Tools menu

Command	Description
Oscilloscope	Show the Soft Oscilloscope.
Compile (Ctrl + B)	Compile the whole project.
Compile & Download (Ctrl + F7)	Compile the whole project and download it to the controller.
User Options	Open the User Options dialog box.

User Options

Select the check box in this area to enable or disable the Load at startup option in the AKD GUI Scope Settings tab. (Figure 1)

Figure 1: Scope Settings tab > Load at Startup drop-down

This area is used to enable or disable automatically saving project recovery files at a specified interval.

Once set, this applies to all further project recovery files for the user.
The stopwatch icon in the bottom right corner of the KAS-IDE indicates whether AutoSave Recovery Files is active () or disabled ().
- See How does file recovery work? for information about recovery files.

This area is used to configure the number of automatic backup of KAS project or library files when the project or library is saved.

The maximum number of backups is specified by the Backup File Count spinbox.
Backup files are stored in the same directory as the KAS project or library that is being saved.
- Backup files have the extension .backup[nn].kas or .backup[nn].kal” where [nn] represents two digits.
- The most recent backup of a KAS project is .backup01.kas; the next most recent backup is .backup02.kas, and so on.

Select the check box in this area to automatically open the Compiler Output tab each time a KAS project is compiled.