Start Page and Menus

After start-up of Automation_Builder software the start page is displayed.

Filemenu:

Command	Description
New Project	Creating a new project with the dialog New Project
Open Project	Opening an existing project file
Close Project	Closing a project file while Automation_Builder keeps running. If the current projects keeps information which have not been saved before, you will be asked if the changes should be saved or not.
Save Project	Saving the project at the currently defined location. It is only available if changes have been done to the project since the last saving. This is indicated by an * (asterisk) behind the project name in title bar.
Save Project As	Saving the project whereby project name and location can be defined in a dialog box.
Project Archive
Extract Archive	Extracting a project archive and import it into Automation_Builder. Extraction of an Archive .
Save/Send Archive	Saving the currently opened project as a project archive to the file system. Creation of an Archive.
Print	Printing the content of the tab which is currently shown in editor window
Page Setup	Opening the Page setup dialog where the page setup can be configured for printing.
Recent projects	Reopening the most recently worked projects. The number of projects kept in the list can be defined Options Dialog .
Exit	Closing Automation_Builder. If the current projects keeps information which have not been saved before, you will be asked if the changes should be saved or not.

Edit menu:

Command	Description
Find Replace	Full text search and text replacement functions
Find	Opening the Find dialog window which provides full text search. Beside searching the entire project the search can be restricted to The active editor All editor windows
Replace	Opening the Replace dialog window which provides full text search and text replacement. Beside searching the entire project the search can be restricted to The active editor All editor windows
Find Next	Continuing the last used search downwards
Find Next (Selected)	Using the currently selected text to find it downwards
Find Previous	Continuing the last used search upwards
Find Previous (Selected)	Using the currently selected text to find it upwards

View menu:

Command	Description
Start Page	Displaying the Start Page tab. It shows the recently used projects, links to useful commands and the ABB PLC Product Website.
Devices	Displaying the Device Tree on the left side of Automation_Builder. Device Tree
Messages	Displaying the Messages window
Full Screen	Effecting that CoDeSys frame window is displayed in full screen mode. Use <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<F12> to toggle back to normal mode.

Project menu:

Command	Description
Add Device	Opening the Add Device dialog window for appending devices to the currently selected entry in the device editor.
Update Device	Allowing the update of the currently selected device with the Update Device dialog. .
Project Information	Opening the Project Information dialog window which shows detailed information of the currently opened project. Options Dialog.

Tools menu:

Command	Description
Package Manager	Opening the Package Manager tool which allows installation and maintenance of Automation_Builder update packages.
IP config tool	Opening the IP config tool in editor window. Configuration of the IP Settings with IP Config Tool
Device Repository	Opening the Device Repository. This is a database for all devices which have been installed on the local system for Automation_Builder. The default settings are defined by the current profile.
Options	Opening the Options Dialog. This dialog contains sub-dialogs for configuring the appearance and behaviour of Automation_Builder. The default settings are defined by the current profile.

Window menu:

Command	Description
Next Editor	Opening the next editor window
Previous Editor	Opening the previous editor window
Close Editor	Closing the active editor window
Close All Editors	Closing all opened editor windows and showing the start page of Automation_Builder.
New Horizontal Tab Group	Adding a horizontal aligned tab view. Editor windows can be placed on the different views by drag-and-drop.
New Vertical Tab Group	Adding a vertical aligned tab view. Editor windows can be placed on the different views by drag-and-drop.
Windows	Opening the Windows dialog box. This dialog box provides a list of active editor windows which can be accessed via button Activate or closed with button Close window(s). It is possible to close several windows.

Help menu:

Command	Description
Contents	Opening the table of contents of Automation_Builder online help
Index	Opening the index of Automation_Builder online help
Search	Opening the full-text search of Automation_Builder online help
About	Showing the about dialog with details of version.