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Application Windows
All SDL Suite and TTCN Suite tools have a main window with a common general appearance. The tools may also have sub windows that depend on the main window. Apart from these, there are also dialog windows, see Dialog Windows.
In the TTCN Suite in Windows, the windows will be displayed in the working area of the TTCN Suite desktop.
Main Windows
A general main window of an SDL Suite and TTCN Suite tool in Windows and on UNIX, as well as the TTCN Suite desktop in Windows, is depicted and explained below:
Title Bar
The title bar may identify the tool family, the tool and the opened document. In some tools, an asterisk signifies that the document is not saved since the last change.
Menu Bar
The menu bar contains pull-down menus. The menu choices operate either on the whole document or file that is opened in the tool, or on any selected object(s). More information on menus and menu choices can be found in General Menus and General Menu Choices.
You can "preview" the functionality of a menu choice by pointing to it. In the SDL Suite on UNIX you also have to press the mouse button. An explanation will appear in the status bar.
If a menu or menu choice is dimmed, it is not appropriate or meaningful in the current situation, or the associated tool license is temporarily lost.
If a menu or menu choice is hidden, you do not have a license for the associated tool, or the tool has a long/short menu concept which allows hiding of menu choices.
Tool Bar
Most operations that the quick-buttons in the tool bar provide, have an exactly corresponding menu choice, but some quick-buttons have a slightly different functionality compared to their corresponding menu choice. See also General Quick-Buttons.
You can "preview" the functionality of a quick button by pointing to it. In the TTCN Suite on UNIX you also have to press the mouse button. An explanation will appear in the status bar, and as a tool tip just below the button (not available in the TTCN Suite on UNIX).
In the TTCN Suite in Windows, the tool bars are dockable on all sides of the desktop.
Drawing Area
The information a tool handles is displayed and may possibly be edited in the drawing area. The drawing area may also give access to popup menus. See also The Drawing Area.
Working Area (only in the TTCN Suite in Windows)
The working area of the desktop will display the TTCN Suite windows that you open. For example, when you open a TTCN document, the Browser window will be displayed in the working area.
Tool Frame (only in the SDL Suite on UNIX)
A tool frame, with a unique color for each tool, surrounds the drawing areas in the SDL Suite. This makes it easier for you to identify a tool, without the need to see the whole drawing area or the title bar.
Status Bar
The status bar displays information about menu choices and quick-buttons, the progress or result of an invoked operation, and the name of a selected object or additional information about an object.
Sub Windows
A sub window of an SDL Suite and TTCN Suite tool is a window that depends on the main window of the tool. A sub window is opened either automatically when the main window is opened or as a result of user interaction with the main window. All sub windows are automatically closed when the main window exits. However, to close a sub window does not affect the main window.
The TTCN Suite Logs
Some TTCN Suite tools, for example the Analyzer, produce logs.
On UNIX, the relevant tool dialog allows the log device to be set to Screen, File or None. If set to Screen, the log will be displayed in its own log window. If set to File, a directory dialog will be displayed where you can specify a file to save the log in.
In Windows, the Log Manager will display the logs, and tabs are used for viewing different logs. The contents of the window can be copied and saved. For more information, see Viewing Log Information.
Zooming a Window
You can change the scale of the drawing area of an SDL Suite window by selecting Set Scale in the View menu or by using quick buttons for zooming in and out. The scale is normally between 20% and 800%.
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