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Main Windows
Mainwindow
The mainwindow holds the general menu for (File, Window, Help Menu), the Toolbar for processing the data windows
a statusbar where coordinates and length, position of Lines in Data windows are shown. The titlebar always show the name
of the current active window.
Menu:
- Files:
- New XY Dataset: Opens a new empty Spreadsheet window Ctrl+N
- New Matrix: Opens a new Matrix window Ctrl+M
- Open: Open a File into workspace Ctrl+O
- Batch Convert: Open Batch Convert window for fast converting a big amount of Data Ctrl+B
- Save: Save the current window to a file in various formats Ctrl+S
- Save all: Save all currently opened Files into a selectabel directory as STP Ctrl+Shift+S
- Quit: Quit the Program Alt+F4
- Windows:
- Show Filewindow: Bring the File window to front, open if closed Ctrl+f
- Arrange windows: Try to place the windows efficiently on the screen
- Next Window: Bring the next Window in the list to front Space
- Previous Window: Bring the next Window in the list to front Backspace
- Help:
- Help: Show Help file (TOC of this Help) F1
- About: Show About message
Toolbuttons:
Toolbuttons are always related to the active window (mostly the last clicked indicated in the mainwindow title)
The actions depends on the type of Window. see in the different Window help for more informations.
File list
In the filelist window all opened data windows are shown [] around the name indicates a hidden window. A * indicates changed data in this dataset (needs save)
The dataset are shown as Icons with the name (normaly is generated from a number and the filename).
There are various methods possible to show the windows: as icon, small icon, list, detailed view (report). In detailed view besides the name and icon the filetype
filename and Actions are shown in own columns (for sort by a colums click onto the title of a column).
In the action column actions done with this dataset are indicated (for example rotate, copy, flatten and so on)
A right click onto a Entry opens the Item popup menu:
- Show: bring this window to front (or reopen it when hidden or iconified)
- Hide: hide this window
- Refresh: Refresh the file list (renew icons and names)
- View Mode: Submenu to change the view style. View file list as: Icon, small icons, List, Report (detailed view), standard is Report style
- Dublicate: Make a copy of the current dataset
- Delete: Remove this file/dataset from the file list
- Delete All: Remove all files/datasets from the file list
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