Development Tools User’s Manual
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IXP2400/IXP2800 Network Processors
Developer Workbench
2.5.2
Opening Files
To open an file for viewing or editing, do one of the following:
•
On the
File
menu, click
Open
, and select a file from the
Open
dialog box, or
Click the
button on the
File
toolbar, or
If the file is in your project, double-click the file name in
FileView
.
In the open dialog box you can filter your choices using the
Files of type:
list to select a file
extension. This limits your choices to only files with that extension. If you select
All files (*.*)
,
your choices are unlimited. You can select any unformatted text file to view or edit.
You can open any of the last four files that you have opened. To do this:
1. On the
File
menu, click
Recent Files
.
2. Select from the list of files that appears to the right.
2.5.3
Closing Files
To close an open file:
•
On the
File
menu, click
Close
, or
On the
Window
menu, click
Close
to close the active file and its document window, or
On the
Windows
menu, click
Close All
to close all open files and their document windows.
Note:
All files that have been edited but not saved are automatically saved when you perform any
operation which uses file data, such as assembling, building, updating dependencies, and finding in
files.
2.5.4
Saving Files
To save a file:
1. On the
File
menu, click
Save
, or
Click the
button on the
File
toolbar.
If you have just created the new file, the
Save As
dialog box appears. If you are saving an
existing file, the
Save
dialog box appears.
2. Type the name of the new file.
3. Click
OK
.
This saves your work to a file when you are finished editing. It also displays the new file name in
the title bar of the window. By convention, microcode source files have the file type .uc, C
Compiler source files have the file type .c, and script files have the file type .ind.
If you are saving an existing file, you do not need to type a new name.
To save a file under a new name:
1. On the
File
menu, click
Save As
.
