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.
In chapter 'Menu' is described in detail the function of each button.

Panel Instruments

As you can see in the illustration on the previous page, to the left of the main window has a vertical bar with a series of buttons with a picture. This panel is called Panel Instruments, and contains buttons necessary to the creation of objects to be included in the project, according to the version of PostgreSQL database choice for the project, some of these buttons can be disabled. In subsequent chapters will be described the function of each one of these buttons.

Panel projects

In the central area of the main window, there is a panel that displays all projects open each folder in a separate and identifiable by the name of the project in its tongue; projects in the absence of this panel is hidden, showing a completely empty.
Each card contains project is the area on which graphic design scheme of the project, is a list of items contained in the draft, the list is similarly to the structure of a directory, with all references objects of the project represented by their names and folders contained in sub divided by type. Up to this list is a combo containing views of the project, and with which you can select one for viewing. In subsequent chapters describes the meaning of the concept viewed as a project and manage.

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.