menu]<File> [..The Edit Menu]<Edit> [..The Search Menu]<Search> [..The Options Menu]<Options> [..The Window Menu]<Window> [..The Help Menu]<Help> [..Dialog Boxes]<Dialog> [..The File Open Dialog Box]<FileOpen> [..The Save As Dialog Box]<SaveAs> [..The MsgBox Dialog Box]<MsgBox> [..The Display Dialog Box]<Display> [..The TabStops Dialog Box]<TabStops> [..The Windows Dialog Box]<Windows> [..The Log Dialog Box]<Log> [..The Help System]<Help> [..Help for help...]<ID_HELPHELP> [..Extended help...]<ID_EXTHELP> [..Keys help...]<ID_KEYSHELP> [..Help index...]<ID_HELPINDEX> [..Reload Help Database]<ID_LOADHELP> ; ----------------------------------------- ; ; Following are menu command help windows ; ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_NEW> [<<]<File> [>>]<ID_OPEN> The New Command This command opens a new, untitled document window. An untitled document is one that has not been given a file name. When you use the [..Save]<ID_SAVE> or [..Save as]<ID_SAVEAS> command on the File menu the document gets a file name. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_OPEN> [<<]<ID_NEW> [>>]<ID_SAVE> The Open Command This command opens an existing document and loads it into a window. You select the document by filling in the [..File Open]<FileOpen> dialog box. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SAVE> [<<]<ID_OPEN> [>>]<ID_SAVEAS> The Save Command This command saves the document in the currently active document window into a disk file. The file name is the same as when the file was loaded. If the window contains an untitled document, this command works just like the [..Save as]<ID_SAVEAS> command. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SAVEAS> [<<]<ID_SAVE> [>>]<ID_DELETEFILE> The Save As Command This command allows you to save the document in the currently active document window under a new file name. You specify the file's name by filling in the fields on the [..Save as]<SaveAs> dialog box. The new file name becomes the title of the currently active document window where the file is displayed. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_DELETEFILE> [<<]<ID_SAVEAS> [>>]<ID_PRINT> The Delete Command Use this command to delete the text file displayed in the active editbox window. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_PRINT> [<<]<ID_DELETEFILE> [>>]<ID_DOS> The Print Command This command prints the document in the currently-selected document window. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_DOS> [<<]<ID_PRINT> [>>]<ID_EXIT> The DOS Command This command "shells" out to DOS. You return to the application from DOS by executing the DOS exit command at the DOS command line. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_EXIT> [<<]<ID_DOS> The Exit Command This command exits to DOS from the application. If there are any changed documents that you have not saved, the program will ask if you want to save them and allow you to do so, one at a time. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_UNDO> [<<]<Edit> [>>]<ID_CUT> The Undo Command This command "undoes" the most recent [..Delete]<ID_DELETETEXT> or [..Clear]<ID_CLEAR> command. The text that was deleted by one of these commands is written into the document at the current cursor location. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_CUT> [<<]<ID_UNDO> [>>]<ID_COPY> The Cut Command This command is active only when the current document window has a [..marked block]<Block>. The command deletes the text in the marked block, copies it to the [..Clipboard]<Clipboard>, and closes up the space in the document that the text previously occupied. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_COPY> [<<]<ID_CUT> [>>]<ID_PASTE> The Copy Command This command is active only when the current document window has a [..marked block]<Block>. The command copies the text in the marked block to the [..Clipboard]<Clipboard>, and closes up the space in the document that the text previously occupied. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_PASTE> [<<]<ID_COPY> [>>]<ID_CLEAR> The Paste Command This command is active only when the [..Clipboard]<Clipboard> contains text. The command inserts the text from the Clipboard into the currently active document window at the current cursor location. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_CLEAR> [<<]<ID_PASTE> [>>]<ID_DELETETEXT> The Clear Command This command is active only when the current document window has a [..marked block]<Block>. The command deletes the block of text, leaving empty space in the document where the text had been. You can undo the text deletion with the [..Undo]<ID_UNDO> command. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_DELETETEXT> [<<]<ID_CLEAR> [>>]<ID_PARAGRAPH> The Delete Command This command is active only when the current document window has a [..marked block]<Block>. The command deletes the block of text, closing the space in the document where the text had been. You can undo the text deletion with the [..Undo]<ID_UNDO> command. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_PARAGRAPH> [<<]<ID_DELETETEXT> The Paragraph Command This command reforms a paragraph beginning at the current keyboard cursor position. The end of the paragraph is the last line preceding the next blank line. If a [..marked block]<Block> is defined, the Paragraph command forms a new paragraph from the block without regard to the cursor position. