Process Designer Express menus
In Process Designer Express, the enabled menus
and menu options depend on what displays in the Working Area. The
following sections explain the main menus of Process Designer Express when
the Working Area is empty or displays the Template Definitions window:
Note:
When the Working Area displays the diagram editor,
Process Designer Express enables
options in the Edit menu, and enables different options in some
of the other menus. Most of these functions pertain to working with
activity diagrams, and are discussed in
Accessing diagram editor functionality: Process Designer Express
menus.
Functions of the File menu
When the Working Area is empty or it displays the Template
Definitions or Template Messages window, the File menu displays
the following options:
- New--Creates a new collaboration template.
- Open--Opens an existing collaboration template definition.
Contains the following two options:
- From Project--Opens a collaboration template from an
Integration Component Library user project.
- From File--Opens a collaboration
template from a .cwt file stored in the file system.
- Close--Closes the collaboration template.
- Save--Saves the current collaboration template. Contains
the following two options:
- To Project--Saves a collaboration template to an Integration
Component Library user project.
- To File--Saves a collaboration
template to a .cwt file that is stored in the file system.
- Save As--Saves the current collaboration template under
a different name. Contains the following two options:
- To Project--Saves a collaboration template to an Integration
Component Library user project.
- To File--Saves a collaboration template to a .cwt file
that is stored in the file system.
- Delete--Displays the Delete template from Project' dialog
box, from which you can choose the collaboration template to delete.
- Compile--Compiles the collaboration template. For more
information, see Compiling a collaboration template.
- Compile All--Enables you to compile all collaboration
templates in your project, or to specify a subset for compilation.
For more information, see Compiling multiple collaboration templates.
- Import--Imports files into the template definition.
The Process Designer Express Importer can import BPEL and
UML (in XMI format) files; the files are converted as necessary
to InterChange Server Express 4.2 template files.
- Export--Exports files. You can export a template file
to UML (in XMI format) or BPEL format. The Process Designer Express Exporter
tool performs all necessary format conversions.
- Exit--Closes Process Designer Express.
When the Working Area displays the diagram editor, the File menu
displays the additional Page Setup, Print Preview, and Print options
to enable printing of an activity diagram. When the Working Area
displays the Template Messages window, the File menu displays an
additional option that allows you to print the message file.
Functions of the Edit menu
The
Edit menu options are available only when the diagram editor is
active. Options include standard Windows edit commands (for example,
Undo, Redo, Copy, and Paste) and the following special Process Designer Express options:
- Select All--Selects all nodes in the current activity
diagram.
- Find ID--Finds the activity diagram ID.
- Find Text--Lets you find text in the current activity
diagram.
- Replace Text--Lets you find and replace text in the
current activity diagram.
- Properties--Lets you edit the properties of a selected symbol. This option is enabled only when a
symbol is selected in the workspace.
- Font--Lets you change the font and color of text labels of selected
symbols in an activity diagram. You can change the font of the currently
selected symbols and links or you can change the font of all components
by first using the Select All option to select all components in
a diagram, then applying the font change. This option is only activated
when a symbol is selected in the workspace.
Functions of the View menu
The View menu functions are valid when Process Designer Express first
opens and when the Working Area display pertains to the visual appearance
of activity diagrams. Many of these functions can be toggled on
or off:
- Preferences--Opens the User Preferences dialog box,
which enables you to specify how items are represented in Process Designer Express.
- Template
Tree--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the template tree view as the left pane of the Process Designer Express window.
- Output
Window--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the results of the template compilation.
- Toolbars--Controls display of the different toolbars
of Process Designer Express. The
submenu options include:
- Standard--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the Standard
toolbar.
- Symbols--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the Symbols
toolbar.
- Align--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the Alignment
toolbar.
- Nudge--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the Nudge
toolbar.
- Zoom--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for Zoom/Pan
toolbar.
- Programs--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for accessing other InterChange Server Express programs.
- Status bar--When this option is on, Process Designer Express can
display its single-line status message at the bottom of the main
window.
In addition, Process Designer Express enables the following
diagram options when the diagram editor is active:
- View Types--When on, displays a symbol's
type. This option is useful to help you learn to recognize a node
by its shape.
- View UIDs--When on, displays the unique ID (UID)
of each symbol.
- View Labels--When on, displays the user-provided symbol
label.
- Lock (Read only)--When on, puts the activity
diagram into read-only mode.
- Refresh--Refreshes the activity diagram display.
- Grid--When on, displays the workspace grid
lines. When off, grid lines are hidden.
- Snap to Grid--When on, new symbols are automatically aligned
with the grid lines when they are placed in the activity diagram.
- Grid Properties--Lets you set the grid
properties. (Note that Angle Snap is not applicable to activity
diagrams, though it can be toggled on and off.)
- Page Bounds--Shows the page boundaries as dashed lines.
- Zoom commands--Lets you enlarge the activity
diagram or zoom
to one section. You can also perform zoom commands from the Zoom
toolbar. For more information on zooming, see Zooming or panning on symbols.
- Auto Layout--Automatically aligns the scenario open
in the diagram editor.
- Template Auto Layout--Automatically aligns all scenarios
inside a template.
Functions of the Template menu
When the Working Area is empty or it displays the Template
Definitions or Template Messages windows, the Template menu displays
the following options:
- Whenever any object except a scenario is selected in the template
tree view:
- Open All Diagrams--Opens all activity
diagrams defined for the collaboration template.
- Close All Diagrams--Closes all open activity diagrams.
- New Scenario--Displays the New Scenario dialog box.
- Open Template Definitions--Displays the Template Definitions
window, from which you can modify properties of the collaboration
template.
- Open Template Messages--Displays the Template Messages
window, from which you can define or modify the message file associated
with the collaboration template.
- Whenever a scenario is selected in the template tree view, the
following additional menu items are available:
- Open Diagram--Opens the activity
diagram for the current scenario.
- Rename Scenario--Enables you to rename the current scenario.
- Delete Scenario--Deletes the current selected scenario
and its activity diagrams.
- Open Scenario Definition--Enables you to edit scenario-level
variables.
- When the diagram editor is open, the following menu items are
available in addition to those already described:
- Size Diagram--Resizes the activity
diagram in units of vertical and horizontal page counts, and is
relevant for printing the activity
diagram. The Diagram size dialog contains spin controls for numeric
page inputs. Note that diagram size is directly related to paper
orientation (landscape or portrait) and paper selection.
- Save Diagram as Text File--Saves the current activity
diagram to a file in a text format (.txt).
Functions of the Tools menu
The Tools menu enables you to launch other InterChange Server Express tools.
The options are as follows:
- Map Designer Express
- Opens Map Designer Express.
- Business Object Designer Express
- Opens Business Object Designer Express.
- Relationship Designer Express
- Opens Relationship Designer Express.
Functions of the Window menu
The Window menu pull-down options encompass the standard
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window display functions. Use
these options to control display features such as tiling, cascading,
and activating open windows.
