# User Guide

# Reference

## Main Menu

The BEA Guardian Main Menu is located below the Main Title Bar and above the Main Toolbar. Running from left to right, the Main Menu headings are:

Figure 4-1 Main Menu Headings

- File
- Tools
- Window
- Help

### File Menu

The menu options in the File menu are:

Figure 4-2 Main Menu File Menu

- New - Opens a submenu with:

- Domain - Invokes the Domain Activation Wizard.
- Inventory - Invokes the Inventory Wizard.
- Evaluation - Invokes the Evaluation Wizard.
- Shortcut - Invokes the Shortcut Wizard.

- Close - Closes the most recently opened or most recently active editor in the Document Pane.
- Close All - Closes all the open editors in the Document Pane.
- Print - Prints the contents of the Report tab for whichever one of these editors is active in the Document Pane:

- Domain Inventory
- Evaluation Summary
- Signature Details
- Bundle Details

- Import - Reserved for future use.
- Export - Reserved for future use.
- Exit - Closes the Guardian application.

### Tools Menu

The menu options in the Tools menu are:

Figure 4-3 Main Menu Tools Menu

- Refresh Site List - Updates the list of BEA Support site identifiers available for creating support cases.
- Purge Inactive Domains - Removes domains that have been deactivated from the Domain Explorer and the Guardian Registry. Each purged domain's Domain Inventories, Evaluation Summaries, and Case Creation Archives are deleted from the Guardian Workspace on disk.
- View Log - Opens the Guardian Log file and the Signature Log file.

### Window Menu

The menu options in the Window menu are:

Figure 4-4 Main Menu Window Menu

- Show View - Opens a submenu with the following choices to open certain views. Please note that if a view is already open it is brought to the forefront and made active rather than cloned:

- Domain Explorer - Opens the Domain Explorer view in the Navigation Pane.
- Bundle Explorer - Opens the Bundle Explorer view in the Navigation Pane.
- Shortcut Explorer - Opens the Shortcut Explorer view in the Navigation Pane.
- Signature Explorer - Opens the Signature Explorer view in the Navigation Pane.
- Active Domain Table - Opens the Active Domain Table view in the Document Pane.
- Shortcut Table - Opens the Shortcut Table view in the Document Pane.
- Progress View - Opens the Progress View to the left of the Document Pane.
- Outline View - Opens the Outline View to the right of the Document Pane.

- Reset Perspective - Resets the Guardian application window settings to their original values. This includes opening and arranging all of the Navigator views, opening the Outline and Progress views, and resizing the Document Pane. Any open views and editors remain open.
- Preferences - Opens the Preferences page.

### Help Menu

The menu options in the Help menu are:

Figure 4-5 Main Menu Help Menu

- Welcome - Opens the Guardian Welcome Page.
- Help Contents - Opens the Guardian help system, which includes the Guardian User Guide, a guide to using the Guardian help, and a utility for searching help.
- Search - Opens a utility that searches the Guardian User Guide for the text you enter.
- Dynamic Help - Opens the Guardian dynamic help system. Dynamic help displays all the help text from the Guardian User Guide relating to the currently active view or editor. The dynamic help automatically updates itself to match each view or editor you select.
- Tips and Tricks - Opens a dialog box to select a Guardian Tips and Tricks table. The Tips and Tricks table describes how to perform certain Guardian tasks more efficiently.
- Cheat Sheet - Opens a dialog box to select a Guardian Cheat Sheet. The Cheat Sheet shows how to perform certain Guardian tasks, step by step. Some of the steps can be done for you automatically at the press of a button.
- Manage Guardian - opens a submenu with:

- Update Guardian - Invokes the Update Wizard.
- Manage Configuration - Opens the Product Configuration Manager which allows you to perform the following tasks:

- Scan for Updates - Invokes the Update Wizard.
- View Installation History - Shows what application updates you have installed since first installing Guardian.
- Show Activities - Shows the steps that led to the current Guardian configuration.
- Add an Extension Location - Allows you to extend Guardian.

- Key Assist - Opens a window that lists all the Guardian Keyboard Shortcuts.
- About BEA Guardian - Opens the About BEA Guardian dialog box which provides the specific Guardian version and details on the Guardian features, plug-ins, and configuration.

#### Related Concepts

- Support Case
- Domain
- Guardian Registry
- Guardian Workspace

#### Related Tasks

- Deactivate Domain
- Submit Support Case

#### Related Reference

- Domain Activation Wizard
- Evaluation Wizard
- Shortcut Wizard
- Document Pane
- Domain Inventory
- Evaluation Summary
- Signature Details
- Bundle Details
- Navigation Pane
- Domain Explorer
- Bundle Explorer
- Shortcut Explorer
- Signature Explorer
- Active Domain Table
- Shortcut Table
- Keyboard Shortcuts

#### Related Getting Started

- Interacting with the Graphical User Interface
- Starting the Graphical User Interface