The Menu Bar

 

File:

Connect:

Connects to a ConceptBase server

Disconnect:

Disconnect from ConceptBase server

Load & Save Telos Editor:

Load or Save the contents of the current Telos Editor

Load Model:

Load a SML file into the server. As client and server are not supposed to share the same file system, this method is now implemented as a normal Tell method. The client reads the contents of the file into a string and sends the string to the server.

Start CBserver:

Opens a dialog and asks for the parameters to start a ConceptBase server. If the information has been entered, the server will be started and its output will be captured in a separate window. The workbench will be connected to that server.

Stop CBserver:

Stops the ConceptBase server, only allowed for the person who started the server

Close:

Close the CBIva Window, a CBEditor window remains open if available

Exit:

Exit CBIva and CBEditor

Edit:

Clear:

Clears the text area of the currently activated Telos editor

Cut,Copy,Paste:

Cut, copy or paste text to/from clipboard

Tell,Untell:

(Un-)Tells the text in the currently activated Telos editor

Retell:

A new window will popup and ask you to enter the frames that should be untold and told. The contents of the current Telos Editor will be inserted as default into the two text areas.

Ask frame:

Temporarely tells the query in the Telos editor and returns the result

Ask objname:

Calls the query in the Telos editor (just the objectname must be specified)

Load Object:

Load the Telos frame of an object into the Telos editor

View Object as Tree:

Opens a new window and shows the object in tree browser

Browse:

New Telos Editor:

Opens a new Telos editor (see section 4.1.4)

Display Instances:

Opens the display instances dialog (see section 4.1.6)

Frame Browser:

Opens the frame browser window (see section 4.1.7)

Display Queries:

Shows all queries stored in the current database and provides a method to evaluate these queries (see section 4.1.8)

Query Editor:

Opens the query editor (see section 4.1.9)

Graph Editor:

Opens the CB Editor (graphical browser, see section 4.2). If the interface is connected to a server, the graph editor will also establish a connection to this server and ask for the graphical palette, the initial object to be shown, and the module context (see section 5.1). Otherwise, the graph editor will start with no connection.

Options:

Set Timeout:

Set the number of milliseconds the user interface waits for a response of the server.

Select Module:

Select the current module (see section 5.1).

Select Version:

Select or create a new version. A version is a special object that represents the state of an object base at a specific time. By default, all queries are evaluated on the current state of the object base (version "Now"). By selecting another version, queries are evaluated wrt. to a previous state of the object base.

Pre-Parse Telos Frames:

If enabled, the user interface parses the contents of a Telos editor before it is send to the server. Thus, syntax errors might be already detected at the client side.

Use Query Result Window:

If enabled, the result of a query is shown in a separate window in a table view.

Look and Feel:

You can switch the look and feel to an other style:

Windows:

Like Microsoft Windows

Motif:

Like Motif

Metal:

Default Look and Feel (Swing)

Help:

ConceptBase Manual:

Opens a window with the online-version of this ConceptBase manual

About:

Shows a dialog with information about this program

History:

Load History:

Load previously saved contents of the history window.

Save History:

Save contents of the history window to a file.

Redo History:

Redos certain operations which are currently in the history. The operations can be selected from a list.

Set History Options:

Select the type of operations that should be displayed in the history window .