EASAP Builder Interface

The EASAP Builder is the Interactive Development Environment (IDE) for creating an EASAP.

EASAP Builder Menus

The EASAP Builder has the following six top level menus.

File Menu

File > Save (or CTRL-s )
Save the current version of the EASAP
If the EASAP contains errors, a prompt to 'Save with errors' appears
An EASAP that has been 'Saved with errors' cannot be published until the errors are fixed

File > Quick Save
Save the current version of the EASAP while forcing 'Save with errors' behavior, above
This option saves time but errors need to be fixed before the EASAP is published

File > Exit (or CTRL-q )
Close the EASAP Builder
A warning appears if there are unsaved changes in the EASAP

File > Save Local Copy
Obsolete feature
Instead use 'right-click > Export' and 'right-click > Import'

Edit Menu

Edit > Undo (or CTRL-z )
Undo the last change that took place in the EASAP Builder

Edit > Next (or ALT-right-arrow )
Step forward within the history of selected objects

Edit > Previous (or ALT-left-arrow )
Step backward within the history of selected object

Edit > Redo (or CTRL-y )
Perform the most recent action again

Edit > Find (or CTRL-f )
Open a dialog where the current EASAP can be searched with various conditions.

Edit > Find Next (or F3 )
Find the next occurrence of the conditions last entered

Tools Menu

Tools > Parametric Studies > List Ranges (or CTRL-i )

Tools > Submission > Estimate Number of Runs
Based on Parametric Studies values

Tools > Reset All

Tools > Security
Configure EASA Client network security settings

Tools > New Application Wizard
Create a new EASAP by launching the wizard

Tools > Write SQL Wizard
Launch the SQL wizard for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE… actions

Tools > Read SQL Wizard
Launch the SQL wizard for SELECT… actions

Tools > Excel Range Wizard
Launch the Excel range wizard

View Menu

View > Font (or CTRL-t )
Adjust font, font face and size in the EASAP Builder

View > Console
Show the log for the EASAP Builder

Application Menu

Application > Edit Template
Open the Template Editor
This option is only enabled when it’s valid.

Application > Test in Web Browser
Open the EASAP with a Web Browser client

Application > Test in EASA Client
Open the EASAP with an EASA Client (no longer supported)

Help Menu

Help > General Help
Open the Author's Guide from the EASA Help Pages in a browser window

Help > EASAP Help (or CTRL-h )
Open 'help.html' to assist an Author in a browser window
A default 'help.html' is provide, an Author is encouraged to replace it
A User may click the question mark icon in the upper right corner of a running EASAP GUI to open 'help.html'

Help > EASAP Information
Show basic information about the EASAP

Help > About
Show EASA version and trademark

EASAP Toolbar

The top toolbar is the EASAP toolbar.

Icon	Name	Function
	Save	Save EASAP as current development version ( CTRL-s )
	Undo	Cancel the most recent change made, applies multiple times ( CTRL-z )
	Redo	Restore the most recent canceled change, applies multiple times ( CTRL-y )
	Refresh	Refresh the object Tree view and all values
	Find	Find specified text in object names and parameter values ( CTRL-f )
	Previous	Navigate back through previously selected Tree objects ( ALT-left-arrow )
	Next	Navigate forward in previously selected Tree objects ( ALT-right-arrow )

Even after using the ‘New EASAP’ or ‘Save as New EASAP’ functionality to produce a new and separate EASAP, the currently selected EASAP back on the EASA web pages will remain the same as when EASAP Builder was initiated.

Builder Toolbar

Just below the EASAP toolbar is the Builder toolbar.

With this toolbar an Author may:

Switch between Tree mode and Preview mode
Copy, Cut, Paste and Delete objects on the Tree,
Add comments to annotate objects on the Tree
Export and Import objects to and from your computer, and
For the selected object show which sibling or child objects are valid,
Click 'Add Sibling objects' or 'Add Child objects' button
Object icons are added to the toolbar which represent the current valid sibling or child objects
Click on an object to add it to the Tree under the selected object as a sibling or child

Descriptions of the individual buttons on the EASAP Builder toolbar are provided in the table below.

Icon	Name Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	Open Web Browser Test	Open a test EASAP in Web Browser mode Same as: EASA > Authoring > Testing > Test EASAP See Enable Test > Exit button for Firefox
	Open Web Browser Debug	Open the EASAP in Web Browser Debug, see Troubleshooting an EASAP Same as: EASA > Authoring > Testing > Analyze EASAP
	Delete DELETE	Delete the selected object from the Tree
	Cut CTRL-x	Cut the selected object from the Tree
	Copy CTRL-c	Copy the selected object on the Tree
	Paste (Sibling) CTRL-b	Paste a previously Copied or Cut object as a sibling below the selected object on the Tree
	Paste (Child) CTRL-v	Paste a previously copied or cut object as a child below the selected object on the Tree
	Add/Edit Comment	Open a text entry box for inserting a comment as a Tool tip: for an object
	Open Template Editor	Open the Template Editor
	Save Object to File	Save selected object to a local file
	Import Object from File	Import a previously saved object from the local machine The imported object must then be Pasted into place on the Tree
	Add Sibling Objects	List any objects that may be added as a sibling
	Add Child Objects	List any objects that may be added as a child