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Integrated Resource Editor Main Window

The IRE's main window contains an Action Bar along the top of the screen, a toolbar, a Window/Dialog window, and a status window at the bottom of the screen.

The Action Bar contains the following pull-down menus: File, Edit, Find, Control, Resource, Configure, Options, and Help.

File Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the File pull-down are:
Edit Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the Edit pull-down are:
Find Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the Find pull-down are:
Control Pull-Down
For each control in the Control pull-down, the arrow pointer will change into a placement pointer when selected. The menu items contained within the Control pull-down are:
Resource Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the Resource pull-down are:
Configure Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the configure pull-down are:
Options Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the Options pull-down are:
Help Pull-Down
The menu items contained within the Help pull-down are:
Toolbar
The Toolbar contains various button selections that allow you to easily configure the IRE or to perform the following commands:
Windows/Dialog Combination Box
The Windows/Dialogs combo-box allows you to select a window or dialog to work with.
 
Status Window
The status window at the bottom of the IRE window displays specific information about the design you are working on. Measurements within the window are shown in dialog units. Horizontally, one dialog unit is equal to one-quarter the width of an average character in the system font. Vertically, one dialog unit equals one-eighth the height of a character in the system font.

The status window contains the following information: