Using SoftBench

Understanding SoftBench Window Areas

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Description of SoftBench Window Areas

 

 

 

 

Window Area

Description

 

 

 

 

1 Menu Bar

Provides access to many SoftBench functions.

 

 

When using most commands on the "Project",

 

 

"File" and "Target" menus, select the project,

 

 

file, or target of interest in the project browser or

 

 

the target graph, then choose the menu command.

 

 

Refer to SoftBench Online Help for detailed

 

 

descriptions of any menu command.

 

 

 

 

2 Toolbar

Starts associated SoftBench tools using the data

 

 

selected in the project browser or target graph.

 

 

SoftBench displays the name of the tool when you

 

 

place the mouse pointer over an icon.

 

 

 

 

3 Current

Displays the name of the current project and local

 

Project Area

workspace root, and provides buttons to iconize

 

 

and normalize tool windows.

 

 

 

 

4 Project

Presents project data in tree outline form. The

 

Browser

project browser offers two views of your project

 

 

data—the Projects view and the Files view,

 

 

accessible by selecting the appropriate tab:

 

 

• Use the Projects view to see available projects

 

 

and understand dependencies and

 

 

relationships between various levels of the

 

 

application being developed.

 

 

• Use the Files view to access and use specific

 

 

files and targets within the current project.

 

 

 

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