User Manual

MOSES Editor

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Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2014

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License & Copyright

MOSES Editor Program & User Manual
2014 Bentley Systems, Incorporated

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Contents
License & Copyright .......................................................................................................... 3
Contents.............................................................................................................................. 4
About this Manual .............................................................................................................. 5
Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 6
Getting Started ......................................................................................................... 6
Ctrl+Space................................................................................................................ 6
Chapter 2 MOSES Editor Reference.................................................................................. 7
Ribbon Layout.......................................................................................................... 7
File ........................................................................................................................... 7
Edit ........................................................................................................................... 8
Undo ....................................................................................................................... 10
MOSES .................................................................................................................. 10
Support ................................................................................................................... 11

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About this Manual

This manual describes the MOSES text editor, a new addition to the MOSES suite of
products.

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Chapter 1 Introduction
MOSES Editor was created to allow users to edit MOSES CIF and DAT files with full
syntax highlighting and the ability to run CIF scripts directly from the editing
environment.

Getting Started
MOSES Editor is designed to be simple and easy to use just double click on any CIF
or DAT file and it should instantly open it up and display the file with full syntax
highlighting.

Ctrl+Space
Command completion is performed by typing part of a MOSES command and holding
down Ctrl and pressing the space bar. This will bring up a list of commands that match
what youve typed so far or alternatively if youve typed nothing then it will list either
the options for the current command or if no command has been typed and youre on a
blank line it will list every command available to you. If you choose the command from
the popup then it will be inserted into your current file at the current cursor position.

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Chapter 2 MOSES Editor Reference

This chapter describes the layout of the MOSES Editor.

Ribbon Layout

The Home tab on the MOSES Ribbon is broken up into four different groups File,
Edit, Undo, MOSES, and Support. Holding the mouse over an icon will reveal a pop-up
tool tip outlining the action that the button performs.

File

New

Open a new blank untitled document for editing. If a document is not open in the editor
a blank page will open in the current window. If a document is open, a new window will
launch with a blank untitled document.
Open

Open an existing document. If a document is open in the editor, a new window will
launch with the newly opened document.
Related

Open Related loads any .DAT or .CIF files with the same name in a new window. Any
files that have been included using the &insert or model_in commands in the current
file will also be opened in new windows. This allows you to open up all files related to
your CIF or DAT file for easy editing.
Close

This command closes the current document

Save

This command saves the current document using the existing name.
Save As

This command saves the current document and prompts the user for the new filename.
Print

This command prints the current document.

Print Setup

This command configures the default printer setup for your document.
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Edit

Cut/Copy/Paste

These are the standard cut, copy and paste commands.

Go To

This command allows you go directly to a given line number in the current document.

Find

This command brings up a simple Find dialog letting you look for specified text in the
current document.

Replace

This command brings up a Find & Replace dialog which lets you search for and replace
text in a document with that of your choosing.

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Collapse All/Expand All

These commands allow MOSES main menus and similar blocks of geometry defining
commands in the current document to be collapsed to a single line for simpler viewing
and then expanded for detailed editing.
For example the following list of points can be viewed expanded:

Or the nodes can also be viewed collapsed:

Moving the mouse over the collapsed text will display a pop-up detailing the text that is
contained within the collapsed group.
Licensing Preferences

This command brings up our default license dialog allowing users to choose which
SELECT license MOSES Editor will be used in future.

Font

This command brings up a font dialog and allows the user to change the type and size
font that the editor uses.

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Undo

Undo

This command will undo the last action performed in the editor.
Redo

This command will redo an action that has been previously undone.

MOSES

Run

This command runs a full MOSES analysis on the current Command Input File (CIF)
document open. Any previous results are deleted before running the analysis.
(Note: currently this just uses the current filename to do this ie. <filename>.ans and
<filename>.dba it doesnt yet support the &file use commands so if youve changed
the log/output path then you will need to remove these manually).
Re-Run

This command runs the current Command Input File (CIF) through MOSES however
it doesnt delete any previous results first, so if it has been analysed previously then
MOSES will open it in results viewing mode.
Help

This command looks up the MOSES help on the current highlighted command and
opens it in your web browser. Highlighting the command and pressing the F1 key will
also open the MOSES help document.

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Support

Support Ticket

Directs the default browser to http://www.bentley.com/serviceticketmanager so you can

log a support ticket.
MOSES Editor Help

Opens this document, the MOSES Editor Manual.

MOSES Web Site

Directs the default browser to the MOSES Web Site.

About Editor

Shows some information about the current MOSES Editor version, what SELECT
license is currently being used and whom it is licensed to.

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