View menu
The View menu provides commands relating to information about your program and to show the various debugging tools.
Toolbar
Shows or hides the toolbar which contains shortcut buttons to the more common of BASin's editor operations.
Status Bar
Shows or hides the status bar at the bottom of the editor window.
Syntax Helper
Shows or hides the code teacher.This is a useful tool which evaluates the "correctness" of your program line as you type - errors are highlighted in red, enabling you to spot errors before you enter a program line.
Character Ruler
Shows or hides the character ruler.
Program Information
This window will display information about your program - how large it is in memory, how many variables you currently have declared and their usage of available memory. Also how much memory remains available to you for programming. Bear in mind that the system variable RAMTOP is used to calculate this figure.
Command History
Shows or hides the Command History window - contains a list of all direct commands which have been entered into BASin for this session.
Last Error
Displays the most recent BASIC error message and its description, in the error dialog.
Debug Windows
Opens a submenu that allows you to show or hide the debug windows. See the section entitled "debugging your programs" for a more in-depth discussion of this powerful aspect of BASin.
- Variables: Shows or hides the Variables window, which lists all variables currently declared in memory. Also provides the means to alter a variable's contents whilst debugging a program, and to set a watch a variable for changes.
- Breakpoints: Shows or hides the Breakpoints window, where you can manage any breakpoints you might have set up.
- Watches: Shows or hides the Watch List, which like the Breapoints option above allows you to manage any watches you have set.
- Log Window: Shows or hides the Log window. Certain operations can produce log messages on completion, and one of the REM Directives can produce user-configurable log entres. You can view them in the log window.
Expression Evaluator
Shows or hides the Expression Evaluator window, where you can enter a BASIC expression and view its result.