Starting and stopping application
 Start - the button starts the program. When you start the program, the icon on the button changes and the name of button changes to Stop Debugging. The meaning of button changes according to its new name.
You must take into account that the program being run must be compiled first, so it seems that starting the program takes some time.
When the program starting, an application window appears. The window contains a scene, where Baltie will start executing the assigned commands. You can resize the window as you wish. Besides that, you can switch the program to the full screen mode(Alt+Enter).
 Stop Debugging - It stops a program execution and returns control to the programming mode.
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  Methods
Modern programmers usually divide their programs to a number of short methods. B4 allows you to do it as well. However, this issue is little bit more complex so it is discussed in depth on the separate page. See the page Methods.
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  Models
After pressing the Models button, the Model Viewer window opens. B4 shows all available models in this window. When you click with the left mouse button on a model, the model is chosen and a command is added to the program. Baltie will conjure up the model when the command is executed.
If you cannot decide, which model to choose, you can click on any model with the right mouse button. The model will enlarge and you can observe it from various angles.
When you choose the model, B4 returns to the programming mode and assigns the icons representing the model to the mouse cursor. You must place the command which conjures the model to the proper position in the program.
The command being inserted consists of the icon with conjuring Baltie and the icon with a small preview of the model being conjured.
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    Operation undo and redo
  You can undo the last executed command by the Undo button.
  You can restore the last undone command by the Redo button.
These buttons can be used to cancel the performed actions. If you, for example, delete a command by mistake and you have already forgotten, which one, you can restore it using the Undo button. If you happen to find out that your original decision was not a mistake but a good idea, you can undo your previous undo by the Redo button. In this way you can go through your work both forwards and backwards.
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  Balties
B4 supports programs, which control more than one independent Baltie. These Balties can be controlled either sequentially or each Baltie can be run in its own thread.
Just the sequential control is discussed in this section. Creation of the programs perfroming more than one action at a time is a more advanced programming technique. For further information on these programs see the page Creating threads.
 Set Baltie - It opens a pull down list of commands for particular colors of Balties. You can choose a Baltie from the list, whom you will give orders to. There are 10 Balties available, which differ from each other just by the color of their coats.
The set of available commands for Baltie's control changes when you select a new Baltie. A user can choose the command either directly from the opened list of commands set, or as usual from the tool bar anytime later.
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  SGP Model Editor
It runs Creating models in Model Editor, where you can edit Baltie's models.
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  Help
It opens an internal help, which contains the information on the current program mode.
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