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SEARCH> [<<]<Search> [>>]<ID_REPLACE> The Search Command This command opens the [..Search Text]<SearchText> Dialog Box to allow you to search the text for a matching string. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_REPLACE> [<<]<ID_SEARCH> [>>]<ID_SEARCHNEXT> The Replace Command This command opens the [..Replace Text]<ReplaceText> Dialog Box to allow you to search the text for a matching string and replace it with a different text string. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SEARCHNEXT> [<<]<ID_REPLACE> The Next Command This command continues the most recent [..Search]<ID_SEARCH> command beginning at the current cursor position. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_INSERT> [<<]<Options> [>>]<ID_WRAP> The Insert Toggle This [**toggle]<toggle> command turns the editor's insert mode on and off. When insert mode is on, the editor inserts the text that you write. Otherwise each character typed overwrites the one at the current cursor position. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_WRAP> [<<]<ID_INSERT> [>>]<ID_TABS> The Word Wrap Toggle This [**toggle]<toggle> command turns the editor's word wrap feature on and off. When word wrap is on, the editor will wrap words as you type at the right margin of the document window. When word wrap is off, the editor will scroll the display horizontally as you type beyond the right margin. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_TABS> [<<]<ID_WRAP> [>>]<ID_DISPLAY> The Tabs Command This command displays the [..Editor Tab Stops]<TabStops> dialog box so that you can change the editor's tab settings. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_DISPLAY> [<<]<ID_TABS> [>>]<ID_LOG> The Display Command This command displays the [..Display]<Display?GA> dialog box to allow you to modify the screen's colors and configuration. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_LOG> [<<]<ID_DISPLAY> [>>]<ID_SAVEOPTIONS> The Log Messages Command This command is used primarily for debugging. It opens the [..Log Message]<Log> dialog box to allow the programmer to select the D-Flat messages to log and to turn message logging on and off. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SAVEOPTIONS> [<<]<ID_LOG> The Save Options Command This command saves the current options in a configuration file that the application reads when it first starts up. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_CLOSEALL> [<<]<Window> [>>]<ID_WINDOW> The Close All Command This command closes all the document windows on the desktop. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_WINDOW> [<<]<ID_CLOSEALL> The Open Window List The [..Window]<Window> menu displays a list of open document windows. You can select one of them as the current active window by selecting its title on the Window menu. When the menu first displays, the active window has a check mark (√) next to it. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_HELPHELP> [<<]<Help> [>>]<ID_EXTHELP> Help for Help This command describes how to use the Help system. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_EXTHELP> [<<]<ID_HELPHELP> [>>]<ID_KEYSHELP> Extended Help Extended Help displays information about the application. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_KEYSHELP> [<<]<ID_EXTHELP> [>>]<ID_HELPINDEX> Keys Help This command displays a help window that shows the keystrokes that you use to operate the application. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_HELPINDEX> [<<]<ID_KEYSHELP> [>>]<ID_LOADHELP> Help Index The Help index lists the subjects covered in the Help database. You can go directly to a subject from the index by selecting the subject's name. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_LOADHELP> [<<]<ID_HELPINDEX> [>>]<ID_ABOUT> Reload Help Database This command allows you to reload the Help database. It is useful when you use the Memopad program to modify its Help database. You can change and save the MEMOPAD.TXT file, use this command to reload it, then use the Help system to view the results. Without this command, your changes would corrupt the current Memopad's picture of the database with respect to its pointers. You must delete the MEMOPAD.HLP compressed help database in order for this program to load the most recent changes. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_ABOUT> [<<]<ID_LOADHELP> The About Command This command displays a message that tells you what the application is. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_FILENAME> [>>]<ID_FILES> The Filename Field On the Open File dialog box: Enter the name of the file you wish to open into a document window, or enter the file specification with wild cards to display a list of files in the [..Files]<ID_FILES> field. On the Save As dialog box: Enter the name with which you wish to save the file. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_FILES> [<<]<ID_FILENAME> [>>]<ID_DRIVE> The Files Field Select a file from the listbox by using one of these methods: Keyboard: Move the selection cursor to the file name and press Enter. Mouse: Double-click the file name. