# IBM Visualization Data Explorer Programmer's Reference

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## 3.4 Module Builder: Menu Bar

The pull-down menus of the Module Builder are `File`, `Edit`, `Build`, and `Help`.

### File Options

`New` | Reinitializes the Module Builder.
`Open` | Opens a specified file (`.mb`) for modification.
`Save` | Saves the current module specification under the current name (grayed-out unless a name has been provided with Open or Save As...).
`Save As...` | Saves the current module specifications under a new name.
`Quit` | Exits the Module Builder.

### Edit Options

`Comment` | Specifies a comment to be associated with the module. This comment will appear in both the resulting C-code and mdf files.

`Options...`

Specifies one of the following options for a module:

- Pin--Run the module on the same processor each time the visual program is executed (in a multiprocessor environment).
- Side_Effect--Run the module every time the visual program is executed--because the module produces additional effects (other than its output), such as writing out a log file.

### Build Options

`Create MDF` | Create an mdf file from the current module specifications.
`Create C` | Create a C-code framework file from the current module specifications.
`Create Makefile` | Create a makefile from the current module specifications.
`Create All` | Create all three files from the current module specifications.
`Build Executable` | Compile and link a version of Data Explorer using this module.
`Build and Run DX` | Compile, link, and run a version of Data Explorer using this module.

### Help Options

The Help options for the Module Builder are the same as those for the Image window and the VPE (as detailed in the User's Guide). You can access this information through the `Using Help...` option of the `Help` pull-down menu.

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