Windows and dialog boxes introduction

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Windows and dialog boxes introduction

See windows terminology for a description of all the windows controls.

There is no real distinction in .NET between a window and a dialog and both are referred to as "Forms".  The facilities available on a form vary, for example:

•Forms, when displayed, may disable any underlying forms until it is closed

•The size of a form may be changeable, including full screen and minimised

•Forms will have some controls and may also have a menu, toolbars, and a status bar

In this manual "Tool window" is a form without a menu and a small title bar.

Later in this section there is an alphabetic list of menus, context menus, toolbars and shortcut keys.

There are also separate sections that cover tool windows and user controls.

A brief description of the primary windows, see program structure.

The windows available in Companion are as follows:

General usage

These windows are used for program access:

•Main window

•Licence details

•Licence check

•Licensed modules

•Options settings:

oFont picker

oColour picker

•Help about

Status and error logs

These windows will appear when necessary at various points in the program:

•Licence in use

•Log

•Data log

Project handling

•Open existing project

•Project global settings

•Data locations used

Entry handling

•Questions from text

•Entry details:

oQuestion

oFilter

oCreate filters from entry

oVariable

oSee also user controls:

▪Logic definitions

▪Arithmetic definitions

•See also tool windows:

oResponse input settings

oResponse analysis settings

oSelect test

oResponses add

oResponses reserve

oVariable responses add

oVariable responses matrix

oSelect range

oEntry select

oResponses block update

oApplied filter block update

oRandomise questions

oGroup entries

oHide groups

oPaste special

oEntry rename

oEntry choose

oText choose

oText find and replace

oBlock replace

Answers (Input data)

•Make input file

•Input data:

oInput options

oInput start

oInput pause

oInput review

oInput hold

oInput end

•Make QIF for Classic

•Convert fixed data

Data handling

•Combine data files

•Data check

•Data merge

•Data view

•Weight data:

oWeight targets

oWeight save

•Data export

•See also user control:

oExport type

•Serial number select

•Open data file

•Data ready list

•Data prepare

•Filter definition

•Password choose

•See also user controls:

oData read

oLogic definitions

Analysis

•Quick Tables

•Data summary

•Report file type

•Tables setup:

oArithmetic table definition

•Tables overall:

oSpreadsheet options

•Format options

•Data drill down:

oTables global

Raw data handling

•Raw data view

•Raw data treatment

•Raw data tidy

•Raw data hole count

•See also tool window:

oFind raw tool

•Raw CSV file view

•Raw CSV file treatment

•Rename columns

•Delete columns

•Data extract