Malted Editor (DVE) Menu - Course Management

Course Management:

File Menu:

New Course: it creates a new course. If there is another active course in the course window, it will close it after asking if the user would like to save it.

Open …: it opens a dialogue box with a list of the courses included in the project, out of which the user can select one. Unlike the frames, no more than one course can be activated at the same time.

Close: it closes the active course. If it hasn't been saved, the system will ask if the user would like to save it with its corresponding .cxml

Save: it saves the course with its corresponding .cxml extension in the project.

Save as …: it saves the course with its corresponding .cxml extension in the hard disk and with a different file name.

Import courses: it opens a dialogue box to import courses from other projects.

New project: it opens the New Project dialogue box in which the user will have to introduce the name of the new project. This option will not be active if there is an open project in Malted Editor. In order to be able to create a new project it is necessary to close the project in progress beforehand. The dialogue box also allows the user to choose where to save the project in the hard disk.

Open project: it opens a dialogue box that includes a list of the existing projects in the hard disk out of which the user can select one. In order to open a project, select it and then click Open.

Close project: it closes an open project and asks if the courses or frames within the project which haven't been saved yet, must be saved.

Rename:
it opens a dialogue box in which the user can write a new name for the selected course. By clicking Accept a dialogue box appears on the screen and will require the confirmation of the action to execute. In case of leaving the name of the project field blank an error message will pop up.

Exit:
it closes the tool, and asks for confirmation to save the courses or frames which have not been saved yet. It saves all the application options for later use.

Edit Menu

Undo: it undoes the latest change made to the course in which the user is working.

Delete: it deletes the selected frame from the left-hand side window

Edit Script : It opens the course cxml code in the text editor so that it can be modified. For this option to be active, it is necessary to save all the changes made to the course first. Once the changes to the code have been made, save the file in the text editor and, after returning to the Malted Editor window, select Edit>Reload frame so that the changes are applied.

Reload Frame: it refreshes the course once changes in the code have been made.

Options: it opens the Malted Options window, which allows the user to change the language of the tool, to set up if the Malted Editor must be opened from the Frame or course Management, to add external applications to the Tools menu, and to set up the access to the Asset Base.

Course Menu

Description: it opens a window with the course properties, where the user can modify its name, its description and its structure, either linear or complex.

Add Frame: it opens a dialogue box with the templates list. The selected frame will be added to the active course.

Run course: it opens the Malted Editor Browser (RTE) allowing the user to run the course and all its frame.

Create Course html: It generates an html course file which will be necessary so as to see it from the Malted applet on the web.

Frame Menu

Import frame:
it opens a dialogue box to import frames from other projects into the one in which we are working.



The Remote Import is being implemented at the moment, so the user will be able to carry out a Local Import so far; in order to do this, click Search local disks, browse for the project that contains the frame that one wants to import and select that frame from the xml folder of the project; then open it. Repeat this process as long as necessary and finally Add list to project so as to complete the import.

Description: it opens the frames properties panel, from which the user will see the name of the frame and a modifiable description.

Edit frame: it opens the selected frame from the left hand side window and automatically takes the user to the Frame Management.

Edit link: it edits the links that a frame from the right hand side of the window contains.

Run frame: it opens a preview of the frame with all its functional Action except those related to other frames of the course.

Windows Menu

Course: it activates the Course Management.

Frame: it activates the Frame Management.

At the bottom of the Windows Menu, the user can see a list of all the open frames. The active frame appears buttoned. From this list the user can swap active frames so as to edit another open frame.


Help Menu

Malted Help: it opens a window with Malted Editor tutorial.

About: it opens a window with information about Malted project.


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