Standard menus

The menu bar in the Sybase Central window contains these menus:

Menu commands change to meet the requirements of the selected object. When you highlight a menu command, a brief description of the command is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the main window. Table 1-1 summarizes the menu commands.

Table 1-1: Activities available from standard menus

Menu

Activities

File

  • Open a folder or object

  • Create a new object

  • Open the properties sheet for an object

  • Perform object specific activities such as generating DDL or running dbcc

  • Exit

Edit

  • Cut, copy, or paste an object definition

  • Delete

  • Select a group of objects

View

  • Hide or display the standard toolbar and status bar

  • Select the format for displaying object icons in the right pane of the Sybase Central window

  • Update the display with fresh data from Adaptive Server

Connections

  • Connect to or disconnect from Adaptive Server

  • Connect with SySAM Administrator

  • Connection Profiles

Tools

  • Log Viewer

  • Plug-ins

  • Adaptive Server Enterprise

  • SySAM Administrator

Help

  • Display Sybase Central online help

  • Display the About dialog box for Sybase Central