Menu button

The Menu button is on the top-left corner of a project window and appears as.

Items on the menu button

The following table lists and describes the items on the menu button.

Item Shortcut Description
New Ctrl+N Creates a new analysis project.
Configurations Backup   Imports or exports global configurations (See Global configurations for details).
  • Import: Imports global configurations from a file.
  • Export: Exports current configurations of the program to a file.
Print   Prints current page or sets print configurations.
  • Print: Prints the current window in a format appropriate to its type.
  • Print Settings: Configures printer functions in the Print Setup dialog box.
  • Print Preview: Preview the print page.
Resource   Offers Internet information about Colasoft and network analysis.
  • Colasoft Home Page: Opens Colasoft home page.
  • Tech Forum: Opens the technical forum, where you can get help and learn more skills on network analysis.
Product   Provides product information.
  • Product License: Renews your license key.
  • Register: Registers at Colasoft official website to get timely customer services and product information.
  • Check Update: Checks new versions.
  • About: Opens the About dialog box where you can find the version, copyright and license information of the product.
Close   Closes current analysis project and goes back to the Start Page.
Recent Files   A list of recently opened packet files for you to conveniently select a file to open.
Options   Configures some settings for the analysis project (See System Options for details).
Exit   Exits the program.

Quick Access Icons

After starting an analysis project, there are three quick access icons beside the Menu button.

Icon Description

Creates a new analysis project.
Closes current project and goes back to the Start Page.
Saves packets in the buffer to disk. You can save packets in twelve formats, including Colasoft Packet File (*.cscpkt), Colasoft Raw Packet File (*.rawpkt), Colasoft Raw Packet File (v2) (*.rawpkt), Accellent 5Views Packet File (*.5vw), EtherPeek Packet File (V9) (*.pkt), HP Unix Nettl Packet File (*.TRC0; TRC1), libpcap (Wireshark, Ethereal, Tcpdump, etc.) (*.cap; pcap), Microsoft Network Monitor 1.x, 2.x (*.cap), Novell LANalyzer (*.tr1), NetXRay2.0, and Windows Sniffer (*.cap), Sun_Snoop (*.Snoop), and Visual Network Traffic Capture (*.cap).
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