Window Menu

Docking Windows

The docking windows in the main display area are the key components of the Digester software. Using the buttons at the top, bottom, left, and right sides along the edges of the main window, the docking windows can be made visible or invisible. Which docking windows are displayed at all can be configured with the Docking Windows menu. Depending on the edition, single or multiple windows can be missing, for example the generate window is not available in the Basic Edition.

Each docking window can be configured individually so that you can easily make those windows visible that are relevant for your daily work. In order to display a docking window, the checkbox menu entry for the docking window must be selected. If the checkbox is disabled, the window is not visible within the side bars. Some of the docking windows are shown automatically by the application when needed. For example, this is performed for the search results docking window.

Screen Shot

The Digester software provides various functions to take screen shots to be saved as files or to be printed. This functionality is useful e.g. when the Leisenfels support is contacted, since certain behavior of the software or error conditions can be documented effectively. Any support request to Leisenfels should be as precise as possible and in some cases a screen shot attached can be much more informative than a textual description. With the Screen Shot menu you can either open the capture tool dialog or take screen shots with the available sub-menus directly.

Please note, that screen shots can contain sensitive information! Check the visible data carefully before giving away to other persons. In some environments like hospitals a higher security level may be required.

For the print function a printer is required which must be supported by the operating system (e.g. Windows print service). The available printers of the operating system are being presented by the dialog. The page format is configured automatically for the screen shot to fit on the page. Alternatively you can save the screen shots as graphics files. You will be prompted to specify a target file when the dialog is opened. If the file already exists a dialog is shown. Currently supported graphics formats are BMP, JPG, WBMP, PNG, and GIF.

 

 

By activating the Capture Tool sub-menu a special dialog is opened. This special tool is independent of the Digester main window and can thus be positioned anywhere on the screen. On the left side of the dialog you can see numerous buttons. The first three buttons can be used to produce a screen shot of a single window of the Digester software, to capture the entire screen, or to take a full screen shot after a timeout. To capture a single window just click the top button and then activate the desired window of the Digester application. Please note, that this only works for the windows of the Digester application while the windows of other programs cannot be captured currently. The captured image data is then displayed by the preview area of the capture dialog (see illustration). The Hide Dialog flag in the context menu of the timeout button can be set if the tool dialog itself shall not be visible on the photo.

If you like to take a screen shot of the entire screen so that all visible windows are captured, please click the second button from the top (monitor icon). Alternatively you can take a full screen shot after a certain timeout (e.g. 5 seconds). This function is useful to capture context menues which are opened right before the screen shot to be on the photo. The timeout value (default: 5 seconds) can be adjusted using the context menu (right mouse button) directly on the stop watch symbol (1 to 60 seconds). With the X button you can remove the image data from the preview since this saves significant amounts of memory. This could be done whenever you finished working with the capture tool.

The captured images can now be processed in various ways. The Digester software can directly print the image on paper or save the data into files. Click on the printer icon to print the image on a local printer. This function uses the default print service of the operating system. Under Windows, the well-known Windows print dialog is opened. Usually the default printer is already selected so that the image can be directly printed on paper. It depends on your printer configuration whether the screen shot is printed in color or just black and white for example.

With the floppy disk icon you can save the captured image data into files. Currently the file formats BMP, JPG, WBMP, PNG, and GIF are available. Of course you can store the images in various formats in multiple steps. The generated files can then be used for e-mail attachments or opened with image editing programs such as Gimp. The following figure shows the file selection dialog which is displayed after clicking on the floppy disk icon and where you can specify the filename and format. If you like the image data be available for other applications with access to the system clipboard, you can click the clipboard button. This loads the image data into the clipboard of the operating system if supported (e.g. under Windows). The popular image editing programs are able to process such data.

The capture tool can also be opened with a shortcut (Windows/Mac).

Reset Windows

You can call this function to get the docking windows back to their default positions when the program was started the first time. This may be required if a windowshas been moved accidentally from lieft to right and alike. Before the resetting takes place a dialog is displayed which can still be canceled. The reset includes the window sizes, positions in the dock, as well as the window modes (pinnded, unpinned etc.) which are reset to the initial values. The current settings will be lost. The options of the docking windows (e.g. the templates of the generate window) are not influenced by the reset.

During reset the docking windows are closed once and then reopened where positions, sizes etc. are then adjusted with the values as if the program is started the first time.

Close Tab

The Close Tab menu can be called in order to close the active tab within a docking window. This is only possible for some docking windows like the document window. The function is executed for the active tab of the window (e.g. the shown document). The other tabs are not influenced by this function, but may be closed also by calling this function multiple times. Depending on the docking window special dialogs or messages may be displayed if for example a modified document should be saved before it is closed.

This function can also be called with a shortcut (Windows/Mac) if the active docking window supports it. If not, the Close Tab menu is not clickable.

Hide

Docking windows can be hidden always if a docking windows has been activated to receive input. The docking window then shows a special header as an indication (e.g. different color).

This function can also be called with the corresponding shortcut (Windows/Mac).

This function is useful in order to make displayed docking windows invisible quickly for instance if critical data like passphrases are currently being shown which should not be seen by other persons. If a docking window is hidden then the previously active window becomes visible again and so on. By calling this function multiple times all docking windows are made invisible. If a docking window is being shown exlusively it will be hidden and the exclusive display of this window ends.

Refresh

The Refresh menu allows to update the active docking window. The exact function may vary depending on the type of the docking window. In the case of the file system window and the network file system window the current directory will be read and listed again.

This function can also be called with the corresponding shortcut (Windows/Mac) if supported by the active docking window. If not the Refresh menu is nicht clickable. 

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