7.2 Launcher
7.2.1 Buttons
The Launcher
has nine standard
buttons:
The Graphs button opens a Graph Browser.
The Types button opens a Type Browser.
The Commit button writes the current changes to the
repository. In the multi-user version commit also retrieves changes made by
other users.
The Abandon button aborts the current changes and
reverts to the previous state of the repository. In the multi-user version
abandon also retrieves changes made by other users.
The remaining buttons open the metamodelling tools
(
Property,
Object,
Relationship,
Role, and
Graph): each button opens the corresponding tool. The use of these tools
is explained in the MetaEdit+ Method Workbench: User’s
Guide.
7.2.2 Repository

New
Project... creates a new project in which new models or method definitions
can be added.
Open Projects... allows you to select projects to
be viewed and managed in the client.
Commit allows you to accept your changes and write
them to the repository.
Abandon... aborts your changes and retrieves
possible changes made by other users.
Options opens an Option Tool for configuring the
environment.
Statistics... shows a window describing information
about how many new objects you have created or changed during the transaction,
and how many objects you have loaded into the client. Other statistics include
the size of the image and memory statistics.
Load More Repository attempts to load more design
information from the repository.
Long Transaction... allows you to exit from
MetaEdit+ without writing your changes to the repository. The objects you have
read from the repository are saved in a new image file: starting this image file
is faster than starting the standard image and reading all the objects
again.
Exit... closes MetaEdit+. If uncommitted changes
have been made, you will be prompted whether to commit or abandon your
changes.
7.2.3 Browsers

Graph
Browser opens a Graph Browser.
Type Browser opens a Type Browser.
Graph Manager opens a Graph Manager for
investigating reuse and exporting design
information.
7.2.4 Editors

Diagram
Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and opens a Diagram Editor on
it.
Matrix Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and
opens a Matrix Editor on it.
Table Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and
opens a Table Editor on it.
7.2.5 Metamodel

The
metamodel menu allows you to access the method development tools. These tools
are explained in MetaEdit+ Method Workbench: User’s Guide.
The metamodel menu has menu items for each metamodelling
tool (Property Tool, Object Tool, Relationship Tool,
Role Tool, Graph Tool).
Metamodel Browser opens a tool for browsing the
method elements.
Type Manager opens a tool for managing, deleting
and exporting metamodels.
7.2.6 Help

Contents opens a
help tool.
About gives information about the MetaEdit+ in
general, and about the loaded image patches.