The toolbar consists of an array of buttons and a content box, just above the content area. Starting from left to right, these elements are:
- The three left-most buttons in the toolbar correspond to the New , LoadConfiguration , and Save Configuration entries of the File menu.
- The Help button opens on-line help window.
- The Context Help button, when clicked, has the cursor change its form and display a question mark beside the pointer. Clicking an item calls the help file. Click on menus, toolbar buttons, or the window area to get information specific to that item. Note: You can also access context help by typing the key shortcut, Shift-F1.
- The command line history text box is in the middle of the toolbar and displays the command line history. It contains a list of the commands executed previously. Once you select a command or enter it in the history text box, clicking the Compile button to the right of the command line history executes the command. The F2 keyboard shortcut key jumps directly to the command line. In addition, a context menu is associated with the command line.
- The Stop button stops the current process session.
- The next four buttons open the Options , Smart Slider , Standard Types , and Messages dialog boxes. These dialog boxes are used to modify the compiler's settings, such as language used, optimization levels, and size of various data types. The use of the dialog boxes are discussed later in the chapter.
- The right-most button clears the content area (Output Window).
