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Pages are a valuable 82way of structuring complex visual 83programs into logical blocks. 84 85<P><B>Note: </B>Macros provide another way of structuring visual programs in 86logical blocks (see 87<A HREF="usrgu044.htm#HDRMACROS">7.2 , "Creating and Using Macros"</A> in <I>IBM 88Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide</I>). 89<P> 90To remotely connect input and output tabs: 91<OL> 92 <LI>Select a Transmitter tool (in the Special category in the tool 93palette) and place it near the output tab of the module that 94is to be "connected." 95<BR> 96 <BR> 97 <LI>Connect the module's output tab to the Transmitter's 98input tab. 99<BR> 100 <BR> 101 <LI>Select a Receiver tool (also in the Special category), and place 102it near the input tab of the other module that is to be 103"connected." 104<BR> 105 <BR> 106 <LI>Connect the Receiver's output tab to the second module's 107input tab. 108 109 <P> 110The Transmitter and Receiver are now connected. 111</OL> 112<P> 113The Receiver automatically assumes the same name as the Transmitter. 114More than one Receiver can be connected to a single Transmitter and they 115assume the same name until a new Transmitter is placed on the 116VPE canvas. 117<P><B>Notes: </B><OL> 118 <LI>To change the name of a Transmitter and Receiver, use the 119<TT><STRONG>Notation</STRONG></TT> field of the appropriate 120configuration dialog box (see 121in <A HREF="usrgu041.htm#HDRUCB">"Entering Values in a Configuration Dialog 122Box"</A> in <I>IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide</I>). 123Changing the name of a Transmitter changes the name of all the Receivers 124connected to it. 125Changing the name of a Receiver affects only that receiver. 126<BR> 127 <BR> 128 <LI>For more information see <A HREF="usrgu041.htm#HDRTNR">"Using 129Transmitters and Receivers"</A> in <I>IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's 130Guide</I>. 131 132 </OL> 133<P><STRONG>Example Visual Programs</STRONG> 134<P> 135Receivers and transmitters are used by many of the example visual 136programs, including: 137<PRE> 138AlternateVisualizations.net 139Imide_potential.net 140</PRE> 141<P><STRONG>See Also</STRONG> 142<P> 143 <A HREF="refgu112.htm#HDRRECEIVE">Receiver</A> 144 <P> 145 <HR> 146 <DIV align="center"> 147 <P><A href="../allguide.htm"><IMG src="../images/foot-fc.gif" width="94" height="18" border="0" alt="Full Contents"></A> <A href="../qikguide.htm"><IMG src="../images/foot-qs.gif" width="94" height="18" border="0" alt="QuickStart Guide"></A> <A href="../usrguide.htm"><IMG src="../images/foot-ug.gif" width="94" height="18" border="0" alt="User's Guide"></A> <A href="../refguide.htm"><IMG src="../images/foot-ur.gif" width="94" height="18" border="0" alt="User's Reference"></A></P> 148 </DIV> 149 <DIV align="center"> 150 <P><FONT size="-1">[ <A href="http://www.research.ibm.com/dx">OpenDX Home at IBM</A> | <A href="http://www.opendx.org/">OpenDX.org</A> ] </FONT></P> 151 <P></P> 152 </DIV> 153 <P></P> 154 </BODY></HTML> 155
