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Customizing Microsoft Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment Menus

The following information applies only to Version 5.0 and later of the Microsoft Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

If you selected the option to integrate SAS/C into the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE, two additional menu items, Compiler Options and SAS/C Help Files, appear on the Tools pull-down menu in the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE after you install SAS/C on your PC. You can permanently move these items to a more intuitive area of the menu bar in the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE by importing one of the following files into your Registry:

layout50.reg

if you are using Microsoft Visual C++ IDE, Version 5

layout60.reg

if you are using Microsoft Visual C++ IDE, Version 6

Importing a Layout File

The following procedure describes how to use the Windows [ Start] button on the taskbar to import the layoutnn.reg file for the version of the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE you are using:

1. Select Run from the [Start] button pop-up menu.

2. Type regedit in the Open text box.

3. Select Registry.

4. Select Import Registry File....

5. Select the installdir\host\wnt\bin directory in the Import Registry File.

6. Select the layoutnn.reg file for the version of the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE you are using.

7. Click Open.

Adding SAS/C Compiler Options and Help Files to a Pull-Down Menu

The following two procedures describe how to add the SAS/C Compiler Options and the SAS/C Help Files dialogs to the pull-down menus of the Microsoft IDE. When you launch a new session of the Microsoft IDE, a new pull-down menu item named SAS/C will appear. The SAS/C menu item enables access to the Compiler Options and the SAS/C Help Files dialogs. You can use either procedure.

• Use the following procedure if you prefer to leave the Compiler Options item in the Tools pull-down menu and copy the SAS/C Help Files item to the Help pull-down menu:
  1. Select Customize from the Tools pull-down menu.

  2. Select the Commands tab.

  3. Select Tools from the Category list.

  4. Select and drag user-defined tool 8 over the Help pull-down menu.

  5. Drop the tool 8 item onto the most convenient area of the Help pull-down menu.

  6. Close the Customize dialog box.

• Use the following procedure if you prefer to create a new pull-down menu on the toolbar titled SAS/C and copy the Compiler Options and SAS/C Help Files items to this menu:
  1. Select Customize from the Tools pull-down menu.

  2. Select the Commands tab.

  3. Select new menu from the Category list.

  4. Drag and drop the the new menu item from the Command list box to an empty spot on the toolbar docking area.

  5. Right-click on the new menu item.

  6. Select Button Appearance... to open a dialog box that enables the Button Text Update.

  7. Enter SAS/C in the appropriate text box.

  8. Select a Category for adding menu items, for example, Tools.

  9. Select tool 7 in the Command list box.

  10. Drag and drop tool 7 on the new menu, Custom Menu #.

  11. Select tool 8 in the Command list box.

  12. Drag and drop tool 8 on the new menu, Custom Menu #.

  13. Close the Customize dialog box.

  14. Open Customize from the Tools pull-down menu again.

  15. Select Menus from the Category list.

  16. Select the new menu, Custom Menu # from the Command list box.

  17. Drag and drop Custom Menu # on the Menu bar.

Now you can delete the Menu item from the toolbar.

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