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_DRIVE> [<<]<ID_FILES> The Directories Field Use this listbox to select a different drive or subdirectory. Select a drive or subdirectory from the listbox by using one of these methods: Keyboard: Move the selection cursor to the drive or subdirectory and press Enter. Mouse: Double-click the drive or subdirectory. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SEARCHFOR> [>>]<ID_REPLACEWITH> The Search For Text Entry Box Enter the text you want to search for in this text box. Press Enter or the OK command button to begin the search. Press Esc to forget it. Use the [..Match Upper/Lower Case Check Box]<ID_MATCHCASE> to select whether the search will match only if the case matches or if the search is insensitive to the case of the two strings. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_REPLACEWITH> [<<]<ID_SEARCHFOR> [>>]<ID_MATCHCASE> The Replace With Text Entry Box Enter the text string that will replace the matching text string in the [..Search For Text Entry Box]<ID_SEARCHFOR>. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_MATCHCASE> [<<]<ID_REPLACEWITH> The Match Upper/Lower Case Check Box Use this checkbox to select whether the search will match only if the case matches or if the search is insensitive to the case of the two strings. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_WINDOWLIST> The ID_WINDOWLIST Command ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_TITLE> [<<]<Display?GA> [>>]<ID_BORDER> The Title Check Box Select this Check Box to toggle the application window's title on and off. Without a title, the window also loses its [..Control Box]<controlbox>. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_BORDER> [<<]<ID_TITLE> [>>]<ID_STATUSBAR> The Border Check Box Select this Check Box to toggle the application window's border on and off. Without a border, the window also loses its [..Status Bar]<statusbar>. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_STATUSBAR> [<<]<ID_BORDER> [>>]<ID_TEXTURE> The Status Bar Check Box Select this Check Box to toggle the application window's [..Status Bar]<statusbar> on and off. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_TEXTURE> [<<]<ID_STATUSBAR> [>>]<ID_COLOR> The Texture Check Box Select this Check Box to toggle the application window's background texture on and off. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_COLOR> [<<]<ID_TEXTURE> [>>]<ID_MONO> The Color Option Button Select this option for a color display. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_MONO> [<<]<ID_COLOR> [>>]<ID_REVERSE> The Mono Option Button Select this option for a monochrome display. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_REVERSE> [<<]<ID_MONO> The Reverse Option Button Select this option for a reverse monochrome display. You might find that this option works well with the LCD screens of some laptop computers, particularly when you turn off the [..Texture]<ID_TEXTURE> check box. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_LOGLIST> [<<]<Options> [>>]<ID_LOGGING> The Messages Listbox This is a list of D-Flat messages that you can log when the [..Logging]<ID_LOGGING> checkbox is selected. The list is a [..Multiple-Selection]<MultiSel> listbox. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_LOGGING> [<<]<ID_LOGLIST> The Logging CheckBox This checkbox turns message logging on and off. ; ----------------------------------------- <TEXTBOX> The TEXTBOX Window Class ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <LISTBOX> The LISTBOX Window Class ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <EDITBOX> The EDITBOX Window Class ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <Pulldowns> [<<]<menubar> [>>]<File> Pull-down Menus Pull-down menus contain the commands to operate the program. Read about the [..Action Bar]<menubar> to see how to select the pull-down menus. Following is a list of the pull-down menus. [..The File Menu]<File> [..The Edit Menu]<Edit> [..The Search Menu]<Search> [..The Options Menu]<Options> [..The Window Menu]<Window> [..The Help Menu]<Help> The [..System Menu]<sysmenu> is another kind of pull-down menu. ; ----------------------------------------- <File> [<<]<Pulldowns> [>>]<Edit> The File Menu The File menu contains commands that open, save, and print files. The menu also has the command that exits the program. Following are the commands and associated [**function keys]<shortcut>. [..New]<ID_NEW> [..Open]<ID_OPEN> [..Save]<ID_SAVE> (Alt+S) [..Save as]<ID_SAVEAS> [..Print]<ID_PRINT> [..Exit]<ID_EXIT> (Alt+X or Alt+F4) [**Inactive]<inactive> commands display in a dim font. ; ----------------------------------------- <Edit> [<<]<File> [>>]<Search> The Edit Menu The Edit menu contains commands that support text editing. Following are the commands and associated [**function keys]<shortcut>. [..Undo]<ID_UNDO> (Alt+BS) [..Cut]<ID_CUT> (Shift+Del) [..Copy]<ID_COPY> (Ctrl+Ins) [..Paste]<ID_PASTE> (Shift+Ins) [..Clear]<ID_CLEAR> [..Delete]<ID_DELETETEXT> (Del) [..Paragraph]<ID_PARAGRAPH> (Alt+P) [**Inactive]<inactive> commands display in a dim font. ; ----------------------------------------- <Search> [<<]<Edit> [>>]<Options> The Search Menu The Search menu allows you to search the text for a matching string. The commands