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Software Configuration with the GSDML Composer
5.4 Menu Bar of the GSDML Composer
The menu bar contains the following menu items:
-
File
- View
- Setting
- Window
- Help
5.4.1 Menu Item File, General Options
The menu item File shows the following selection of commands for the processing of the project
files. The corresponding buttons of the commands are contained in the toolbar (see Figure 8).
Command Description
Button
in the toolbar
New project Starts a new project, i.e. all slaves will be removed
and all project-specific settings will be reset
Load project Loads a project stored on the hard disk etc.
Save project Saves the current project into a file.
At the initial saving the file name and path have to be
specified.
The project file comes with the extension
.xgcp
and
holds the complete project data including the EDS
information of the slaves – it can thus be opened in
the GSDML Composer without importing the EDS
files again.
Save project as… As Save Project , but file name and path must always
be specified in this command.
-
Export GSDML Generates the GSD file for the current project and
stores it in the export directory of the project.
If the export directory has not already been specified,
the
Project settings window (see figure 9) will be
automatically opened.
Export DCF Generates the DCF-files for the current project and
stores them in the export directory of the project.
If the export directory has not already been specified,
the
Project settings window (see figure 9) will be
automatically opened
-
Open export directory Opens the export directory in the Windows Explorer.
If the export directory has not already been specified,
the
Project settings window (see figure 9) will be
automatically opened
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