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Tutorial Glossary
Here are the clarifications for some technical terms used in the tutorial documents.
| Box | A text entry box |
| Check box | An icon that changes to show a tick or check mark when selected. |
| Click | Press and release the left (select) mouse button. |
| Cross mark | A box containing a '+' of a tree view that can expand a level of the tree view. |
| Double-click | Pres and release the left (select) mouse button twice, in quick succession. |
| Dialog | A window that opens and displays information to be changed, usually with an "OK" and "Cancel" button. |
| Menu bar | The main menu bar for Visual Studio or the .NET window |
| Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 6.0 | Microsoft's development suite that developers use to program C and C++ applications. |
| Tab | Sometimes a dialog will display a row of 'Tabs' that can be selected to show different contents. |
For example:
"Menu bar->File->New" means select the "New" entry from the "File" menu located on the main menu bar of the application.