are: [..Search]<ID_SEARCH> [..Next]<ID_SEARCHNEXT> (F3) ; ----------------------------------------- <Options> [<<]<Search> [>>]<Window> The Options Menu The Options menu contains commands that let you control the editor's behavior, the video display characteristics, and whether to [**log]<logging> messages. You can save the options in a configuration file. Following are the commands on the Options menu. [..Insert]<ID_INSERT> (Ins) [..Word wrap]<ID_WRAP> [..Tabs]<ID_TABS> [..Display]<ID_DISPLAY> [..Log Messages]<ID_LOG> [..Save Options]<ID_SAVEOPTIONS> ; ----------------------------------------- <Window> [<<]<Options> [>>]<Help> The Window Menu The Window menu has no selections unless the [..Application window]<Application> has one or more document windows displayed. When documents are displayed, the Window menu contains a [..Close All]<ID_CLOSEALL> command and an entry for the first nine document windows. You can select a document window from the Window menu. If the Application window has more than nine document windows, the Window menu has the [**More Windows]<MoreWins> command, which displays the [..Windows]<Windows> dialog box. ; ----------------------------------------- <Help> [<<]<Window> The Help Menu The Help menu provides information about the application and the desktop. The selections are: [..Help for help...]<ID_HELPHELP> [..Extended help...]<ID_EXTHELP> [..Keys help...]<ID_KEYSHELP> [..Help index...]<ID_HELPINDEX> [..About...]<ID_ABOUT> ; ----------------------------------------- <sysmenu> [<<]<Pulldowns> [>>]<ID_SYSRESTORE> The System Menu Most windows have a system menu. If the window has a System Menu, the window will have a [..Control Box]<controlbox>. You can select the System Menu by clicking the control box or by pressing Alt+Spacebar for the application window's system menu and Alt+Hyphen for the system menu of other windows. Following are the commands on the System Menu: [..Restore]<ID_SYSRESTORE> [..Move]<ID_SYSMOVE> [..Size]<ID_SYSSIZE> [..Minimize]<ID_SYSMINIMIZE> [..Maximize]<ID_SYSMAXIMIZE> [..Close]<ID_SYSCLOSE> ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSRESTORE> [<<]<sysmenu> [>>]<ID_SYSMOVE> The Restore Command on the System Menu This command restores a [..Minimized]<ID_SYSMINIMIZE> or [..Maximized]<ID_SYSMAXIMIZE> window to the size and position it had before it was minimized or maximized. You can also restore a minimized or maximized window by clicking its [..Restore Box]<restorebox>. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSMOVE> [<<]<ID_SYSRESTORE> [>>]<ID_SYSSIZE> The Move Command on the System Menu The Move command lets you move a window with the keyboard. Select the command from the System Menu. A movable window frame comes into view over the window's border. Use the up, down, left, and right arrow keys to move the frame to the new window position. Press the Enter key when the movable frame is where you want to move the window. Press the Esc key to ignore the movement. You can move a window with the mouse by clicking on the window's [..Title Bar]<titlebar> and dragging the window to the new location. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSSIZE> [<<]<ID_SYSMOVE> [>>]<ID_SYSMINIMIZE> The Size Command on the System Menu The Size command lets you re-size a window with the keyboard. Select the command from the System Menu. A sizeable window frame comes into view over the window's border. Use the up, down, left, and right arrow keys to change the frame to the new window size. Press the Enter key when the sizeable frame is the size you want for the window. Press the Esc key to ignore the size change. You can re-size a window with the mouse by clicking on the window border's [..Resize Box]<sizebox> and dragging the window to the new size. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSMINIMIZE> [<<]<ID_SYSSIZE> [>>]<ID_SYSMAXIMIZE> The Minimize Command on the System Menu This command minimizes the window to an icon at the bottom of the application window. You can minimize a window with the mouse by clicking on the window's [..Minimize Box]<minbox>. The [..Restore]<ID_SYSRESTORE> command restores a minimized window to the size and position it had before it was minimized. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSMAXIMIZE> [<<]<ID_SYSMINIMIZE> [>>]<ID_SYSCLOSE> The Maximize Command on the System Menu This command maximizes the window to occupy all of the application window's client area. You can maximize a window with the mouse by clicking on the window's [..Maximize Box]<maxbox>. The [..Restore]<ID_SYSRESTORE> command restores a maximized window to the size and position it had before it was maximized. ; ----------------------------------------- <ID_SYSCLOSE> [<<]<ID_SYSMAXIMIZE> The Close Command on the System Menu This command closes the window with which the System Menu is associated. You can also close the window by double-clicking the [..Control Box]<controlbox> or pressing Ctrl+F4. ; ----------------------------------------- ; ; Following are dialog box help windows ; ; ----------------------------------------- <Dialog> [>>]<cmdbuttons> Dialog Boxes Dialog Boxes allow you to enter data into the application. A Dialog Box consists of these controls: [..Command Buttons]<cmdbuttons> [..Check Boxes]<checkboxes> [..Option Buttons]<optbuttons> [..Edit Boxes]<editboxes> [..List Boxes]<listboxes> [..Multiple-Selection Listboxes]<MultiSel> Move from control to control by using the Tab key or by pressing Alt+ the highlighted character in the control's label. Execute a control by pressing the Enter key. Exit the Dialog Box and accept its data entries by executing the OK command button. Exit the Dialog Box and reject its data entries by executing the Cancel command button. ; ----------------------------------------- <cmdbuttons> [<<]<Dialog> [>>]<checkboxes> Command Buttons Select a command button to execute its command by using one of these procedures: 1. Click the button. 