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Application button
The
Application menu is the main menu of EventIDE, which contains the commands related to the entire application, such as Preferences, License Manager, AddIns Manager etc. The Application menu is accessible via the Application button at the top left corner of the application.
Overview
Application menu
File menu allows the user to:
- create New files
- Open existing files (from a known folder within a browsable system),
- Save current experiment with the same previous name and in the same previous location
- Save As to give the current file a new name and save it in a new location if desired.
- Change basic Preferences (see the table)
- Enable and disable AddIns with AddIn Manager, which shows the path to the Addin directory.
| Name | Description | Default settings |
|---|
| Display |
| Runtime Display | The system monitor that will display the main experimental window. | "Auto Selection", the primary display will be used. |
| SubScreen Display | The system monitor that will display the operator screen. | "Auto Selection, the secondary display will be used. |
| Code editor |
| Font: | The font that will be used when displaying code snippets. | Courier New |
| Font Size | Changes the size of the font used to display code snippets. | 12 |
| Background | Changes the background colour of the snippet boxes. | White |
| Font Color | Changes the font color of the snippet code. | Black |
| GUI settings |
| GUI Animation | Turns on and off animation of graphical user interface. | True. Working on slow computer select 'False' to get better GUI performance. |
| Run history |
| Secured Period (days) | Set up maximal age of the run history in days. Any run record and associated report data with a longer age will be removed automatically, if the record is not locked in the history. | 7 |
Help
This menu contains the link to
- the online wiki(F1), where you can get information about panels, element, snippets and other program concepts
- program visit card, where you can see current version number, appearing after click on About button.