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Toolbar and Menu Items

The following table lists and describes Build Tool GUI Client menu items and the equivalent toolbar icons:

Menu Item

Description

Toolbar Icon

Edit, Unselect All

Unselects all modules on the Module panel.

N/A

Edit, Select All

Selects all modules on the Module panel.

N/A

Edit, Clear Message Area

Deletes Message panel text.

Edit, Clear Message Area icon

View, Full Screen View

Displays Module panel in full screen mode and removes Directory Tree

View, Full Screen View icon

View, Tree View

Displays Directory Tree to left of Module panel.

View, Tree View icon

Action, Build All

Builds all modules on the panel.

Action, Build All icon

Action, Clean All

Runs Clean for all ICM files displayed to delete all the modules created by these ICMs. RMTs are not Cleaned.

Action, Clean All icon

Action, Build

Compiles and, where applicable, links source code generated by the Construction Toolset, and prepares the modules for Assembling.

Action, Build icon

Action, Clean

Runs Clean for selected ICM files.

Action, Clean icon

Action, Split

Splits selected RMT files. It unbundles an RMT file to make its ICM file available to the Build Tool. The Build Tool also looks for RMT files when builds are requested and determines whether the RMT must be Split.

Action, Split icon

Action, Assemble

Bundles applications for distribution. Each of the three types of applications that can be assembled (Java, GUI, and .NET) has its own dialog. Assemble is disabled for modules not yet built successfully. Assemble is not available on UNIX or Linux. You cannot assemble Web Service Definition modules by themselves; they must be packaged as part of an application.

Action, Assemble icon

Action, Cancel

Cancels the execution of a build process.

Action, Cancel icon

Action, Review

Presents the results of a build. It creates an ASCII file (.out) that is a log of the build processing. You can choose one of three ASCII editors for viewing the results from the Review Editor drop-down list of the Options Utility. The defaults are Notepad for Windows and vi for UNIX and Linux. WordPad is also available for Windows.

The Review button is available when a build step is complete. Selection of multiple ICMs produces multiple windows, one for each file.

Action, Review icon

Action, Test

The Test option button remains disabled if the selected module has not been successfully built. Remote program testing is not supported.

If the program has been built, the Load Module Test dialog appears. Enter the Tran code to be tested and any clear screen input to begin the test.

Action, Test icon

Action, Add Module

Adds all the ICMs and RMTs found in the selected directory. The suffix setting is checked to determine which files to display.

Action, Add Module icon

Action, Remove Module

Removes selected files from the display area.

Action, Remove Module icon

Action, Disconnect Remote Host

Disconnect selected remote Host. This action is only enabled when remote host is in focus.

 

Tools, Profile Manager

Creates, deletes, and edits user profiles.

Tools, Profile Manager icon

Tools, File Transfer

Transfer files using FTP.

Tools, File Transfer icon

Tools, Options …

Configures GUI client displays.

Tools, Options icon