1#!F-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18* 2#!N 3#!CSeaGreen #!N 4 #!Rall8 Executing a Visual Program #!N #!EC #!N #!N To execute 5a visual program like example1.net (once it has been opened): #!N 6#!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. Click on #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* 7Execute #!EF in the menu bar of the VPE window. Note: 8A visual program can be executed from any window that has 9 #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Execute #!EF in its menu bar. #!N #!I30 #!N 2. 10Select #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Execute Once #!EF in the pull-down menu. Execution (which 11may take several seconds) is indicated by the highlighted #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* Execute 12#!EF in the menu bar and the brief highlighting of various 13icons in the canvas area. The window that appears displays the 14image of a water molecule ( #!Limwin5,dxall9 f Figure 5 #!EL ). #!Cbrown #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* 15 #!Rimwin5 #!N Graphics omitted from Online Documentation. Please see the manual. 16#!N #!N Figure 5. Image Window. The window shown here displays 17the image generated by the visual program #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* /usr/local/dx/samples/tutorial/example1.net #!EF . 18#!EF #!N #!EC #!N #!N Once an object appears in the 19Image window, you can do a number of things with it, 20including: #!N #!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N o Changing 21the view of the object (see #!Ltuta5,dxall10 h Controlling the Appearance of an Object: The Image Window #!EL ). #!N #!I30 #!N 22o Editing the visual program that generates the image (see #!Ltedvp,dxall27 h Editing a Visual Program: The Basics #!EL 23). #!N #!I30 #!N o Saving and Printing its image, using 24the #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* File #!EF pull-down menu in the menu bar (see 25 #!Ltsandp,dxall85 h Saving and Printing Images #!EL ). #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF 26#!N #!CIndianRed #!N #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18* For Future Reference #!N #!N 27#!I0 #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18* #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. Many of the 28options in pull-down menus can be invoked by "accelerator" keyboard sequences. 29In the menus, these "shortcuts" appear next to the corresponding options. 30For a complete list, see #!Lapd,dxall748 h Accelerator Keys #!EL in IBM Visualization Data Explorer 31User's Guide. #!N #!I30 #!N 2. The editor window can be 32invoked directly with the command: #!CForestGreen #!N #!N #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18* #!N #!N 33dx -edit [ #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* program path name #!EF ] #!N #!EF 34#!N #!N #!EC #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N #!EC 35#!N #!N #!N #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* Next Topic #!EF #!N #!N #!Ltuta5,dxall10 h Controlling the Appearance of an Object: The Image Window #!EL #!N 36 #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18* #!N 37