Manipulating files, The file menu, Chapter 5 – Rockwell Automation 1747-PBASE BASIC Development Software Programming Manual User Manual

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Chapter

5

Manipulating Files

The goal of this chapter is to familiarize you with the manipulation features of your
BASIC Development Software, including:

the File menu

project file selection

user-defined programs

The File Menu

The first pulldown menu to the left of the main menu is the File menu. This menu
is the most commonly used feature for file manipulation.

Path: Toplevel menu

Edit mode

File

QuickStroke: available for individual items within the File menu

Figure 5.1 File Menu

The following table provides a brief explanation of the options available from the
File menu.

File Window Block cUrsor Search Text Layout Print Macro Config Other Exit

+------------------FILE-------------------+

|Edit new file... |=========================?No-File?=+

|Load file into current window... <ShftF5>| |

|Save file in current window | |

|save file As... <F5> | |

|Information about current file... | |

|-----------------------------------------| |

|Merge file from disk... | |

|(save Block to disk... ) | |

|-----------------------------------------| |

|DOS directory shell <CtrlF4>| |

|Quit <AltX> | |

+---------------Cancel<ESC>---------------+ |

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