Working with tools

In addition to painters, DataWindow Designer provides you with some other tools to help you with your work. You can open most tools from the Tools menu, the PowerBar, or the Tools page in the New dialog box.

Tool summary

Table 1-2 lists the tools.

**Table 1-2: DataWindow Designer tools**
Tool	What you use the tool for
File editor	Edit text files. For more information, see “Using the file editor”.
To-Do List	Keep track of object creation tasks and create links to quickly get you to the place where you need to complete the tasks. For information, see “Using the To-Do List”.
Database profile	Define and use named sets of parameters to connect to a particular database. For information, see Connecting to Your Database.