MIB Smithy

Main Menu

This section will introduce you to the MIB Smithy Main Menu. The Main Menu is divided into 7 primary menus: File (for file operations), Edit (for clipboard/preview type operations), View (for configuring the GUI), Insert (for creating new records in the project files), Build (for compiler related activities), Window (for window operations) and Help (for information about MIB Smithy).

The items in each of these menus are described further below. Where menu items correspond directly to Toolbar buttons, the icon for those buttons is also shown below.

File Menu

File/project-related activities

New Project...

Close current project and create a new, empty project.

Add to Project

Add files to current project.

New...

Create a new MIB file in the current project.

Files...

Add an existing MIB file into the current project.

Open Project

Close the current project and open an existing project or load a MIB file in a new, empty project.

Remove

Remove the selected file from the current project.

Save Project

Save the current project to disk.

Save Project As...

Save the current project to disk under a different name.

Close Project

Close the current project and create a new, empty project.

Export

Export modules to special formats.

Name/ID List...

Exports a list of identifiers with their OID values. See Name/ID List Format for details.

OID Tree...

Exports an ASCII representation of the OID Tree. See OID Tree Format for details.

XML...

Exports an XML file without changing the project filename.

Save

Save the selected MIB file to disk.

Save As...

Save the selected MIB file to disk using a new name.

Save All

Save the project file and all MIB files to disk.

Recent Files

Select from up to four recently used files to be opened into a new project.

Recent Projects

Select from up to four recently used project files to be opened.

Exit

Exit the MIB Smithy application.

Edit Menu

Clipboard, preview and record search/removal operations.

Preview As

Preview records or documents in various formats.

SMI Document

Open the Preview tab of the Workspace panel and view the selected MIB file or module as it will look when saved in normal SMI language with syntax highlighting.

XML Document

Open the Preview tab of the Workspace panel and view the selected file or module as it will look when saved in XML format.

MOSY

Open the Preview tab of the Workspace panel and view the selected file or module as it will look when compiled to the MOSY ouptut format.

Name/ID List

Open the Preview tab of the Workspace panel and view the selected file or module as it will look when exported to the Name/ID List format.

OID Tree

Open the Preview tab of the Workspace panel and view the selected file or module as it will look when exported to the OID Tree format.

Find...

Brings up the Search dialog to list or jump directly to records by name, OID or record type.

Find Next

Repeats the last record search operation, jumping to the next matching record.

Cut

Delete the selected text from a form entry and place the deleted text into the clipboard.

Copy

Copy the selected text into the clipboard.

Paste

Paste the clipboard contents into the selected form entry.

Remove

Remove the selected file, module, or record from the project.

Convert to

Convert modules to another SMI version.

SMIv1

Convert MIB module to SMIv1 format.

SMIv2

Convert MIB module to SMIv2 format.

COPS-PR-SPPI

Convert MIB module to COPS-PR-SPPI format.

Reorder Subtree...

Selectively reassign OIDs to records in a selected subtree.

View Menu

Show/Hide various GUI components.

Balloon Help

If checked, enables the "balloon help" function (also known as tooltips or popup help).

Toolbars

Change Toolbar options.

Image Only

Shows the toolbar with only icons, no text.

Text & Image

Shows the toolbar with both icons and text.

Hide

Hides the Toolbar.

Project Tree

Show/Hide the Project Tab/Tree of the Project Panel.

Files Tree

Show/Hide the Files Tab/Tree of the Project Panel.

Workspace Panel

Show/Hide the Workspace Panel .

Information Panel

Show/Hide the Information Panel .

Compiler Panel

Show/Hide the Compiler Panel .

Insert Menu

Create new files, modules and other records, within the selected the selected item in the Project Tree. Records assigning OID values are automatically given the next available subidentifier of the selected record if that record is also of a type that assigns an OID value. Otherwise, the record is created within the appropriate "container" record (e.g., creating a type assignment record will always be placed into the parent module, regardless of what record within that module happens to be selected).

New File

Create a new MIB File in the current project.

New Module

Create a new MIB or PIB Module record in the selected file using the New Module Wizard.

Module Identity

Create a new MODULE-IDENTITY record.

Type Assignment

Create a new TEXTUAL-CONVENTION or ASN.1-style Type Assignment record.

Object Identity

Create a new OBJECT-IDENTITY (or ASN.1-style Value Assignment of type OBJECT IDENTIFIER) record.

Table...

Create a new table using the Table Wizard.

Object Definition

Create a new OBJECT-TYPE record.

Notification

Create a new NOTIFICATION-TYPE or TRAP-TYPE record.

Object Group

Create a new OBJECT-GROUP record.

Notification Group

Create a new NOTIFICATION-GROUP record.

Compliance

Create a new MODULE-COMPLIANCE record.

Capability

Create a new AGENT-CAPABILITIES record.

Build Menu

Validation and compiler-related activities.

Settings...

View and edit the settings for the project, including output format and directories, dependencies, and commands for generating custom compiler formats (Professional version only).

Validate

Validate all modules within the selected MIB file, cross-checking with any dependencies that have been loaded.

Validate All

Validate all modules within all MIB files in the current project, cross-checking with any dependencies that have been loaded.

Compile

Compile the selected file/module into a MOSY .defs file.

Build

Compile all modified files in the project to MOSY .defs files.

Rebuild All

Clean & Compile all files in the project

Clean

Removes all .defs files corresponding to compiled files within the current project.

Tools Menu

Built-in SNMP Management Tools

MIB Browser

Browse an SNMP agent's MIB data using a graphical tree similar to that of the Project Tree.

Table View

View the rows of the specified table in a tabular, spreadsheet-like format.

SNMP Walk

Perform a get-next scan of a specified OID subtree, returning a list of objects implemented and their values, as well as a total variable count, time elapsed, and average response time.

SNMP Query

Perform individual Get, Set, Get-Next and Get-Bulk requests on any number of variable bindings.

Trap Watch

Monitor incoming notifications (traps and inform requests) in real-time.

Window Menu

Show/resize windows and activate open Workspace pages.

Maximize

Maximize the MIB Smithy GUI.

Minimize

Minimize the MIB Smithy GUI.

Close

Close the active Workspace Page.

Close All

Close all Workspace Pages.

# - (page name)

Activate the named page of the Workspace panel.

Help Menu

Contents

Open User's Guide to Table of Contents

Getting Started

Open User's Guide to Introduction.

Common Errors

Open User's Guide to Common Errors .

References

Open User's Guide to References.

Developer's Guide

Open Developer's Guide (Professional Edition only).

Release Notes

View the release notes for the current MIB Smithy version.

License Agreement

View the license agreement.

Muonics on the Web

Links to useful resources at the Muonics web site.

About...

Get version/copyright/etc. information about MIB Smithy.