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.