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New Instance Connection ...

Opens the Connection dialog, enabling you to connect to another (or even the same) MySQL server using another connection profile (or even the same profile). If another connection can be established, another MySQL Administrator main window is opened.

Manage Connections ...

Opens the Options dialog, with the Connections section preselected.

Save current Connection ...

Opens the Options dialog, with the Connections section preselected. Furthermore, a new connection labeled New Connection is created, which is also preselected. The fields are filled with the values of the recent connection. You can edit those values and save the settings in that new profile. You may also want to rename the profile name from New Connection to something more appropriate. If you click the Close button without saving your changes with the Apply Changes button, you will be prompted as to whether you want to save or discard your changes.

Close

Closes the MySQL Administrator window and terminates your current connection to the MySQL server. If you have opened more than one instance of MySQL Administrator, this command will not close the other windows.

Edit

The Cut, Copy, and Paste commands allow you to cut, copy, or paste selected text in the working area.

Options

Opens the Options dialog window.

View

The View menu provides an alternative way for selecting the sections in the sidebar.

Tools

The Tools menu provides ways to start other programs.

MySQL Command Line Client

This menu item is available only if MySQL Administrator finds the executable of the MySQL command-line client. At the moment, it will look up locations like c:\mysql\bin, d:\mysql\bin, and c:\program directory\mysql\bin to find mysql.exe. If it is found, you can start the command-line client with this command. MySQL Administrator will use the credentials provided in the Connection dialog to start a server connection using the command-line client.

Windows Command Line

Opens a DOS window.

Help

Online Help

Opens a window displaying the MySQL reference manual's MySQL Administrator section. [SH] Mike: Should be "Help" only to make clear it will not load the MySQL online manual from www.mysql.com/doc/

Report Bug to MySQL

Opens a connection to MySQL's bug reporting system in your web browser.

Launch MySQL Website

Opens a connection to MySQL's web site in your web browser.

About ...

Gives information about MySQL Administrator.