Files:
Menu choices are for the standard file operations,
Open, Save, and Save As. They work as expected. Note that AirEd can be
made the editor of choice by selecting "Set AirEd for AIR files". Then
AirEd will come up automatically when you click on an AIR file in File
Manager or Explorer or whatever it is this week.
The List:
Once a file is open, there will be a list of
records presented. This list is similar to the one for directories in File
Manager. There will be icons that show kind of data the record contains,
and a brief text description. Some records contain only one item of data.
If so, the type of data is shown in the icon. You can get a brief Description
Of Data Types.
If the record contains more than one item of
data, the icon will be
This means that when you click on it, it will
expand to show all of the data items in that record.
NOTE: Single clicks are used in AirEd. Double clicking is not needed!
Editing Items:
To edit an item, simply single click the left
mouse button over it.
The way you edit an item depends on what type
of data it contains.
At the bottom of the window is a bar with text. If you are editing a number, that text will show you the ranges of numbers you can enter.
Note that the values shown have NOT been converted in any way! What you see is the actual data from the file. I am dubious of the conversion factors I have seen so far. Many of them are erroneous. I might include a conversion system in a future version. For now, an explanation of the number would be a good entry for help text in the ini file.
More advanced users can edit the ini file, which
is where just about everything you see is specified. Explanations of the
entries are in the file.
NOTE: Don't edit AirEd.ini unless
you know what you are doing! The program won't function right if the file
gets botched.
I will post the updated AirEd.ini file as it becomes available. If you have found out the function of an entry, please e-mail me with the information, including the steps you took to verify it and I will include it in the next update.