In Process Designer Express, the enabled menus and menu options depend on
what displays in the Working Area. The following sections explain the
main menus of Process Designer Express when the Working Area is empty or
displays the Template Definitions window:
- Note:
- When the Working Area displays the diagram editor, Process Designer Express
enables options in the Edit menu, and enables different options in some of the
other menus. Most of these functions pertain to working with activity
diagrams, and are discussed in "Accessing diagram editor functionality: Process Designer Express menus".
When the Working Area is empty or it displays the Template Definitions or
Template Messages window, the File menu displays the following options:
- New--Creates a new collaboration template.
- Open--Opens an existing collaboration template definition.
Contains the following two options:
- From Project--Opens a collaboration template from an Integration
Component Library user project.
-
From File--Opens a collaboration template from a .cwt file stored
in the file system.
- Close--Closes the collaboration template.
- Save--Saves the current collaboration template. Contains the
following two options:
- To Project--Saves a collaboration template to an Integration
Component Library user project.
-
To File--Saves a collaboration template to a .cwt file that is
stored in the file system.
- Save As--Saves the current collaboration template under a different
name. Contains the following two options:
- To Project--Saves a collaboration template to an Integration
Component Library user project.
- To File--Saves a collaboration template to a .cwt file that is
stored in the file system.
- Delete--Displays the Delete template from Project' dialog box,
from which you can choose the collaboration template to delete.
- Compile--Compiles the collaboration template. For more
information, see "Compiling a collaboration template".
- Compile All--Enables you to compile all collaboration templates in
your project, or to specify a subset for compilation. For more
information, see "Compiling multiple collaboration templates".
- Import--Imports files into the template definition. The
Process Designer Express Importer can import BPEL and UML (in XMI format)
files; the files are converted as necessary to InterChange Server Express
4.2 template files.
- Export--Exports files. You can export a template file to UML
(in XMI format) or BPEL format. The Process Designer Express Exporter
tool performs all necessary format conversions.
- Exit--Closes Process Designer Express.
When the Working Area displays the diagram editor, the File menu displays
additional options that allow you to print the activity diagram. When
the Working Area displays the Template Messages window, the File menu displays
an additional option that allows you to print the message file.
The Edit menu options are available only when the diagram editor is
active. Options include standard Windows edit commands (for example,
Undo, Redo, Copy, and Paste) and the following special Process Designer
Express options:
- Select All--Selects all nodes in the current
activity diagram.
- Find ID--Finds the
activity diagram ID.
- Find Text--Lets you find text in the current
activity diagram.
- Replace Text--Lets you find and replace text in the current activity
diagram.
- Properties--Lets you edit the properties of a selected
symbol. This option is enabled only when a symbol is selected in the
workspace.
- Font--Lets you change the
font and color of text labels of selected symbols in an activity
diagram. You can change the font of the currently selected symbols and
links or you can change the font of all components by first using the Select
All option to select all components in a diagram, then applying the font
change. This option is only activated when a symbol is selected in the
workspace.
The View menu functions are valid when Process Designer Express first opens
and when the Working Area display pertains to the visual appearance of
activity diagrams. Many of these functions can be toggled on or
off:
- Preferences--Opens the User Preferences dialog box, which enables you
to specify how items are represented in Process Designer Express.
-
Template Tree--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the template tree view as the left pane of the Process Designer Express
window.
-
Output Window--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the results of the template compilation.
- Toolbars--Controls display of the different toolbars of
Process Designer Express. The submenu options include:
- Standard--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the
Standard toolbar.
- Symbols--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for the
Symbols toolbar.
- Align--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays the
buttons for the
Alignment toolbar.
- Nudge--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays the
buttons for the
Nudge toolbar.
- Zoom--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays the
buttons for
Zoom/Pan toolbar.
- Programs--When this option is on, Process Designer Express displays
the buttons for accessing other InterChange Server Express programs.
-
Status bar--When this option is on, Process Designer Express can display
its single-line status message at the bottom of the main window.
In addition, Process Designer Express enables the following diagram options
when the diagram editor is active:
-
View Types--When on, displays a symbol's type. This option is
useful to help you learn to recognize a node by its shape.
- View UIDs--When on, displays the unique ID (
UID) of each symbol.
- View Labels--When on, displays the user-provided
symbol label.
- Lock (Read only)--When on, puts the
activity diagram into read-only mode.
- Refresh--Refreshes the
activity diagram display.
- Grid--When on, displays the workspace
grid lines. When off, grid lines are hidden.
- Snap to Grid--When on, new
symbols are automatically aligned with the grid lines when they are placed in
the activity diagram.
- Grid Properties--Lets you set the
grid properties. (Note that Angle Snap is not applicable to activity
diagrams, though it can be toggled on and off.)
- Page Bounds--Shows the page boundaries as dashed lines.
- Zoom commands--Lets you enlarge the
activity diagram or
zoom to one section. You can also perform zoom commands from the Zoom
toolbar. For more information on zooming, see "Zooming or panning on symbols".
When the Working Area is empty or it displays the Template Definitions or
Template Messages windows, the Template menu displays the following
options:
- Whenever any object except a scenario is selected in the template tree
view:
- Open All Diagrams--Opens all
activity diagrams defined for the collaboration template.
- Close All Diagrams--Closes all open activity diagrams.
- New Scenario--Displays the New Scenario dialog box.
- Open Template Definitions--Displays the Template Definitions window,
from which you can modify properties of the
collaboration template.
- Open Template Messages--Displays the Template Messages window, from
which you can define or modify the message file associated with the
collaboration template.
- Whenever a scenario is selected in the template tree view, the following
additional menu items are available:
- Open Diagram--Opens the
activity diagram for the current scenario.
- Rename Scenario--Enables you to rename the current scenario.
- Delete Scenario--Deletes the current selected
scenario and its activity diagrams.
- Open Scenario Definition--Enables you to edit scenario-level
variables.
- When the diagram editor is open, the following menu items are available in
addition to those already described:
- Size Diagram--Resizes the
activity diagram in units of vertical and horizontal page counts, and is
relevant for printing the
activity diagram. The Diagram size dialog contains spin controls for
numeric page inputs. Note that diagram size is directly related to
paper orientation (landscape or portrait) and paper selection.
- Save Diagram as Text File--Saves the current
activity diagram to a file in a text format (.txt).
The Tools menu enables you to launch other InterChange Server Express
tools. The options are as follows:
- Map Designer--Opens Map Designer.
- Business Object Designer--Opens Business Object Designer.
- Relationship Designer--Opens Relationship Designer.
The Window menu pull-down options encompass the standard Multiple Document
Interface (MDI) window display functions. Use these options to control
display features such as tiling, cascading, and activating open
windows.
