# Getting started #

*<small>Last update of this page : 20/01/2016</small>*

## Main menu ##

Everything starts with 3P's main menu :

![image](content_images/getting-started-0.png)

All 3P's features are accessible from this menu, this is the main entry point. Once you are familiar with the software, you can use the direct shortcuts.


## Setting an environment ##

3P has a lot of features that are available immediately, like the auto-completion or the syntax highlighting. **However,** if you want to enable the **FULL POTENTIAL** of this software, like :

- auto-completing database tables/fields,
- compiling, running your program from notepad++,
- easily browsing your project's files,
- analyzing the included files (.i) or the `PERSISENT` procedures of your code
- and so on...

You need to **provide info to 3P**!

Read the info below concerning the page `SET` > `ENVIRONMENT` :

*The following screenshots might not be up to date with the latest version of 3P, however the general idea will still be true*

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