In addition to display windows, the CVW screen includes a menu bar, which contains the following menus. For a more detailed description of CVW menus and commands, see CVW Help.
| Menu | Contents |
| File | This menu contains the following commands: | |
| Command | Description | |
| Open Source | Opens any text file, and reads it into the active Source window. |
| Open Module | Opens the source file of any module for which CVW information has been loaded, and reads it into the active Source window. |
| Exit | Ends your CVW session, and returns you to Windows. |
| Edit | This menu contains the following commands: | |
| Command | Description | |
| Undo | Retracts the most recent edit, and restores the current line to its previous condition. |
| Copy | Copies selected text to the paste buffer. |
| Paste | Inserts text from the paste buffer into the active window at the present cursor location, if that location is valid (for example, text cannot be pasted into the Source window). |
| View | This menu contains the following commands: | |
| Command | Description | |
| Source | Opens a new Source window. | |
| Memory | Opens a new Memory window. | |
| Register | Acts as a switch to open and close the Reg window. | |
| 8087 | Acts as a switch to open and close the 8087 window. | |
| Local | Acts as a switch to open and close the Local window. | |
| Watch | Acts as a switch to open and close the Watch window. | |
| Command | Acts as a switch to open and close the Command window. | |
| Help | Acts as a switch to open and close the Help window. | |
| Maximize | Enlarges the active window so that it fills the screen. | |
| Size | Enables the arrow keys to resize the active window. | |
| Close | Closes the active window. | |
| Menu | Contents | |
| Search | This menu contains the following commands: | ||
| Command | Description | ||
| Find | Searches for the next occurrence of a text string or a regular expression that you supply in the Find dialog box. |
| Selected Text | Searches for the next occurrence of a string of selected text. |
| Repeat Last Find | Searches for the next occurrence of the string or regular expression specified in the previous Find dialog box. |
| Label/Function | Searches for a label definition or function in the active Source window; if one is found, moves the input focus to the found label definition or function in the active Source window. |
| Run | This menu contains the following command: | |
| Command | Description | |
| Animate | Continues running an application while displaying the execution path in the Source window. This type of display is called an animated trace display. |
| Watch | This menu contains the following commands: | ||
| Command | Description | ||
| Add Watch | Adds an expression to the Watch window. | ||
| Delete Watch | Deletes an expression from the Watch window. | ||
| Set Breakpoint | Specifies where to interrupt execution of an application. You can set breakpoints on lines of source code, variables, expressions, and Windows messages. | ||
| Edit Breakpoints | Performs editing functions on breakpoints; they can be added, removed, modified, enabled, or disabled. | ||
| Quick Watch | Selects one expression for the Quick Watch dialog box. For a description of the Quick Watch window, see Section 4.9.4, “Using the Quick Watch Command.” | ||
| Menu | Contents | ||
| Options | This menu contains the following commands: | ||
| Command | Description | ||
| Source Window | Sets the display characteristics of the active Source window. |
| Memory Window | Sets the display characteristics of the active Memory window. |
| Trace Speed | Sets the speed of tracing and execution of an application. |
| Case Sensitivity | Turns case sensitivity on or off. |
| 386 Instructions | Reads all 80386 instructions as 32-bit values when this command is checked; otherwise, reads all instructions as 16-bit values. |
| Calls | The contents and size of this menu change as your application runs. The Calls menu shows the currently executing routine and the trail of routines from which it was called. Your application must execute at least the beginning of the WinMain function before CVW will display the current routine. When you select one of the lines in the Calls menu, CVW displays the source code corresponding to the calling location in the active source window. |
| Help | This menu can be used to access Help. |