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The following items are listed in order as they are seen within the program (from the top of the main window to the bottom).
Title Bar
Program Icon (Icon at top left of EvView program)
Caption: EvView - [Form Name]
If a child window is maximized then caption reads: EvView - [Form Name]
Minimize Button, Maximize Button, Close Button
If you click on the program icon a standard Windows menu is displayed. This menu item includes standard window command:
Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize and Close.
Menu Items
The menu items allow you to view different forms and make changes to your program. Buttons on the toolbar duplicates some of the menu items. If you like using the keyboard, you can press the Alt key and the underlined letter to access a menu item.
File Menu
Mainform file menu
New Form
The New Form menu item creates a new form. This item is enabled only if the current security level allows it. Once a form is created it becomes part of the application until it is deleted.
Note1: When a form is created the application names it: Form1.ffr. You should rename the form by clicking on the File | Rename Form. Enter your new form name and click OK. When the application is closed, the form will be saved with this name. Save the current form with the selecting the Save Form menu item or using the key command Ctrl S.
Note2: You can also save the form by doing a File | SaveAs. This saves the form with the new name and doesn't change the original form. To duplicate forms, use the SaveAs command.
Open Form
The Open Form menu item opens a form file (*.ffr). If the file is already opened then it open a copy of the form. You can open forms from other projects into your application. Be sure to rename the form if your form is a copy of another form or if the form name is the same as another form in your project.
The opened form becomes part of the project when saved or when the application is closed.
Close Form
The Close Form menu item closes the active child form and removes it from your project. It does not delete it from the project folder. You will be prompted that this form will be closed from the project. Select yes if you really want to close it from the project.
Delete Form
The Delete Form menu item deletes the form from the project and also deletes the form file from the project directory. Use the delete command if you want to delete this file from your project and from the hard disk.
Save Form
The Save Form menu item saves the current form to disk, creating a .ffr file. The form name is the form's caption or title. You can use the rename form command at any time to rename the current form to a more meaningful name. Use keyboard command "Ctrl S" to save at any time.
Save As
The Save As menu item saves the current form as a new form.ffr file. Use the Save As form command when you want to make a duplicate of a form. This is useful if many of your sites are the same. You can then open the new form into your project for editing. You can open any existing form again by using the open form command. It makes a copy for you and opens it in your project.
Rename Form
The Rename Form menu item renames the current form and its corresponding ".ffr" file.
When a new form is created it is named Form1.ffr. You can rename the form to a more meaningful name by using the rename command. None of the components are changed or checked, since it is using an existing form.
Printer Setup
The Printer Setup menu item allows you to the select and configure the printer for this application.
Print Preview
The Print Preview menu item pops up a print preview screen to show the form to be printed. You can cancel the print job or select Print Form.
Print Form
The Print Form command is used to print the entire active form. If you only want a portion of the form you can resize the form first to show only the items you want to print and then select print form. Print form will print the form as soon as you select it.
Note: Be sure to check your default printer if you are using more than one printer. Use the printer setup command to do this.
Project Options
EvView loads the last project opened when started. A project is a group of screens, and setup files stored in a project folder. You can open other projects from this menu item as well as back up your existing project (recommended). See the projects section for a complete description.
Exit Command
The Exit menu item closes the application and automatically saves the child forms and components. You do not have to save the forms individually. The program saves it for you. The exit command also writes to the EvView.ini file and the Project.ini file. These files are used to reopen the project as you left it.
EDIT MENU
Edit Form
The edit form is a toggle from editing to run mode. You can only go into the edit mode if you have the correct password.
Log Off
Logging off requires the password be entered again to do any editing.
Start Monitoring
Start monitoring is a communications command to start parsing the data from the EvView input. It sends commands to it to start the monitoring process.
Cut
The Cut menu item or Ctrl-X can be used to remove a component from the form in the edit mode. When you cut a component from a form it can be pasted back to the same form or to any other form. Multiple components can be cut, copied or pasted.
Copy
The Copy menu item or Ctrl-C is very similar to the Cut command. To copy a component to the clipboard, select the component and press Ctrl-C or select the menu Edit | Copy. This is done only in the Edit Mode. You can then paste Ctrl-V the component back to the form as many times as needed.
Paste
The Paste menu item or Ctrl-V is used along with Copy and Cut. When a component is copied to the clipboard (by the Copy or Cut command), that component can be pasted back to the form by pressing Ctrl-V or selecting the menu item. Multiple copies of one component can be pasted to one or more forms. Just use the Ctrl-V command to paste the copied component as many times as needed.
Set HTML Output
You can trigger an HTML output of all your form displays on a timed basis. You can set the file location and the time interval for writing these files. The HTML Output button will write your files when you press the button.
Make Form Bitmap (Normal)
Make form bitmaps copies the current form into the clipboard for pasting into reports. The main problem with this method may be the width of the bitmap (usually to big). Use this method if you want to paste the bitmap into a paint program or other program for editing.
Make Form Bitmap (Scaled)
Make form bitmap scaled copies the current form into the clipboard and resizes the bitmap to fit into an existing report width (about 7"). Use this option if you want to make a report with the form image as part of the report.
Set Parsing Preferences
The parsing preferences are used when you start a new data file download. If you reset all, the forms and data will be reset. If you don't reset the data, the new data will be added to the existing data already shown and in the forms. Don't reset the data if you want to load one month and then another month and then another months at the same time.
DATA MENU
Reset Max Min Ave
Resets the maximum, minimum and average values. These are reset at midnite every day.
Reset Change
Resets the change values. These are reset at midnite also.
Reset Data
Reset the data values only. These are not reset at midnite.
Reset All
Resets all of the above (max, min, ave, change, and data).
Reset Rain Buttons
Resets the form rain buttons. If the EvView has been running for a long period of time and the software is started and stopped on a regular basis, the rain button totals will be wrong. The rain button totals are only correct if you run the program at all times monitoring the rain. Reset the rain button if the totals look incorrect.
Reset Trends
Resets the form trend values. The trends should be reset if the data being loaded has the same dates as the existing data or has older dates. If you want to see more than one set of logged data then don't reset the trends.
VIEW MENU
View menu items
The view menu provides access to many important windows. The file form, setup form, communication window, and Reports are selected from here.
HTML Output will output HTML files to your selected file location.
Standard Window Commands
Wndow menu items
Window Cascade
Window | Cascade performs the standards Windows cascading function. The forms will be cascaded downward and to the right.
Window Tile
Window | Tile performs the standard windows Tile function. This arranges the windows side by side in the main window.
Window Maximize
Window | Maximize All maximizes all of the forms in the project.
Child Forms
The forms shown below the menu and tool bar are MDI Child Windows. These are your real time screens with display components. Forms, screens, windows, displays are all MDI child windows.
Status Bar
Status bar and form tabs.
Panel 1: Display system status messages.
Panel 2: Displays communication messages.
Panel 3: Current project name.
See Toolbar
Goto Setup
Goto Forms