Customizing the main window

Process Designer Express provides the following ways to customize its main window:

Choosing windows to 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.

Floating a dockable window

Process Designer Express supports the following portions of the main window as dockable windows:

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.

Displaying windows within the working area

The working area of the Process Designer Express main window allows you to display windows within it in any of the following ways:

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