Running BASCOM-AVR

After you have installed BASCOM, you will find a program entry under MCS Electronics\BASAVR

Double-click the BASAVR icon to run BASCOM.

The following window will appear. (If this is your first run, the edit window will be empty.)

bascomide

The most-recently opened project will be opened automatically. Like most Windows programs, there is a menu and a toolbar. The toolbar can be customized. To do this, place the mouse cursor right beside the 'Help' menu.

Then right-click. You can turn on/off the toolbars or you can choose 'Customize'.

This will show the following window:

toolbar_cust

You have the option to create new Toolbars or the reset the toolbars to the default.

To place a new button on a menu bar, select the 'Commands' TAB.

toolbar_commands

In the example above, the Program Category has been selected and at the right pane, all buttons that belong to the Program-category are shown.

You can now select a button and drag & drop it to the Toolbar. To remove a button from the Toolbar, you drag it out of the Toolbar and release the left mouse button.

On the Options-TAB you can further customize the Toolbar:

setup_options

To preserve screen space there are no large icons available.

Option	Description
Menus show recent used commands first	With this option the IDE will learn the menu options you use. It will show only the most used menu options. The idea is that you can find your option quicker this way.
Show full menus after a short delay	This option will show the remaining menu options after short delay so you do not need to click another menu option to show all menu options.
Reset my usage data	This option will reset the data the IDE has collected about your menu choices.
Show Tool tips on toolbars	This option is on by default and it will show a tool tip when you hold the mouse cursor above a toolbar button
Show shortcut keys in Tool tips	This option is on by default and it will show the shortcut in the tool tip. For example CTRL+C for the Copy button.