GUIBuilder Menus (Superseded)

GUIBuilder has been superseded by the AppBuilder module in the BASIS IDE for BBj. Includes support for both the READRECORD Event Queue and PROCESS_EVENTS/CALLBACK paradigm. Integrates tightly with FormBuilder, the BBj replacement for ResBuilder.

Description

The menu bar occupies the upper boundary of the interface and is used to invoke most GUIBuilder commands. It is divided into the File, Edit, Program, Tools, Window, and Help menus. Each menu is illustrated below, followed by a description of each of its items.

File Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
New...	Ctrl+N	Creates a new file. See Creating New GUIBuilder Files.
Open...	Ctrl+O	Opens an existing .gbf file. See Opening Existing GUIBuilder Files.
Close		Closes the current file.
Save	Ctrl+S	Saves the current file. See Saving GUIBuilder Files.
Save As...		Displays the Save As dialog, providing the capability to save a file under a new name. See Saving GUIBuilder Files.
Print Setup...		Displays the standard Windows Print Setup dialog that contains printer properties, paper size and source, and print orientation settings, and provides the capability to print the GUIBuilder file according to the selections made in the dialog. See Printing GUIBuilder Files.
Print Preview		Displays the contents of the current .gbf file in a Print Preview window. See Printing GUIBuilder Files.
Print	Ctrl+P	Prints a copy of the current .gbf file according to the system default printer settings. See Printing GUIBuilder Files.
Recent files		Lists the most recently used files, which can be opened by selecting the desired file.
Exit		Exits GUIBuilder. See Exiting GUIBuilder.

Edit Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Cut	Ctrl+X	Removes the current selection and places it on the clipboard.
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Paste	Ctrl+V	Pastes the clipboard contents into the window at the cursor location.
Select All	Ctrl+A	Selects all text in the current window.
Find...	Ctrl+F	Displays the Find dialog, providing the capability to search for text.

Program Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Select Form		Displays a listing of the forms contained in the current .gbf file.
Initialization		Displays the Initialization code block for editing. See Defining Initialization Code.
End of Job		Displays the End of Job code block for editing. See Defining End of Job Code.
Subroutines/Functions		Displays the Subroutines/Functions code block. See Defining Subroutines/Functions.
Delete Code		Deletes the current code block. See Deleting Code Blocks.
Check for Errors		Checks the current code block for syntax errors. See Checking Code Blocks for Errors.
Build Program		Initiates the program building process, which creates and names a tokenized .bbx file from the resource file and its corresponding .gbf file. See Building Programs in GUIBuilder.
Run Program		Runs the tokenized program created in GUIBuilder. See Running GUIBuilder Programs.
Get External Code...		Gets external code, which can be ASCII text or a tokenized program. See Getting External Code.
View Program		Displays the View Code window, which displays either the gb.txt readme file or the currently loaded tokenized program. See Viewing GUIBuilder Programs.
Check Resource		Checks the .gbf file against the contents of the corresponding resource file. See Checking Resources.
Show All Events		Shows all possible events that pertain to the selected control.
Program Options...		Displays the Program Options dialog, providing the capability to set program options for the tokenized program in GUIBuilder. See Setting Program Options.

Tools Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
ResBuilder		Invokes ResBuilder and disables GUIBuilder until ResBuilder is closed. See Invoking ResBuilder from GUIBuilder.
DDBuilder		Invokes DDBuilder. See Invoking DDBuilder from GUIBuilder.
Visual PRO/5		Invokes an additional Visual PRO/5 console window. See Invoking a Visual PRO/5 Console Window in GUIBuilder.

Window Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Edit Code		Displays the Edit Code window.
View Code		Displays the View Code window, which displays either the gb.txt readme file or the current program loaded via the View Program command. See Viewing GUIBuilder Programs.

Help Menu

Menu Item	Shortcut	Description
Help Topics		Displays GUIBuilder Online Help.
VPRO/5 Help		Invokes Visual PRO/5 online help.
Tutorial		Invokes the Screen Cam utility that provides a tutorial of GUIBuilder.
Read Me		Displays the readme.txt file that accompanies the GUIBuilder.
About GUIBuilder		Displays GUIBuilder version and copyright information.