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The SDL Explorer User Interface
Monitor commands in the Explorer are issued in the same way as in the Simulator, since the same monitor system is used in both tools. Also, the Explorer UI works in the same way as the Simulator UI. Please see Issuing Monitor Commands for more information.
The Explorer UI can be customized in the same way as the Simulator UI. Please see Customizing the Simulator UI for more information.
However, there are a few differences between the user interface of the Explorer and the Simulator. These differences are described below.
Activating the Monitor
The explorer's monitor system becomes active when the explorer is started, when a transition executed during navigation has completed, when an automatic state space exploration has finished, when a report with Abort action has been generated, or when an automatic state space exploration is manually stopped.
These conditions are listed in greater detail in Activating the Monitor.
The Graphical Interface
The graphical Explorer UI is illustrated in the figure below:
Since the set of available commands differ between the Simulator UI and the Explorer UI, the set of button modules and command buttons is also different. In addition, three extra menus are available in the menu bar: Commands Menu, Options1 Menu and Options2 Menu. The menu choices in these menus are similar to the command buttons in the sense that each of them correspond to a certain monitor command.
The Command and Watch Windows
The Command and Watch windows are also available in the Explorer UI. The difference compared to the Simulator UI is:
- In the Command window, the default commands that are executed are "List-Process -" and "Print-Trace 1".
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