The Application: The Main Window
When, and as you can see from the figure, pgDesigner shows a rather simple and rather conforms to the structure of many of the existing applications.
The main menu presents a classic general, and the area below is divided into functional areas. The window can be resized at will, while the various panels can be hidden or resized to allow a broader view of the charts.
In any particular area, or panel, has a specific function, which allows you to control some aspects of a project or view the current status of the project active. On the following page description of these areas.
Description of functional areas | |||
---|---|---|---|
Main Menu | Like nearly all existing applications on the market, and not, pgDesigner has a main menu containing all the items and options for the management and control of program and project management. As you can see from the preceding page, there are five main elements: File, Edit, Project, Tool and Help; Each of these elements group a number of voices, dividing this type functions and meaning. In subsequent chapters will be described in detail the significance of each item and function within the program. | ||
Menu Bar |
![]() To assist the main menu, below this is a horizontal panel, which contains a set of buttons that represent some of the features most useful to the user. On the right are two combo that, when enabled, allows switching between different projects open, or select one of the displays of current project. According to the current status, application or project, the buttons can be disabled, for the items in the main menu. |
||
Panel Instruments |
|
||
Panel projects |
|
||
State Panel |
![]() At the base of the main window is a visible horizontal panel, which contains graphics and text areas. This panel displays all relevant information on the current status of the project, some of these objects have also feature active. In subsequent chapters will be described features and the type of information displayed each of these areas. |
The Menu Bar, the Panel Instruments and the State Panel can be made invisible and in some instances, such as the list of project items, resized. Each variation of the visual is stored in a configuration file General, which will be restored the next time the program; of this file structure will be described in subsequent chapters.