The Interface

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The Interface

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The Top Menu Bar

MenuBar
Menu Bar

The menu bar at the top shows the following menu items:

File — Contains all file-related activities such as opening a file or saving a file, and exiting the program.
Edit — Contains editing-related activities such as cut and paste, undo and redo, and find and replace.
View — Lets you show or hide the info bar.
Help — Shows the documentation and context sensitive help topics.

 

The Task Bar

The taskbar has the most important functions accessible through quick launch icons.

TaskBar
Task Bar
 

The Info Bar

The info bar is located in the left part of the interface.
 
InfoBar
Info Bar

This panel displays all detected Interchange Control Headers, Functional Groups and Transaction Sets in the EDI file. If you do not see the info bar, there is the "Info Bar" menu item that shows it (the last button located on the task bar also toggles the info bar). Double-clicking an entry in the Info Bar will bring the cursor to the selected ISA, GS, ST, or EDI-specific segment group.