Jabaco IDE Description

This article descripes the usage and the parts of the Jabaco IDE.

Generally description

The term IDE is commonly used in the programming world to describe the interface and environment that we use to create our applications. It is called integrated because we can access virtually all of the development tools that we need from one screen called an interface. The IDE is also commonly referred to as the design environment, or the program.

Component description

The Jabaco / BASIC IDE is designed to maximize programmer productivity by providing tightly-knit components with similar user interfaces.

New Project Dialog

The "New Project Dialog" is shown at the startup of Jabaco. The dialog offers you several methods to start your project:

Create a new project with a templates

Icon	Name	Description
	SDI Application	Create single document interface template. View Example.
	MDI Application	Create multiple document interface template. View Example.
	Applet	Create a Java Applet template. View Example.
	Console Application	Create a console application template. View Example.
	Class Library	Create a new Jabaco or Java class. View Example.

Recent projects

Switch to the 'Recent'-Tab will show you the last projects you have saved with Jabaco.

Existing projects

Select a JBP-file to open an existing Jabaco-project, or select a VBP-file to open an existing VB6-project and convert it to Jabaco.

Menu Bar

File-Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
New Project	Ctrl + N	Create a new project
Open Project	Ctrl + O	Open an existing project
Save Project	Ctrl + S	Save project
Save Project As		Save project to specific folder
Close Project		Close project and set the IDE in startup-mode
Make Project		Compile the project to binary (exe or jar-file)
Exit		Close the IDE

Edit-Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
Undo		?
Redo		?
Cut		?
Copy		?
Paste		?
Delete		?
Print		?
Find		?
Find Next		?
Replace		?

Project-Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
Start		?
Start With Full Compile		?
Procedurestep		?
Singlestep		?
Blockstep		?
Toggle Bookmark		?
Next Bookmark		?
References		?

Language-Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
Generic		Select your language; How to define a new language.

Help-Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
Homepage		http://www.jabaco.org
Community		http://www.jabaco.org/board
Update Jabaco		Force autoupdate. Goto detailed definition.
Update Jabaco		?
Info		?

Toolbar

Itemname	Description
New Project	?
Open Project	?
Save Project	?
Copy	?
Paste	?
Print	?
Find	?
Undo	?
Redo	?
Start	?
Switch to Bookmark	?
Add Bookmark	?
Remove Bookmark	?
Comment Block	?
Uncomment Block	?
Next Page	?
Last Page	?