Opening items in the Group Contents Box

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Choosing any item in the Project Tree displays its contents in the Group Contents Box.

The Group Contents Box shows the name of each item in the group alongside an icon which indicates the type of item and the behavior of the item when opened. The Group Contents Box is aware of and has special behaviors for

• Composer Files (*.Midlet)
• Image files (*.gif, *.jpg, *.xbm, *.png)
• Java source files (*.java)
• Java class files (*.class)
• Java archives and descriptor files (*.zip, *.jar, *.jad, *.prc)
• Text and HTML files (*.txt, *.html, *.htm)
• Folders

Each item has a pop-up menu associated with it which contains those actions that are appropriate for the selected item. For example, a Java class file's pop-up menu has the default options: Open, Copy, Rename, and Delete as well as options to invoke the compiler.

The first action on an item's popup menu is always Open. This action can also be performed by double clicking the item.

• Opening a Composer file will open the MIDlet in the MIDlet Composer. If the MIDlet Composer is not already open, it will be opened. The Composer file stores the contents of a MIDlet. Composer files are stored in an XML format.
• Opening an Image file will launch the Simplicity Image Viewer. This default action may be overridden in the Program Settings in order to specify a full-featured image editor.
• Opening a Java source file will launch the Simplicity Java Editor. This default action may be overridden in the Program Settings in order to specify a preferred editor.
• Opening a Java class file will launch the Simplicity Class Viewer which will allow inspection of the contents of that class. The Class Viewer will also include a button which will open the class in the MID Emulator.
• Opening a zip or jar file will open a Jar viewer which will show a tree view listing the contents of the archive.
• Opening an HTML file will launch the preferred web browser specified in the Program Settings.
• Opening a folder will display the contents of that folder in the Group Contents Box. Folders only appear when all files are being displayed.
• Opening all other files will launch a Text Editor.