STAAD.Pro Help

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Table 1. Clipboard group
Tool Name	Description	Shortcut
Paste	Pastes the clipboard contents (text only) at the cursor position.	`<Ctrl+V>`
Cut	Copies the selected contents to the clipboard and deletes the original.	`<Ctrl+X>`
Copy	Copies the selected contents to the clipboard.	`<Ctrl+C>`

Table 2. Edit group
Tool name	Description	Shortcut
Select All	Selects the entire contents of the programming area.	`<Ctrl+A>`
Undo	Undoes the last action in the editor.	`<Ctrl+Z>`
Redo	Reverses the last undo action.	`<Ctrl+Y>`
Indent	Indents the selected line or lines.
Outdent	Outdents the selected line or lines.
Comment	Changes the current line (or lines, if a selection spans multiple lines) to a comment. These lines are then ignored by the compiler.
Uncomment	Changes a commented line or lines back to commands to be interpreted by the compiler.

Table 3. Search group
Tool name	Description	Shortcut
Find	Opens the Find dialog, which is used to find strings that match the dialog input.	`<Ctrl+F>`
Replace	Opens the Replace dialog, which is used to replace any matched strings with a different string.	`<Ctrl+H>`
Goto	Opens the Go To Line dialog, which is used to move the cursor to a specified line number.	`<Ctrl+G>`

Table 4. Execute group
Tool name	Description
Run	Runs the current macro.
Pause	Pauses running the current macro. Click again to resume.
Stop	Stops running the current macro.

Table 5. Debug group
Tool name	Description
Toggle Design Mode	Toggles the display of the design pane, which allows you to review status and values during code debugging.
Toggle Breaks	Adds or removes a breakpoint at the line where the cursor is currently placed. Note: A breakpoint indicates where the script editor should suspend your code so you can take a look at the code details.
Clear Breaks	Removes all breakpoints from the code.
Step Into	Running the code with this tool advances the macro execution one step at a time.
Step Out	This tool resumes the macro execution until the current function returns.
Step Over	This tool allows you to advance beyond code your not interested in reviewing. It then advances to the next step.
Current Statement

Table 6. Design group
Tool name	Description
User Dialog	Opens the UserDialog Editor, which is used to create end-user dialogs for your macro.
Add References	Opens the References dialog, which is used to include references for APIs, including OpenSTAAD.
Browse Object	Opens the ActiveX Automation Members dialog, which allows you to browse the contents of currently available libraries.
View Objects	The drop-down list is used to toggle the display of Object and Proc lists in the main view.