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- ** TechPlot Interface Basic (7)
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-
- █ TechPlot user interface implementation
-
- TechPlot is created using the
- GraphVision interface framework. The
- TechPlot user interface is divided into
- three main views: DeskTop / Base View,
- Sheet View and Plot View.
-
- The Base View (DeskTop) is just a
- frame, it doesn't have a window. When
- TechPlot starts, it is in this view. From
- here, you can open a Sheet View or Plot
- View.
-
- Sheet View contains a GraphVision
- window with scroll bars, edit control, and
- command buttons. This view mainly handles
- data processing, mathematical
- transformation, and statistical analysis.
- You can create a Plot View from Sheet View
- by choosing some of the Plot creation
- commands.
-
- Plot View contains a GraphVision
- window with a plot editing toolbox and a
- color palette. This view handles all graph
- editing operations.
-
- The following section describes some of
- the common interface actions in all these
- views and how to change views between Sheet
- View and Plot View.
-
-
- █ How to exit to the DOS shell temporarily
-
- You can exit to the DOS shell
- temporarily by choosing the
- File | DOS Shell command from any of the
- three TechPlot views. When you are in the
- DOS shell, type EXIT to return to TechPlot.
-
-
- █ How to choose a window
-
- If there are many Sheet View or Plot
- View windows opened in the desktop and you
- want to switch to a specific window,
- choose the Window | List command. This
- command is available in both Sheet View
- and Plot View. This command will display
- the Window List dialog box in which you
- can select a window in the list box and
- choose the OK command button to make that
- window the active window.
-
- There are two more window management
- commands - Window | Next and Window |
- Previous. These two commands will make
- the next/previous window active. These
- are very useful when you only have two
- windows opened.
-