The Configuration Editor

The Configuration Editor consists of three panes and menu bar:

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Question Pane

Interview questions appear in the main text area of the editor. You answer the questions using controls such as text boxes, radio buttons, or combo boxes located beneath the question. After you answer each question, click image to proceed to the next question.

For more information about using the Question pane to fill out the interview see Using the Configuration Editor.

More Info Pane

The More Info pane provides you with important information about each question, such as:

Click image to hide or expose the pane at any time. By default, the More Info pane is exposed.

Index Pane

The Index pane lists the titles of the questions you have answered, are currently answering, or that the editor deduces must be answered. The current question is highlighted.

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The title is also displayed at the top of the question pane when you are answering a question.

You can click on any question in the list to make it the current question. If you click on a question (or move through the list using the image image buttons) the questions in the list after the new current question remain in the list. If you change an answer that alters your configuration options in the interview, the editor updates the list to reflect the change.

Answers to previously answered questions are always preserved until you change them.

File Menu

The File menu contains items to open/save interview files and a log file.

New Clears the current interview and starts a new interview from the beginning
Open Opens a previously saved interview
Save Saves the current interview to a previously chosen file name

You can use the File > Save command at any point in the interview to save your answers and your position in the interview. The editor saves the interview to a file with the .jti extension. To open a saved interview use the File > Open item.

Save As Activates a file chooser dialog box that you can use to choose a file in which save the current interview

You can use the File > Save As command at any point in the interview to save your answers and your position in the interview. The editor saves the interview to a file with the .jti extension and makes that the default interview. To open a saved interview use the File > Open item.

Export Log Activates a file chooser dialog box that you can use to choose a file in which to generate (in HTML format) the text of all completed questions and answers
Close Closes the configuration editor

Search Menu

The items in the Search menu can be used to search for text in the editor interview and in your answers.

Find Searches for a string:
  • In question titles
  • In question text
  • In your answers
  • Anywhere (all of the above)
Find Next Repeats the previous search

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