File menu

New Dialog

Adds a new dialog to the current project. Dialogs can be deleted from the project through the Select Dialog dialog.

Select Dialog

Brings up the Select Dialog dialog to switch between dialogs in design mode.

Open…

Opens an existing PowerBASIC Forms project. See Handling new vs. existing files.

Close

Closes the current PowerBASIC Forms project, ready to start a new project.

Save

Saves the current project. The code that is saved can be previewed in the View | DDT Code menu option. See Viewing the code.

Save As…

Saves the current project under a new file name.

Save As New…

Saves the current file as if it is a newly created project, omitting all extraneous code that may be present in the project template. See Migrating changes and Viewing the code.

Save to Clipboard - DDT

Saves all or part of the project code to the clipboard. See Migrating changes.

Save to Clipboard - RC

Saves all or part of the project Resource (RC) code to the clipboard. See Migrating changes.

Import File…

Imports a PowerBASIC source file, Visual Basic file, or resource file and creates a new PowerBASIC Forms project from the file. See Importing code for more information.

Import from Clipboard…

Imports data from the clipboard into the current project. See Importing code for more information.

{recent files}

The most recent 9 projects opened in PowerBASIC Forms. The recent file list allows a recently opened file to be reopened quickly without navigating to the file through the Open menu item.

Exit

Closes PowerBASIC Forms after prompting to save any unsaved project data.

 

See Also

Edit menu

View menu

Tools menu

Help menu