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Opening CA Plex

1. Click Start, Programs, CA, CA Plex r7.0, and click the CA Plex icon. CA Plex opens.

   This graphic shows you the different ways you can position toolbars. You can dock toolbars just below the menu, on either side, or set them to float in the workspace.

   

   Notice where your toolbar resides in the CA Plex environment.

2. From the CA Plex File menu, select Open.
3. In the Open File dialog, select Tutorial5250.mdl from the Tutorial subdirectory of your installation directory, and click OK.

   By default, when the model opens, the Object Browser appears and the name of the model appears in the title bar. These are the only indications that you have opened your model. You will learn about the Object Browser in Introducing the Object Browser in the chapter “Defining Entities.”

   

4. If you need to stop working on this tutorial before reaching the end of the current lesson, you can save it by clicking the Save toolbar button. You are also prompted to save your changes when you close certain editors after making changes.

   Note: When the editors prompt you to save, only the changes made in that editor are saved and not the whole model.