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7.8 Table Editor

7.8.1 Graph menu

New... lets you create new graphs with table representations. It brings up a method selection dialog, where you can select the method you want to use.

Open... lets you select an existing graph and open that as a table.

View is a submenu that lets you open the current graph:
as Diagram
as Matrix
as Table, or to browse it with the
Graph Browser.

Reports is a submenu that lets you:
Run... available reports
Create new report definitions or modify existing ones, opening a Report Browser.
ASCII Export the whole table into a Report Output tool to be saved or pasted into external programs, such as spreadsheets.
HTML Export the whole table into a Report Output tool as an HTML table.

Properties... opens a dialog for editing the properties of the graph.

Graph Info... opens a tool for viewing lock information and reuse of the element among different graphs and their representations.

Print... sends the current table to your default printer.

Exit closes the Table Editor.

7.8.2 Edit menu

Cut removes the selected element from the table and adds it to a buffer for this Table Editor.

Copy copies the selected element from the table into the buffer.

Paste adds a copy of the contents of the buffer to the table. You can paste the same element repeatedly.

Delete removes the selected element from the table. Note that you can set different policies for delete using the deletion options (see Section 2.1.3).

Explosions... lets you edit or follow the links from the selected object to other graphs. You can add an explosion to an existing or a new graph, open an existing explosion, or remove an explosion.

Decomposition... lets you assign or open a decomposition graph for a selected object in the table.

Make into Decomposition... lets you make a new decomposition graph from the selected set of elements and moving them into that graph and replacing the group here with a new object.

Move to Decomposition... removes the selected object from this graph, adding it to the decomposition graph of your choice.

Replace with Decomposition allows you to remove an existing link to a decomposition graph, and copy the contents into the current graph. Since Table Editor can be used to show only selected element types all elements are not necessarily shown in the table.

Properties lets you view and edit information about the element in the table in a dialog.

7.8.3 View menu

All shows all the columns of the table.

Selected... lets you hide or show selected columns of the table. In Table Editor columns correspond to the properties of an object.

Fit Window to Table adjusts the size of the window to the size of the table.

Refresh redraws the table.

7.8.4 Format menu

Font... lets you set the font type for the table from the platform independent fonts supplied.

Widths... lets you set the widths of each column via a dialog.

Autowidth sets column widths automatically so that all the text available will be shown in the table.

Sort... lets you organise the order of elements in the table according to selected properties.

7.8.5 Help menu

Table Editor opens a window showing instructions about the functions of the tool.

Method opens a window showing information about the method used.

7.8.6 Table pop-up menu

The pop-up menu in the table provides the basic functions for adding, viewing, linking and deleting elements of the table. It includes partly the same functions as the Edit menu.

Properties.... lets you view and edit information about the element in the table in a dialog.

Add... lets you create a new object and add it as a row in the table.

Add Existing... lets you pick up an existing element and add it to the table.

Cut removes the selected element from the table and adds it to a buffer for this Table Editor.

Copy copies the selected element from the table into the buffer.

Paste adds a copy of the contents of the buffer to the table. You can paste the same element repeatedly.

Delete removes the selected element from the table. Note that you can set different policies for delete using the deletion options (see Section 2.1.3).



Subgraphs includes functions for managing explosions and decompositions:

Explosions... lets you edit or follow the links from the selected object to other graphs. You can add an explosion to an existing or a new graph, open an existing explosion, or remove an explosion.

Decomposition... lets you assign or open a decomposition graph for a selected object in the table.

Make into Decomposition... lets you make a new decomposition graph from the selected set of elements and moving them into that graph and replacing the group here with a new object.

Move to Decomposition... removes the selected object from this graph, adding it to the decomposition graph of your choice.

Replace with Decomposition allows you to remove an existing link to a decomposition graph, and copy the contents into the current graph. Since Table Editor can show only one object type at time all objects types are not necessarily shown in the table.

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