The Configuration Editor consists of three panes and menu bar:
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 to
proceed to the next question.
For more information about using the Question pane to fill out the interview see Using the Configuration Editor.
The More Info pane provides you with important information about each question, such as:
Click
to hide or expose the pane at any time. By default, the
More Info pane is exposed.
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.
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
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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:
|
Find Next | Repeats the previous search |