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Output panel


This facility displays the messages output by various components supplied with CS+ (e.g., design, build and analysis tools, including the debug tool), as well as display the results of global searches conducted using the Find and Replace dialog box and the output results by Printf events (see “2.16.1 Insert printf").

Messages are displayed separately on respective tabs classified by tools from which they are output.

Figure A.20

Output Panel

 

Here, the following items are explained.

[How to open]

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Choose [Output] from the [View] menu.

[Description of each area]

(1)

Message area

Displays the messages output by each tool, search results, and the output results by Printf events.

During display of search results (global search), this area displays a new message after clearing previous messages each time a search is performed (except for the [All Messages] tab).

Note that messages are displayed in different colors by type of output message, as shown below. (The colors in which text and backgrounds are displayed depend on how the [General - Font and Color] category of the Option dialog box are set.

Type of message

Display example (Default)

Description

Normal message

 

Text color

Black

Displayed when notifying any information.

Background color

White

Warning message

 

Text color

Blue

Displayed when notifying any warning for the operation performed.

Background color

Standard color

Error message

 

Text color

Red

Displayed when unable to execute for a fatal error or operational mistake.

Background color

WhiteSmoke

This area provides the following facilities.

(a)

Tag jump

Double-click an output message, or move the caret to a message and then hit the [Enter] key. The Editor panel is opened, displaying the relevant line number of the relevant file.

This facility permits you to jump to the relevant line in error of the source file from the error messages output, for example, at build time.

(b)

Displaying help

While the caret is present at the line showing a warning or an error message, select [Help for Message] from the context menu or press the [F1] key. Help for a message on that line is displayed.

(c)

Saving logs

Choose [Save Output-tab name As ...] from the [File] menu. The Save As dialog box is opened, allowing you to save the whole content displayed on the currently selected tab to a text file (*.txt). (Messages on unselected tabs are not saved.)

(d)

Zooming in or out on a view

To zoom in and out of the Output panel view, change the zoom ratio by using the drop-down list on the toolbar of the Main window while the focus is placed in the Output panel.

You can also change the zoom ratio by using the [Ctrl] key + mouse-wheel combination.

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Using the [Ctrl] key + mouse-wheel forward will zoom into the view, making the contents larger and easier to see (max. 300%).

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Using the [Ctrl] key + mouse-wheel backward will zoom out of the view, making the contents smaller (min. 25%).

 

If the panel is closed after the zoom ratio is changed, the changed zoom ratio is retained (next time, the panel will open at the changed zoom ratio).

(2)

Tab selection area

Select a tab showing the source from which a message is output.

The debug tool uses the following tabs.

Tab name

Description

All Messages

Displays the messages output by all components supplied with CS+ (e.g., design, build and analysis tools, including the debug tool). (This does not apply to the messages associated with execution of a rapid build.)

Debug Tool

Displays only the messages output by the debug tool, out of those output by various components supplied with CS+ (e.g., design, build and analysis tools, including the debug tool).

Search and Replace

Displays the results of global searches conducted from the Find and Replace dialog box.

Caution

Even when a new message is output on some unselected tab, the panel does not have its tabs automatically switched to show the new message. In this case, the relevant tab is marked with an asterisk (*) at the beginning of its name, indicating that a new message has been output.

[[File] menu (Output Panel-Only Items)]

The [File] menu used exclusively for the Output panel is as follows. (The other items are shared.)

Note that all of these items are disabled during program execution.

Save Output-tab name

Saves the contents displayed on the currently selected tab to a text file (*.txt) that has been saved previously. (See "(c) Saving logs.")

If this item is selected for the first time after startup, the same operation as you've selected [Save Output-tab name As...] is performed.

This is disabled during build execution.

Save Output-tab name As...

Opens the Save As dialog box to save the contents displayed on the currently selected tab to a specified text file (*.txt). (See "(c) Saving logs.")

[[Edit] menu (Output Panel-Only Items)]

The [Edit] menu used exclusively for the Output panel is as follows. (All other items are disabled.)

Copy

Copies a selected character string to the clipboard.

Select All

Selects all of the messages displayed on the currently selected tab.

Find...

Opens the Find and Replace dialog box, with its [Quick Find] tab selected.

Replace...

Opens the Find and Replace dialog box, with its [Replace in Files] tab selected.

[Context menu]

Copy

Copies a selected character string to the clipboard.

Select All

Selects all of the messages displayed on the currently selected tab.

Clear

Clears all of the messages displayed on the currently selected tab.

Tag Jump

Opens the Editor panel and jumps to the relevant line number in the file pertaining to the message at the caret position.

Stop Searching

Halts the search currently under execution.

However, this menu is disabled when no searches are being executed.

Help for Message

Displays help for a message at the current caret position.

However, this menu applies to only warning and error messages.