Start panel

This panel allows you to open a tutorial, access (create/open) a project, and load a sample project, with single-click.

Figure A.2

Start Panel

The following items are explained here.

-	[How to open]

-	[Description of each area]

[How to open]

-	On the toolbar, click the button.

-	From the menu bar, select [Window] >> [Start].

[Description of each area]

(1)	[Learn About CS+] area

(a)	[Learn About CS+]

Click the button to show a tutorial aimed at improving your understanding of CS+.

(2)	[Create New Project] area

(a)	[Create New Project]

Click the button to open the Create Project dialog box, in order to create a new CS+ project file.

(3)	[Create New Multi-core Project] area

(a)	[Create New Multi-core Project]

Click the button to open the Create Project dialog box, in order to create a new boot loader project and a new application project for multi-core.

Remark

This area is minimized by default; click to resize the area.

(4)	[Open Existing Project] area

(a)	[Recently Project]

This area displays up to four of the most recently used project file names (project names).

(b)	[Favorite project]

This area displays up to four of the project file names (project names) in your favorites.

(c)	[Open Existing Project]

Click the button to open the Open Project dialog box, in order to open an existing CS+ project file (with ".mtpj" extension).

(5)	[Open Existing MCU Simulator Online/e2 studio/CubeSuite/High-performance Embedded Workshop/PM+ Project] area

(a)	[Open Existing MCU Simulator Online/e2 studio/CubeSuite/High-performance Embedded Workshop/PM+ Project]

Click the button to open the Open Project dialog box, in order to open an existing project shown below.

-	MCU Simulator Online/e2 studio project file (with ".rcpc" extension)

-	CubeSuite project file (with ".cspj" extension)

-	HEW workspace file (with ".hws" extension)

-	HEW project file (with ".hwp" extension)

-	PM+ workspace file (with ".prw" extension)

-	PM+ project file (with ".prj" extension).

(6)	[Open Sample Project] area

(a)	[Open Sample Project]

Load a sample project file (with ".mtpj" extension) provided by CS+.

Select the [Microcontroller] tab, then select a sample project from the list. Next, click the button to open the Browse For Folder dialog box and specify a folder to which to copy the sample project. After copying the sample to the specified folder, the sample project is loaded.

(7)

Button

	Minimizes the area. Only the title text and minimize buttons will be shown.
	Restores a minimized area.