2. Press Alt+ the shortcut key. 3. Tab to the button and press Enter. ; ----------------------------------------- <checkboxes> [<<]<cmdbuttons> [>>]<optbuttons> Check Boxes A check box can be on [X] or off [ ]. Toggle the check box with one of these procedures: 1. Click the check box. 2. Press Alt+ the shortcut key. ; ----------------------------------------- <optbuttons> [<<]<checkboxes> [>>]<editboxes> Option Buttons Option buttons are in groups of 2 or more. One option button in a group is on () and the others are off ( ). Select the option button with one of these procedures: 1. Click the option button. 2. Press Alt+ the shortcut key. ; ----------------------------------------- <editboxes> [<<]<optbuttons> [>>]<listboxes> Edit Boxes ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <listboxes> [<<]<editboxes> [>>]<MultiSel> List Boxes ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <MultiSel> [<<]<listboxes> Multiple-Selection Listboxes ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <FileOpen> The File Open Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <SaveAs> The Save As Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <SearchText> The Search Text Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <ReplaceText> The Replace Text Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <MsgBox> The MsgBox Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <Display?GA> The Display Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= [..Title]<ID_TITLE> [..Border]<ID_BORDER> [..Status Bar]<ID_STATUSBAR> [..Texture]<ID_TEXTURE> [..Color]<ID_COLOR> [..Mono]<ID_MONO> [..Reverse]<ID_REVERSE> ; ----------------------------------------- <TabStops> The Editor Tab Stops Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <Windows> The Windows Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- <Log> The Log Message Dialog Box ======== Text needed ========= ; ----------------------------------------- ; ; Following are keyword reference definition windows ; ; ----------------------------------------- <inactive> An inactive menu command is one that is, for the moment, not available. The command becomes active at another time when conditions within the program require or permit its use. ; ----------------------------------------- <shortcut> Function keys are key combinations that you can press to execute a menu command without selecting the pull-down menu itself. Not all menu commands have function keys. The most frequently used operations do. ; ----------------------------------------- <logging> The message log is a debug tool. You should delete it from the system by turning off the INCLUDE_LOGGING global definition in dflat.h. You should then eliminate references to it in the MEMOPAD.TXT help database. ; ----------------------------------------- <MoreWins> A menu can have only so many selections. The length of the screen is the limiting factor. The CUA standard defines nine windows as the maximum number of windows that the Window menu can display. The Windows menu has the More Windows command to provide a way for you to choose from the rest of the document windows. ; ----------------------------------------- <API> Applications Program Interface (API): The functions, messages, macros, and data structures that a programmer uses to interface with the processes of a function library. ; ----------------------------------------- <Block> Marking Text Blocks Marked text blocks affect the operation of these commands: [..Cut]<ID_CUT> [..Copy]<ID_COPY> [..Paste]<ID_PASTE> [..Clear]<ID_CLEAR> [..Delete]<ID_DELETETEXT> [..Paragraph]<ID_PARAGRAPH> Mark a text block by using one of these operations: Keyboard: --------- Hold the Shift key down and move the keyboard cursor. The block will be marked in reverse video. To clear the marked block, release the Shift key and press any text entry or cursor movement key. Mouse: ------ Click on the first or last character of the block. Hold the mouse button down and move the mouse cursor around. The marked block will follow the mouse cursor. To clear the marked block, release the mouse cursor and click anywhere. ; ----------------------------------------- <Clipboard> The Clipboard The Clipboard is a scratchpad where you can save text that can be pasted into a different location in the same or another document. You save text with the [..Copy]<ID_COPY> and [..Cut]<ID_CUT> commands, and you paste text into from the Clipboard into a document with the [..Paste]<ID_PASTE> command. ; ----------------------------------------- <toggle> A toggle command is one that is either on or off. When it is on, its command on the menu is preceded by a check mark (√). <end>