Debugging and Testing

	Chapter 2 - A Quick Start Using the IDE
	Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference
	Chris H. Pappas and William H. Murray, III

Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies

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	Window Menu

	With the possible exception of the Docking View command, you will see that the remaining Window Menu options are similar to those found in all standard Windows products (see Figure 2-9).

	Figure 2-9: The Visual C++ Window menu

	New Window

	The New Window command provides one of the many ways to begin entering and editing a new file.

	Split

	The Split option places a four-quadrant pane over the Edit view, allowing you to determine both a horizontal and vertical split point.

	Docking View

	A dockable toolbar can be attached, or docked, to any side of its parent window, or it can be detached, or floated, in its own miniframe window. Not all views are dockable, but if the active window is, for example, the Workspace view, this is one method for docking and undocking the pane.

	Close

	This closes the active window. You are prompted if the window’s contents have not been previously saved.

	Close All

	This closes all open windows. The IDE prompts you if any of the individual files have not been previously saved before actually closing and deleting their contents.

	Next

	Rather than clicking on a window to make it active, you can choose the Window | Next command to cycle through all open window contents.

	Previous

	This is similar to the Next command, only it works in reverse.

	Cascade

	This displays all open windows in a manner similar to a splayed deck of cards. This allows for easy viewing of window titles.

	Tile Horizontally

	This tiles open windows with a wide but squat configuration. It is best used for source code viewing.

	Tile Vertically

	This tiles open windows with a tall and narrow configuration. It is best used for hierarchy analysis.

	History List

	This is a dynamic list of open windows, by name, allowing you to make the highlighted window active.

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