Open

Use the Open menu item to close the Scripts Explorer and open the currently selected script in the main window. You can also open the currently selected script by pressing F2 (the same shortcut as in the main window), or by double-clicking on it.

Execute

(generate diary)

Use the Execute menu item to close the Scripts Explorer, open the currently selected script in the main window, and then execute it (generate the corresponding diary). You can also execute the currently selected script from within the Scripts Explorer by pressing F9 (the same shortcut as in the main window).

Select containing folder

Use the Select Containing Folder menu item to jump to the folder where the currently selected script is located.

This is useful if, as in the example on the right, you are displaying all the scripts of the database, by selecting the Q++scripts root and having the recurse subfolders option on.

In such cases, all the scripts are mixed together and the Select Containing Folder menu item is the way to navigate to the exact folder that contains the selected script.

Note that using the Select Containing Folder menu item makes no sense if the recurse subfolders option is not activated.

Copy

Use the Copy menu item to copy one or more selected scripts (a dialog will come up asking you for the destination path).

You can also copy multiple scripts in the Scripts Explorer by dragging them with the mouse to the destination folder. Note that copying files preserves their names, and therefore you cannot copy files from and to the same directory, using drag and drop. If you wish to make a copy of a Script in the same directory, you must use the Copy menu item.

Move

Use the Move menu item to move one or more selected scripts (a dialog will come up asking you for the destination path).

You also can move multiple scripts in the Scripts Explorer either by dragging them with the mouse to the destination folder.

Rename

Use the Rename menu item to rename the currently selected script in the Scripts Explorer.

Delete

Use the Delete menu item to delete one or more selected scripts in the Scripts Explorer.

Unlock

Use the Unlock menu item to unlock a script which might be incorrectly reported as locked in message 179410 or message 182890.

Preview Script

To preview the script lines and structure of a Script, right-click on a Script and select Preview Script, from within the Scripts Explorer.

A dialog appears with the list of script lines of the current script, displayed in essentially the same manner as in the script editor.

Clicking on any of the script lines that refers to a QuarkXPress or an InDesign document displays a bitmap preview of that QuarkXPress or InDesign document.

You can also preview a script more fully, including its page sequence and the value of each token on each page, using the full script preview.

Preview Main Grid

Use the Preview Main Grid menu item to directly jump to the preview of the main grid of the currently selected script.

The preview displayed here is the same as you would get if using the Preview Script menu item (above) and selected the main grid in the preview window, or the Preview All Grids menu item (below).

Preview All Grids

Use the the Preview All Grids menu item to display a sub-menu with access to the preview of each of the grids contained in the currently selected script.

The sub-menu items follow the order of the script lines in the script editor and the main grid is displayed in bold uppercase.

View Script as XML

Use the View Script as XML menu item to view the selected script as XML, in the xml script viewer dialog.

XML Script Editor

Use the XML Script Editor menu item to view one or two selected scripts in the side-by-side xml scripts editor dialog.

➢If only one script is selected, then that same same is displayed on both sides of the XML scripts manipulations dialog. This is convenient to copy elements of one script line to another, such as copying the GenTokens5 of one script line to the GenTokens2 of another script line, all within the same script.

If two scripts are selected, then they are displayed side-by-side in the XML scripts editor dialog.

Open Used Files

Use the Open Grids menu item to open any of the QuarkXPress or InDesign files used by the currently selected script, using QuarkXPress or InDesign, depending on the format of the file.

Open Output File

Use the Open Output File menu item to open the output file of the currently selected script, using QuarkXPress or InDesign, depending on the format of the file.

Copy Used Filenames

Use the Copy Used Filenames menu item to copy onto the clipboard, the full paths or just the file names of all the QuarkXPress and InDesign files used by the all currently selected scripts (this function works with multiple selections of scripts).

Re-scan Used Files

Use the Re-scan Used Files menu item to batch re-scan the templates of the currently selected script, using QuarkXPress or InDesign, depending on the format of the file.

Data Use Reports

Use the List of Uses menu item to access any of the many reports listing the various data sets used by the currently selected script(s) (Holidays and One-time-dates, Saints and Saints Exceptions, Slogans, Macros, Saras, all used files, and fonts).

These reports, similar to the data used by a script and data used by all scripts reports, depending if one of more scripts are selected, are generated within the advanced data grid, allowing you to sort, filter and group the reports' data and eventually export these to Excel.