Process Designer Express provides the following ways to customize its main
window:
- Choose which windows display
- Float a dockable window
- Choose how windows within the working area display
As Figure 5 shows, when you first open Process Designer Express, the
template tree view displays in the left pane. The working area displays
on the right and is empty. The output window does not display.
You can customize the appearance of the main window options from the View
menu.
Table 7 describes the options of the View pull-down menu and how
they affect the appearance of the Process Designer Express main window.
Table 7. View Menu options for main window customization
View Menu option
| Element displayed
|
Template Tree
| The template's definitions, scenarios, and messages as the left-hand
pane.
|
Output Window
| The output window as a small window under the template tree view (if it
displays) and the working area.
|
Toolbars
| A menu that provides options for displaying the Process Designer Express
toolbars:
- Standard
- The main toolbar in the Process Designer Express palette, which provides
buttons that allow you to connect to or disconnect from ICS, open a template
from the Server or from a file, save and compile a template, cut, copy, paste,
and delete a template, and print.
- Symbols
- The Diagram Symbols toolbar provides the symbols to add to an activity
diagram.
- Align
- The Alignment toolbar contains alignment features for activity diagram
symbols.
- Nudge
- The Nudge toolbar contains features that slightly move selected symbols of
an activity diagram.
- Zoom
- The Zoom/Pan toolbar contains features that zoom or pan selected symbols
of an activity diagram.
|
Status Window
| A single-line pane in which Process Designer Express displays status
information
|
When a menu option appears with a check mark to the left, the associated
element displays. To turn off display of the element, choose the
associated menu option. The check mark disappears to indicate that the
element does not currently display. Conversely, you can turn on display
of an undisplayed element by choosing the associated menu option. In
this case, the check mark appears beside the displaying element.
Process Designer Express supports the following portions of the main window
as dockable windows:
- Template tree view
- Output window
- Toolbars
By default, a dockable window is usually placed along the edge of the main
window and moves as part of the main window. When you float a dockable
window, you detach it from the main window, allowing it to function as an
independent window. To float a dockable window, hold down the left
mouse button, grab the border of the window and drag it onto the main window
or desktop.
The working area of the Process Designer Express main window allows you to
display windows within it in any of the following ways:
- Maximized--One window takes up the entire working area. You
can switch between maximized windows by choosing the name of the desired
window from the Windows pull-down menu. If you have kept the default
user preferences for Workbook Diagram Windows, you can also switch between
maximized windows by choosing the corresponding Workbook tab below the working
area. For more information, see "Changing general display".
- Sizable--Each window is its own separate area within the working
area. You can resize these windows and can cause them to overlap and
move within the working area. Sizable windows are useful when you want
simultaneous display of more than one activity diagram or an activity diagram
and the Template Definitions or Template Messages window.
- Minimized--Each window is represented as an icon at the bottom of the
working area. You can restore a minimized window by double-clicking its
minimized representation.
