Micromod Micro-PWC: 53PW6000 MicroPWC Installation and Setup Manual - Manual (Page 18)

Micro-PWC
™ Installation & Setup Guide
8 Introduction
Operator Window. Located on the Micro-PWC system monitor screen below the System window and
Mini-Alarm window, the Operator Window provides the operator interface to the process, and displays pro-
gram output from Operator Window applications such as hierarchical displays, trends, graphics, alarm
review, etc. The Operator Window is composed of a title bar, a menu bar, and a display area. Up to four
Operator windows may be present simultaneously on a Micro-PWC system display terminal.
Option Menu. A list of items selectable via associated check or toggle buttons.
Parent Window. The top level window placed on the screen when a new application is started. When a
parent window is closed (removed from display), all child windows are also closed. The Micro-PWC system
keyboard (alphanumeric keys, mouse, etc.) is focused on one parent window, with the color of the parent
window border indicating the focus.
PEM. Process Event Message.
Pointer. A small, mobile image on the monitor screen, controlled by the mouse, which allows the user to
point to specific locations on the monitor screen. The user positions the pointer by moving the mouse on a
desk or tabletop. Also known as the mouse cursor.
Pop-up Menu. A menu which provides no visual clue to its presence, but simply "pops up" when a partic-
ular action is performed.
Pop-up Window. A sub-window opened from a parent window. Easily recognized examples are pop-up
menus and help screens. See also Modal Pop-up Window and Child Window.
Pull-down Menu. A menu that is "pulled down" from a window's menu bar.
Pushbutton. A pushbutton is an area of the screen surrounded by a border shadow. When the pushbutton
is selected, the shadow moves to give the illusion that the pushbutton has been pressed in. When the
pushbutton is unselected, the shadow moves to give the appearance that the pushbutton has been
released. Pushbuttons can contain text, numbers, colors or symbols such as directional arrows. For exam-
ple, the company logo appears on a button in the System Window.
Quick Key. A menu item accessed via the SELECT item on the Operator Window menu bar, which, when
pressed, provides the user with the ability to vector directly to one of 64 possible displays.
Radio Button. A graphic control button that simulates the buttons found on an actual car radio. Each but-
ton represents a mutually exclusive selection. Radio buttons are typically used to set states or modes.
Redraw Button. A selection on the Operator Window menu bar which allows the user to redraw the
screen on demand.
Resize Handles. The function of resize handles is to resize a window and the display it contains. The
resize handles form a frame which consists of eight separate pieces: the top, bottom, two sides and the
four corners of the frame.
Screen. The monitor screen of a Micro-PWC system monitor.
Scroll Bar. A scroll bar is a feature which allows the user to view data that is too large to be viewed in its
entirety in the associated work area. (The work area typically contains data such as a list or block of text.)
A scroll bar consists of two arrows pointing in opposite directions at each end of a small rectangle. The
rectangle is called the scroll region. A smaller rectangle called the slider is located within the scroll region.
Scroll bars can be located both horizontally and vertically. Horizontal scroll bars are located at the bottom
edge of a work area; vertical scroll bars appear at the right edge.
Scroll Region. The rectangular portion of a Scroll Bar that contains the two arrows and the slider. See
Scroll Bar.
SL-GMS (SL Corporation Graphical Modeling System). See GMS.
Slider. See Scroll Bar.