ORBacus Notify Help: Menu Commands

The File Menu

The File Menu contains operations that manage the console windows.

New Window

Creates a new console window connected to the same instance of Notify.

Close

Closes the current console window.

Quit

Quits the application.

The Edit Menu

The Edit Menu contains context sensitive operations which administer the various objects within Notify. These objects include channels, admins, proxies and filters

Create...

Create a new object from the selected factory. In this context the term factory refers to any object which includes factory methods for the creation of other objects. For example an admin object is a factory for both proxy and filter creation.

Destroy

Destroys the selected object.

Properties

Displays a properties dialog for the selected object.

The Control Menu

This menu contains operations which control the operation of Notify.

Shutdown

Shutdown Notify.

Suspend

This operation is available for proxy push supplier and proxy pull consumer objects. It interrupts event flow between the selected proxy and the connected supplier or consumer.

Resume

This operation causes previously suspended proxies to resume pushing or pulling events.

The View Menu

This menu contains operations which allow the user to configure the console display.

Show ToolBar

Toggles between a visible and hidden toolbar.

Show StatusBar

Toggles between a visible and hidden statusbar.

Explicit Refresh

Toggles the refresh mode of the Service Structure tree. If set then the contents of the tree are not automatically refreshed on tree node expansion.

Refresh

Obtains an updated list of items from Notify and updates the console display accordingly. This option is useful if the list of items has been changed by another Notify client.

The Help Menu

This menu is used to access the on-line help facilities.

Help Contents

Displays the main help contents page. From here the user can navigate the entire on-line help system.

About...

Displays version and copyright information.

The Toolbar

Contains buttons for the most commonly used menus commands.

The Popup Menu

Right-clicking on the various items in the console displays a context sensitive popup menu. This popup menu is a shortcut to the menu commands and contains appropriate operations for the selected object (channel, admin, proxy or filter) based on its current state.