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File menu

File menu command Description
Save Saves the settings of newly defined or modified working environments.
Reload Reloads the files that store the working environments data (user permissions, names of working environments etc.). If you modify working environments and choose this command before saving, the changes are discarded.
New Project... > Opens a submenu with 3 options for creating new projects. For more information please refer to Project Setup Overview.
> with Defaults... Opens the Directory dialog. In the Directory dialog, you select the directory where the source files of the new project are located. Then, an Attributes of a New Project dialog appears. You set the new project's attributes in this dialog, see New Project Options. The defaults for new projects are set in the Preferences, see New Project Setup view.
> with Template... Allows you to set the attributes of a new project from a template. The Project Template Dialog opens and you can select a Project Template File (extension .ptmpl ) to use as a template. Select a file to open the Project Attributes dialog. You can edit the opened template, have the new project created, and save the edited template under a new name. See also Working with new project templates.
> with Wizard... Starts the Project Setup Wizard, which guides you through project setup. See also SNiFF+ Project Setup Wizard.
Open Project... Opens the Open Project dialog, where you can choose a project to open in the working environment selected in the Working EnvironmentsTree.

Edit menu
You can create, delete or modify working environments with the entries in the Edit menu. When you select a working environment from the Working EnvironmentsTree, only permissible commands are enabled. The following commands are available:

Edit menu command Description
Undo last command Undoes the last command. You can set the number of undo levels in the Preferences.
Redo last command Redoes the last command.
Cut Cuts the selected environment to a buffer.
Paste Pastes buffer contents to selected position. Enabled only if the buffer is not empty and a valid target is selected.
Delete Deletes the selected working environment and all working environments hierarchically below the selected working environment.
Modify... Opens the Modify/New Working Environment dialog, where you can modify all the attributes you see in the information fields at the right of the tool. You can also specify the owner of a Private Working Environment.
New Repository... Opens a dialog where you can define a new Repository (RWE). The command is enabled when you select the root of the Working Environments Tree and if you have the appropriate permissions, which are set in the Users dialog.
New Shared Source... Opens a dialog where you can define an SSWE. To define an SSWE, an RWE must be selected in the Working EnvironmentsTree and you must have the appropriate permissions, which are set in the Users dialog.
New Shared Object... Opens a dialog where you can define an SOWE. To define an SOWE, an SSWE must be selected in the Working EnvironmentsTree and you must have the appropriate permissions, which are set in the Users dialog. The new SOWE then accesses the selected SSWE.
New Private... Opens a dialog where you can define a PWE. To define a PWE, an RWE, SSWE or SOWE must be selected in the Working EnvironmentsTree. The new PWE then accesses the selected working environment if you have the appropriate permissions, which are set in the Users dialog.
Set Default Sets the working environment selected in the Working EnvironmentsTree to the default working environment. See Working Environments Tree for a description of default working environments.

View menu

View menu command Description
Collapse/Expand Collapses/expands the selected node in the Working Environments Tree.

Utils menu

Utils menu command Description
User Permissions Opens the Users dialog. Users dialog, where you can add or remove users and their permissions for working environments.

History menu
Working environments in which you have opened projects are automatically added to the history. The number of entries can be set in the Preferences, see Tools view.

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