File Commands


The commands on the File menu should be fairly obvious, really.


New
Creates a new, empty document containing one byte whose value is 0.

Open
Reads in a normal file from disk.

Open Special
Allows you to open one of the other types of document available in AXE.

Close
When a document is closed, you will be prompted to save it if you have performed any operations on the actual bytes. Exception -- writable files opened in Huge File mode are written to disk as they are edited so there is no need for a separate 'Save' operation.

Save
When you save a document back to the same filename you opened it from, you are asked whether or not you really want to overwrite the file.

Save As
Save with a new filename. You can use this option to save a document of an exotic type as a plain file for later reference.

Save Copy
Writes the document to disk, leaving the filename associated with the document unchanged. This is useful for making backups as you work.

Revert
Reloads the document, losing all changes that were made since you last saved. This has no effect for Huge Files, as changes are committed instantly.

Print/Print Preview
There is no law against trying to print with AXE, but as AXE makes no effort to paginate its output or to size it correctly, it is an uphill struggle. Printing is not in AXE's core feature set. You can, however, use the report generation feature to produce output that can be printed nicely.

Generate Report...
This option allows you to create a report on the current document, for putting on a web page or printing out. You can choose whether to use HTML, whether to include structure and text data, and most importantly, whether to use the whole file or the selected region. HTML reports will use the colors currently used in AXE.

Exit
Exits from A.X.E., prompting to save any changed documents.