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Tab Overview

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Project: Contains the Workflows List, the Variables List and Workflow specific settings.

Inspector: Shows attributes of the selected Unit.

Unit Library: Lists Units and shows Unit documentation.

Layout: Align and distribute tools.

Workflow Profiling: Analyzes the Workflow in regard to execution time or memory consumption.

Project Tab

Workflows List

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Workflows List: Lists all Workflows of in the current Project.

Add Workflow: Adds a new Workflow to the current Project.

Duplicate Workflow: Duplicates the selected Workflow.

Remove Workflow: Removes the selected Workflow.

Workflow Name: Name of the selected Workflow.

Execute On Run: When enabled, the selected Workflow will be executed when the Project is running.

Show Port Values: Shows values (which are transmitted via Cables) next to the ports of Units.

Show Cable Values: Shows values which are transmitted via Cables.

Show Dataflow Visualization: Highlights Cables when triggers and data are transmitted.

Cable Highlighting: Select how Cables will be displayed:

  • Always: Shows Cables in full opaqueness all the time.
  • Mouse Over: Shows Cables while the cursor hovers over a Unit where the Cable is connected to.
  • Selected: Shows Cables if one of the Units the Cable is connected to is selected.

Prevent Deletion: Set whether a Workflow can be deleted or not.

Variables List

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Variables List: Lists all Variables of the current Project.

Add Variable: Adds a new Variable to the current Project.

Remove Variable: Removes the currently selected Variable from the Project.

Create Getter Unit: Places a Getter Unit in the Workflow View.

Create Setter Unit: Places a Setter Unit in the Workflow View.

Name: Name of the Variable.

Variable Type: Type of the Variable.

Value: Value of the Variable.

Force Change: When enabled the change filter of the selected Variable will be disabled.

Inspector Tab

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The Inspector is used to change the name of a Unit and to modify attributes Port Values of Units. Its content varies from Unit to Unit, so the figure on the left is just an example.
The Unit Name is the only one attribute which is available for all Units (excluding Getters and Setters).

Also see chapter → Unit Attributes.

Library Tab

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Unit Category: Select from different Unit categories.

Search: Unit lookup. Entering a search term immediately shows all matching Units. Pressing the escape key after entering a search term cancels the search and shows all Units again.

Unit List: Lists all Units from the selected category/search result.

Unit Documentation: Shows the Unit documentation.