The File Menu

Use File menu options to perform a variety of tasks with files.

File Menu Options

Option

Description

New

Opens the script template window from which you select a template and click OK. Then creates a new script based on the selected template and places a Start step and End step (and other steps, depending on the template, in the Design pane.

(The Start step is the first step of every new script and the End step is the concluding step in a script.)

Open

Displays a standard Open window that allows you to choose and open an existing script (.aef) file.

Note

The examples of the default location for user scripts is as follows:

  • Windows: c:\Users\<userID>\Desktop\wfavvid_12.5.0

  • Mac: /Users/<userID>/wfavvid_12.5.0/

When connected to a cluster, this option allows you to browse all scripts uploaded to the cluster's script repository and load one directly from there.

Use the Open option to access and modify an existing user script.

Close

Closes the current script file.

Save

Saves the current script file.

Save As

Opens a standard Save As window that you can use to save your current script by entering a filename with an .aef extension.

Print

Prints the current file.

Properties

Provides two tabs:

  • General—Describes the type, location, and size of the opened file.

  • Summary—Provides fields you can use to enter descriptive information about the opened file.