Customizing the main window
Process Designer Express provides the following
ways to customize its main window:
- Choose which windows display
- Float a dockable window
- Choose how windows within the working area display
Choosing windows to display
As Figure 4 shows, when
you first open Process Designer Express, the template tree view
displays in the left pane. The working area displays on the right
and is empty. The output window does not display. You can customize
the appearance of the main window options from the View menu.
Table 8 describes the options
of the View pull-down menu and how they affect the appearance of
the Process Designer Express main window.
Table 8. View Menu options for main window customization
View Menu option |
Element displayed |
Template Tree |
The template's definitions,
scenarios, and messages as the left-hand pane. |
Output Window |
The output window as a small window
under the template tree view (if it displays) and the working area. |
Toolbars |
A menu that provides options for displaying
the Process Designer Express toolbars:
- Standard
- The main toolbar in the Process Designer Express palette,
which provides buttons that allow you to connect to or disconnect
from InterChange Server Express, open a template from the
Server or from a file, save and compile a template, cut, copy, paste,
and delete a template, and print.
- Symbols
- The Diagram Symbols toolbar provides the symbols to add to
an activity diagram.
- Align
- The Alignment toolbar contains alignment features for activity
diagram symbols.
- Nudge
- The Nudge toolbar contains features that slightly move selected
symbols of an activity diagram.
- Zoom
- The Zoom/Pan toolbar contains features that zoom or pan selected
symbols of an activity diagram.
|
Status Window |
A single-line pane in which Process Designer Express displays status
information |
When a menu option appears with a check mark to the left, the
associated element displays. To turn off display of the element,
choose the associated menu option. The check mark disappears to
indicate that the element does not currently display. Conversely,
you can turn on display of an undisplayed element by choosing the associated
menu option. In this case, the check mark appears beside the displaying element.
Floating a dockable window
Process Designer Express supports the following
portions of the main window as dockable windows:
- Template tree view
- Output window
- Toolbars
By default, a dockable window is usually placed along the edge
of the main window and moves as part of the main window. When you
float a dockable window, you detach it from the main window, allowing
it to function as an independent window. To float a dockable window,
hold down the left mouse button, grab the border of the window and
drag it onto the main window or desktop.
Displaying windows within the working area
The working area of the Process Designer Express main
window allows you to display windows within it in any of the following
ways:
- Maximized--One window takes up the entire working area.
You can switch between maximized windows by choosing the name of
the desired window from the Windows pull-down menu. If you have
kept the default user preferences for Workbook Diagram Windows,
you can also switch between maximized windows by choosing the corresponding
Workbook tab below the working area. For more information, see Changing
general display.
- Sizable--Each window is its own separate area within
the working area. You can resize these windows and can cause them
to overlap and move within the working area. Sizable windows are
useful when you want simultaneous display of more than one activity
diagram or an activity diagram and the Template Definitions or Template
Messages window.
- Minimized--Each window is represented as an icon at
the bottom of the working area. You can restore a minimized window
by double-clicking its minimized representation.
