nContext stringHotspot Editor has four menus: File, Edit, Window, and Help. The commands for these menus are described in the following lists.
Commands on the File menu let you open or save graphics files.
| Command | Description |
| Open | Opens existing 16-color bitmaps (.DIB or .BMP), metafiles (.WMF), or hypergraphics (.SHG). More than one graphic file can be open at one time. |
| Close | Closes the currently selected document window. |
| Save | Saves changes to a hypergraphic. Hotspot Editor displays a warning if you are overwriting the original bitmap. |
| Save As | Saves a hypergraphic under a different name. The default extension .SHG is used if one is not specified. |
| Exit | Exits Hotspot Editor. |
| File Names | Opens a previously edited image file or hypergraphic. Hotspot Editor lists the last four graphics you edited on the File menu. |
Commands on the Edit menu let you edit hot spots and define their attributes.
| Command | Description |
| Undo | Undoes the last action you performed. |
| Attributes | Displays the attributes for each hot spot. Attributes include the binding string, binding type, binding attribute, hot-spot identifier, and the bounding box coordinates. (For more information about hot-spot attributes, see “Adding Hot Spots to Bitmaps,” later in this chapter.) |
| Select | Displays a dialog box listing all the defined hot-spot IDs for the bitmap. You choose an item from the list to select a particular hot spot. |
| Delete | Removes the currently selected hot spot. |
| Cut | Removes the currently selected hot spot from the hypergraphic and places it in the Clipboard. |
| Copy | Copies the currently selected hot spot and places it in the Clipboard. |
| Paste | Pastes a graphic or hot spot from the Clipboard. If the Clipboard contains a graphic, it is pasted into Hotspot Editor. If the Clipboard contains a hot spot, it is pasted in the upper-left corner of the graphic. You can then move the hot spot to the desired location. |
| Replace | Replaces the underlying bitmap in a hypergraphic without losing any hot spot information that has already been defined for the hypergraphic. |
| Preferences | Displays a dialog box that lets you set default values for the binding string, binding type, binding attribute, and hot-spot identifier options of the Attributes command. |
Commands on the Window menu let you arrange and select Hotspot Editor windows and icons.
| Command | Description |
| Cascade | Arranges and resizes the open graphic windows so that each title bar shows. |
| Tile | Arranges and resizes the open graphic windows so that they all fit in the workspace without overlapping. |
| Arrange Icons | Aligns the graphic window icons evenly along the bottom of the main Hotspot Editor window. |
| Window Names | Lists all the currently opened hypergraphic windows. To select a window and display its graphic, choose the window name from the list. |
Commands on the Help menu display Help and copyright information for Hotspot Editor.
| Command | Description |
| Contents | Displays the Contents topic for the Hotspot Editor Help file. |
| About | Displays information about the Hotspot Editor application, including copyright notice and version number. |
If you are opening menus, the gray status bar at the bottom of the Hotspot Editor window displays information about the currently selected command. It also displays information about commands and hot spots.
Once you select a hot spot, the status bar displays the following information for that hot spot:
nContext string
nBinding type
nBinding attribute
nHot-spot identifier
nBounding box coordinates