Across all IUCLID features a main menu and toolbar buttons are available in a separate pane on top of the screen below the title bar of the IUCLID window. They give access to most of the functionality found within IUCLID. Apart from the tasks displayed in the Task panel, commands needed to create, edit, view, export, print or delete records can be chosen.
The following screenshots show the menu options. Commands preceded by an icon are also available as toolbar buttons displayed in the toolbar right under the menu bar.
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An overview of all edit symbols is also given in chapter D.4.4 Overview of edit symbols.
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Depending on which feature you have opened and operations done before, some functions are displayed in light grey, which means that they are unavailable. For instance, the Save command is only available if any changes have been made to a given record; the Create dossier command is only available when you have opened one of the IUCLID sections 0-3, but not of sections 4-13.
The shortcuts keys (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+S) displayed in the IUCLID menu options appear in the language set for your operating system.
You have the following possibilities for choosing a command or option:
Selecting from the menu bar: Click the menu name and then the desired command if available. For example, to print a record or dossier you would click File on the menu bar and then click Print. Some menu options are followed by an arrow which opens a submenu from which you can choose the desired command.
Keyboard selection on the menu bar: If you are a fast typist, you might prefer using the Alt key to select commands instead of using the mouse. Notice that the menu names have an underlined letter. This is the letter you press on the keyboard to open the menu and select the command. For example, press and hold the Alt key and then press the F key to open the File menu.
Keyboard shortcuts: You can press the shortcut listed next to the command name on the menu. For example, the shortcut for pasting is Ctrl+V (press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the V key). The advantage of this method is that you need not open any menu, provided you know the desired shortcuts by heart. Some of the IUCLID shortcuts are the same as available in most Office applications, namely Ctrl+X (Cut), Ctrl+C (Copy), Ctrl+V (Paste).
Using the toolbar: You can click a specific button to select a command. For example, click the Undo button
to undo the last operation(s) which is the same
as selecting Edit, Undo from the menu.Tip
If you are not sure what a button does, hover the mouse pointer over the button. A ScreenTip (the command name) should appear.
Main menu and toolbar commands
In the following all available commands are briefly explained in the order appearing in the main menu bar:
File menu
The File menu includes commands related to administrative features and handling of IUCLID elements:
Login: Invokes the login dialogue box asking for the Username and Password to log in your user account and start a IUCLID session.
Logout: Terminates your IUCLID session.
Administrative Tools (only available after logging in as SuperUser):
Backup: Allows to back up all data stored in your IUCLID installation (see chapter D.18 Back up and Restore).
Restore: Allows to restore files saved with the back up feature in your IUCLID installation (see chapter D.18 Back up and Restore).
Initialise: Starts the First steps wizard, which guides you through the different steps involved to setting up your application so that you can use it immediately (see chapter C.2 Starting IUCLID 5: First steps wizard).
New: The New command can also be invoked by clicking the respective link in the Task panel to create either one of the following IUCLID elements:
Substance (see chapter D.4.2 Feature "Substance - New": How to create a Substance dataset)
Template (see chapter D.5.2 Creating "Copy" or "Inherit" Template datasets)
Mixture (see chapter D.7.2 Creating and populating a Mixture dataset)
Category (see chapter D.6.2.3 Creating and populating a Category)
Legal entity (non-official Legal entity only) (see chapter D.9.2.2 Creating a trade partner's "non official" Legal entity)
Site (see chapter D.10.2 Feature "Legal entity sites - New": How to create a Legal entity site)
Reference substance (see chapter D.11.3 Feature "Reference substance - New": How to create a Reference substance)
Save (Ctrl+S): Saves the currently opened IUCLID element.
Save with comment (Ctrl+Shift+S): Saves the currently opened IUCLID element, but allows to add a comment, which then appears in the Modification history tab (see chapter D.4.9.2 Tab "Modification history").
Edit item (Ctrl+E): Switches to the Edit mode, which allows to edit the opened document. Be aware that IUCLID elements are always locked except when newly created. In some cases, the Edit mode cannot be invoked and the document can only be viewed (e.g. as in Dossiers).
View item (Ctrl+W): Switches from the Edit mode to the View mode.
Create dossier: Created a Dossier out of the raw data (see chapter D.8.2 Creating Dossiers).
Export: Starts the Export assistant for the current IUCLID element (see specific guidance for each element type).
Info: Displays the Information window as pop-up window. This can be useful if you do not wish to maximise the fixed Information window below the Data entry window (see chapter D.4.9 How to use the Information window).
Print: Starts the Print assistant for the current IUCLID element (see specific guidance for each element type).
Delete item: Deletes the current IUCLID element.
Exit: Shuts down the IUCLID application.
Edit menu
The Edit menu includes commands needed to edit data entry fields:
Undo (Ctrl+Z): Undoes the last operation. Note: Saving or deleting a record is not reversible.
Redo (Ctrl+Y): Restores the entries removed by the last operation.
Cut (Ctrl+X): Cuts the marked text and pastes it into the clipboard.
Copy (Ctrl+C): Copies the marked text into the clipboard. Works also in the View mode.
Paste (Ctrl+V): Pastes the text from the clipboard into the current field provided the data type allows so.
Go menu
The Go menu includes commands needed to navigate back and forth and to the Task panel:
Back (Alt-Left): Navigates back to the previous IUCLID element or document. The history of opened documents is remembered. The command can be repeated as appropriate.
Forward (Alt-Left): Navigates forward to the IUCLID element or document opened before the Back command was selected. The command can be repeated as appropriate.
Home (Alt-Left): Navigates back to the IUCLID Task panel (see chapter D.2 Task panel (main programme window)).
Window menu
The Window menu includes the following commands:
Background jobs: Opens the background jobs indicator, which shows the progress of the operation started, e.g. an import job.
Clipboard: Opens the IUCLID clipboard, which allows to paste copied single or several Endpoint study records into the same or another dataset (see chapter D.4.7.9 Copying Endpoint study records).
Help menu
The Help menu includes the following commands:
Help contents: Launches the Help contents to browse it and find the information of interest (see chapter A.3 Online Help).
Help (F1): Launches the context-sensitive Help, which provides help directly linked to the state of application (what the user is doing) (see chapter A.3 Online Help).
Diagnostic: Opens the client-side request processing filer, which lists all commands during the current session and any failures.
About: Opens a window displaying information on the IUCLID application in the following tabs:
About: Shows copyrigth information.
Support: Displays the contact information of the European Commission includung the IUCLID web site.
Version: Indicates the current version of IUCLID.
System information: Shows information on the application type, operating system, memory etc.
Third party copyrights: Indicates third party copyrights acknowledged by the manufacturer of the IUCLID software.
Installed plugins: Lists all installed plugins.
Plugins menu
The Plugins menu includes the following command:
Migrate: Launches the migration tool, which allows to migrate IUCLID 4 to IUCLID 5 datasets (see chapter D.17 Migrate data (Migrate data from IUCLID 4 to IUCLID 5 format)).