Designer Main Menu
See also: Ebase Architecture, Introduction to the Designer, Designer Tree, Designer Preferences
The Designer Main Menu appears at the top of the designer window:
The last item - Form in the picture above – varies according to the editor currently being displayed.
New |
Create a new project, folder or entity. A project will always be created at the top level of the workspace. Anything else will be created at the selected location in the tree. This same functionality is available by right clicking in the tree. Click here for a summary of the different entities that you can create. |
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Preferences |
Shows the Designer Preferences Panel where you can set personal options for the Ebase Xi Designer |
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Switch workspace |
Switches to using a different workspace. All open entities are saved before switching. |
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Close All |
Closes all open editors |
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Exit |
Closes all open editors and then closes the designer |
Refresh tree |
Refreshes the entire tree from the workspace file system. Note that you can also refresh individual tree nodes by right-clicking in the tree and selecting Refresh. |
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Rebuild tree and Data Dictionary |
Refreshes the entire tree from the workspace file system (same as Refresh tree) and additionally rebuilds the Data Dictionary. The system maintains a Data Dictionary for each workspace that is opened and this contains all the relationships between entities. Use this option only when you suspect that the Data Dictionary has become corrupt in some way. |
Collapse tree |
Collapses all tree nodes |
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View execution log |
Shows the Execution log panel containing logging messages for test forms, workflow processes etc submitted from the designer. |
Show/Hide References Panel |
Toggles the display of the References Panel |
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Show/Hide Uses Panel |
Toggles the display of the Uses Panel |
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Show/Hide Client Event Panel |
Toggles the display of the Client Event Panel which shows the client configuration for the form most recently edited |
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Show/Hide Server Event Panel |
Toggles the display of the Server Event Panel for the form most recently edited |
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Show/Hide Search Results Panel |
Toggles the display of the Search Results Panel |
Quick Search (Ctrl Q) |
Shows the Quick Search Panel which is very useful for quickly locating items in the tree. This dialog searches the item names in the tree; use Search Files (next item) to search inside the files. |
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Search Files (Alt Ctrl F) |
Shows the Search Files Panel which searches the contents of entities within the tree. |
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Migration · Export · Import |
Allows you to transfer entities from the workspace between systems. See Import/Export for further details. |
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Resource Wizards · Database Resource Wizard · Stored Procedure Resource Wizard |
See Resource Wizards |
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Start Server Admin App (Ctrl Shift A) |
Starts the Server Administration Application in the browser |
Getting Started |
Shows the Getting Started page with links to some initial tutorials and the Resource Centre on the Ebase website |
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Ebase Xi Vault |
Links to the Vault application on the Ebase website which contains many samples, video snippets, complete applications etc. These can be viewed from the designer and/or downloaded directly into the workspace (to the Vault folder in the ebaseSamples project) by clicking the Download button at the top of each item page within the Vault application. |
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Function Help |
Shows the initial help page for the current editor |
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Help Index |
Shows the main help index page |
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Search Help |
Allows you to search the available documentation |
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Public Forum |
Link to the public Ebase forum |
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About Ebase |
Shows information about the level of the Ebase Xi system |
This is the last (rightmost) item on the menu and the name and content varies according to the editor currently being displayed. If no entities are currently open this menu item is not shown. The following items are always present on this menu:
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Close |
Closes the current editor |
Save |
Saves the entity currently being edited. This is only enabled when unsaved changes exist. |
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Help |
Shows the initial help page for the current editor |