Project Manager

This is a powerful part of JEditor, it allows you to handle many documents in one operation. It allows you to edit, compile, add, delete files from different directories, or run the specified file in the appletviewer or interpreter set in Options box of JEditor, and save/load projects.

The window explained :
Main class/HTML file field - Allows you to set the file which will be run as an applet or application.

ClassPath field - Optional, allows you to set the class path for your project, if different from the working directory.
Class Directory field - Optional, allows you to specify a directory where the compiler stores the class files that it generates. Please see the JDK documentation for further info on this subject.
File List - Lists the names of all the files you have in your project.
Status Bar - This bar shows the current working directory, allowing you to select files from that directory.

Menu Bar Actions :
File :
Start New Project - Clears the window, allowing you to start a new one.
Open a Project - Opens an existing project. (Note use .prj as the extension for your project files.)
Save Project - Saves a project using its existing name if any, if not it will bring up the Save As dialog box.
Save Project As - Allows you to name the file of the current project, (Note it will add a .prj extension to the file if it has not already been specified in the name you type.)
Change Working Directory - This option allows you to select the current directory for you to add or compile files from. This option works by opening a file dialog box, select the directory that you want to set, and then double click on a file to close the box and set the new directory.
Close Project Manager - This option checks to make sure the project is saved before it closes the project manager.
Options :
Add a new file - Opens up a file dialog box allowing you to select a file to add to the project.
Add files of Type - Opens up a file dialog box allowing you to select a file of the type you want to open, the project manager will then scan the current directory, for all the files of the type that you selected, and add them to your project list. This option is useful to quickly add lots of Java files to the list.
Delete Selected Files - This option will remove all the hi-lighted files in your project list from the list.
Select All - This option hi-lights all your files in the project list.
De-Select All - All files that are already hi-lighted, will be changed back to an unselected state.
Edit Selected Files - This option will open all the hi-lighted files from your project list into JEditor editing windows. Allowing you to make amendments to them.
Compile :
Compile Selected Files - Compiles all the hi-lighted files in your project list, using the options set.
Compile All - Compiles all the Java files which are in the current working directory.
Run as Application - Runs the Main class set in the Project Manager, using the Options in JEditor.
Run as Applet - Runs the HTML file set in the Project Manager, using the Options in JEditor.

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