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I will discuss the windows and tools displayed in IDE in the following sections.
Menu Bar
The menus that are displayed on the menu bar of the Visual Studio .NET IDE enable you to perform different tasks, such as opening, saving, editing, and formatting files. In addition to these default menus, IDE displays menus that are relevant to the task that is being performed.
The following list takes a look at some commonly used menus in Visual Studio
.NET.
File. The File menu provides commands to open and save projects, files, and solutions. In addition, the menu provides commands to add items such as forms, controls, modules, and classes to projects and solutions.
Edit. The Edit menu provides commands such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Undo, and Redo to perform the tasks associated with them.
View. The View menu provides commands to access the various windows and tools available in Visual Studio .NET.
Project. The Project menu provides commands to add components such as forms, modules, classes, and controls to the projects.
Build. The Build menu provides commands to build projects.This menu also provides the Configuration Manager command to create, modify, and build configurations for solutions and projects.
Debug. The Debug menu provides commands such as Start, Step Into, and Step Over to locate and correct errors in the applications.
Format. The Format menu provides commands such as Align and Center in Form to format controls while working in a designer.
Tools. The Tools menu provides commands such as Debug Processes, Customize Toolbox, Add-in Manager, Customize, and Options to perform the functions associated to them. When these commands are selected, the corresponding dialog box also gets displayed.
Window. The Window menu provides commands such as New Window and Split to work with windows in IDE.
Help. The Help menu provides commands such as Dynamic Help, Contents, Index, Search, and Previous Topic and Next Topic, which takes the content from the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) library and provides the required information.
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Windows Forms Designer, Web Form Designer, XML Designer, and Component Designer are the designers provided by Visual Studio .NET to design applications quickly and easily.
Figure C-2 shows the menu bar in the Visual Studio .NET IDE.
FIGURE C-2 The menu bar in the Visual Studio .NET IDE
Toolbars
Visual Studio .NET IDE provides the Standard and Web toolbars that are displayed by default. The other toolbars that are provided include the Text Editor, Build, and Debug toolbars.
Depending on the designer, tool, or window that is being used, the toolbars relevant to the performed task will be displayed in IDE. Some of the toolbars available in Visual Studio .NET IDE are described in Table C-1.
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Table C-1 Toolbars Available in Visual Studio .NET |
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Build |
Used to build applications. |
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Crystal Reports - Inser t |
Used to open the Insert Summary, Insert Group, Insert |
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Subreport, Insert Chart, and Insert Picture dialog boxes. |
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Crystal Reports - Main |
Used to perform basic formatting operations, such as justify text, |
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apply fonts,and access dialog boxes. You can use the Cr ystal |
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Reports-Main toolbar to access dialog boxes such as Select Expert |
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and Object Properties. |
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Data Design |
Used to generate datasets and preview data. |
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Database Diagram |
Used to work with database objects. |
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Debug |
Used to start and stop debugging of applications. |
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Debug Location |
Used to view the program, thread, and stack frame of an error |
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encountered while debugging a program. |
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Design |
Used to work with controls in the Web Form Designer. |
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Formatting |
Used to format text. |
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Full Screen |
Used to work in the full-screen mode. |
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HTML Editor |
Used to format, validate, and work with HTML documents. |
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Image Editor |
Used to create and manipulate images. |
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Layout |
Used to modify the la yout of controls in the designer. |
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Source Control |
Used to maintain different versions of your applications. |
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Standard |
Used to work with solutions, projects, and files.In addition, you |
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can use the Standard toolbar to open windows, such as Solution |
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Explorer and Class View. |
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Style Sheet |
Used to format and view style sheets. |
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Table |
Used to work with the tables in a database. |
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Text Editor |
Used to work in the code editor. |
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Web |
Used to browse for Web pages. |
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XML Data |
Used to create schemas. |
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XML Schema |
Used to preview datasets and edit ke ys and relations. |
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