About Using the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

This section provides information on how to use the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and includes the following topics:

Topic	Description
Starting and Exiting	Describes how to start and exit from ATEasy.
Using the Integrated Development Environment	Provides an overview of how you use ATEasy's Integrated Development Environment.
Tabbed Windows	Describes Tabbed Windows which are windows that can only be displayed within the Client area.
Tabbed Document Windows	Describes the client area, which ATEasy uses to display Document windows.
Document Views	Describes Document Frame windows, which are MDI Child windows displaying the document contents.
Dockable Windows	Describes windows that can be docked outside the client area.
Status Bar	Describes the status bar, which appears at the bottom of the IDE and displays status information.
Workspace Window	Describes the Workspace window, which displays objects representing document shortcuts and objects opened in the IDE.
Context (Right-Click) Menu	Describes the popup menu of commands that appear when you right-click on any object in ATEasy or press SHIFT+F10.
Properties Window	Describes the Properties window that displays the attributes of nearly every object or window in ATEasy.
Organizing the IDE Windows	Explains how you organize dockable and Tabbed windows in the ATEasy IDE.
Docking Button	Explains the docking button, which you use to cycle through the display states of a Dockable window.
Controlling Dockable Window States	Explains how you use window popup menus to control the states of dockable windows.
Moving Inside Windows	Describes how you navigate the panes of an MDI child window.
Arranging Windows	Describes how you work with multiple MDI child windows such as activating a window, duplicating or moving or reducing or enlarging a window, and more.
Identifier Naming Conventions	Describes the recommended prefix conventions for naming ATEasy objects.