The Windows menu

The menu items of the Windows menu are listed and described in the following table.

Menu item (action)

Action description

 

 

New Instance

Opens a new FSE Management Console client instance in which the initial GUI

 

view is displayed.

 

 

New Window from this place

Opens a new FSE Management Console client instance in which the properties of

 

the currently selected object are displayed in the right pane.

 

 

The Help menu

The menu items of the Help menu are listed and described in the following table.

Menu item (action)

Action description

 

 

About

Displays the FSE Management Console software version.

 

 

The toolbar

The toolbar provides icons for easy one-click access to the most common actions. The following icons are available:

Icon

Action

Action description

 

 

 

 

New Connection

See ”The Server menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Connect

See ”The Server menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Disconnect

See ”The Server menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

New

Opens the Creation window for a new object of the selected type.

 

 

 

 

Configuration

See ”The Tools menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Properties

Opens the Properties window for the selected object, in which you can

 

 

view its current configuration.

 

 

 

 

Delete object

See ”The Tools menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Configuration File

See ”The Tools menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Write Complete

See ”The Tools menu” on page 54.

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Load Complete Configuration

See ”The Tools menu” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

Refresh

Updates the data FSE Management Console client GUI display with

 

 

the latest data retrieved from the FSE implementation.

 

 

 

 

Toggle Filter

Select objects from the list on the properties pane and click this button

 

 

to filter the required items.

 

 

 

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