Tools Menu

Tools»Configuration…

Use this menu selection to activate the Configuration utility (see “The Icam Configuration Utility”). Configuration changes made after processing has begun will only take effect once the current program is rewound to the start or when CERUN is next started.

Tools»Preferences…

Use this menu selection to set personal preferences for the operation of CERUN. Preferences affect the interface of CERUN; preferences do not affect how CERUN emulates MCD code. The following preferences are available:

General

Fonts and colors used in the Trace windows

Automatic generation of a “Save for Review” zpj file on exit.

Display of a “Loading…” dialog at the start of processing

Debug

Colorization settings of text in the Source and Trace windows

Various debugging options, including:

display of variables with $NULL value in the Variables window

display of a Pause/Continue dialog when a breakpoint is encountered

generation of a warning when uninitialized variables are used

Macro strong declaration setting

Macro format to use lowercase with C operators or uppercase with APT operators

Trace

Limit number of lines written to Trace and Source windows

Console trace window options, including tracing of:

operator and other messages,

MACRO I/O command processing; and

diagnostic messages at or above a specified minimum severity.

Macro trace window options, including tracing of:

CODE and DATA macros; and

all other macros (i.e., function, startup, shutdown and event).

Input trace window options, including tracing of:

MDI (manual data input) and macro EXEC commands;

subprograms that are included with the main program on disk; and

internal subprograms that reside in the //icamfs storage area;

Output trace window options, including tracing of:

input blocks as they are processed;

edits made to the input blocks by the tape editor, OPSKIP processing, preprocessor, embedded macro and block macro processing;

word addresses (i.e., registers) and their values;

CODE and DATA identifiers as they are processed; and

the actions generated by the block.

Tools»Find…

Tools»Find Next

Tools»Find Previous

These functions are used to search the selected trace window for matching text.

Tools»Toolbar…

Use this menu selection to activate or disable the various toolbar menus available with CERUN. Toolbars can be docked along any of the sides of the main window, or they can be detached as separate windows.

Tooltips (balloon text that appears when the cursor is left on top of an input field or control) can also be enabled or disabled from the toolbar menu dialog.