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New... (Ctrl+n)

The New option opens a New (empty) Procedure Dialog box, shown in Exhibit 2.5.1-1, from the Procedures cascading menu, or by using the "Ctrl + n" Accelerator Keys.

When first opened, this dialog box is empty, unsaved, and untitled. The buttons in the Procedure Dialog Box are used to control the bundles in a Procedure and are discussed below:

• Original: This radio button allows you to display any cross-sections or point soundings or time-height cross-sections that you may have in your Procedure using the original location of the points and baselines that you used when you initially set up your Bundle.

• Current: A radio button that allows you to display any cross-sections or point soundings or time-height cross-sections that you may have in your Procedure using the present location of the baselines or points.

• (First)/Next: This menu button loads the Bundles sequentially from the top (first) Bundle to the next.

• Load: This menu button displays the highlighted Bundle into the Large Display Pane

• Alter...: This menu button opens the Alter Bundle On Loading Dialog Box, shown in Exhibit 2.5.1-1a, which contains options that allow you to modify how an existing Bundle displays.

• Point/Line: When you select this radio button, you can modify a existing cross-section, point sounding, or time-height cross section Bundle. These two options menus contain point and line choices that can be used to display an existing Bundle, but using a new location.

• Last Edit (Point/Line): This option lets you load a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section using the most recently edited Point or Line, which is given in the label.

• Original Location: Using this option to display a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section, you will display the Bundle with the point or baseline use used when you originally set up the Bundle.

• Current Location: This option lets you display a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section using the present location of the baselines or points.

• Radar: When you select this radio button, you can modify an existing radar cross-section Bundle. The options menu contains different 88D Radar locations from which you can generate a new Radar Cross-Section from a different radar.

• Grid: When you select this radio button, you can modify an existing Bundle containing model grids. The menu options contain various available models from which you can generate a new Bundle using a different model source.

NOTE: Refer to Subsection 2.5.2 for a practice module on altering a Procedure.

• Copy In: This is a menu button that creates a Bundle from the products that are currently contained in the Large Display Pane and adds this new Bundle into all open Procedures. This feature is also available from the Procedure Pull-Down Menu “Copy Display to Procedure(s)” and has an Accelerator Key combination “Ctrl+B.”

• Copy Out: Copies a selected bundle in one Procedure into other open Procedure Dialog Boxes. At least one other Procedure Dialog Box must be open to enable this menu button.

• Delete: Deletes a highlighted bundle from a Procedure.

• Save/Save As: These buttons open the Save Procedure Dialog Box, which provides a standard interface to name your Procedure and store it in the proper directory.

You must save a Procedure every time you make any changes to it or you will lose those changes. Such changes include moving, adding or deleting bundles, and changing display parameters (looping, frame count, etc.).

• Close: Closes the Procedures Dialog Box. The Close button does not automatically save changes you may have made to your Procedure but will prompt you to do so if appropriate. Use the Save button to save a revised Procedure.

Open... (Ctrl+o)

This dialog box, shown in Exhibit 2.5.1-2, is opened from the Procedures cascading menu, or by using the "Ctrl + o" Accelerator Keys.

This dialog box provides a listing of the currently available Procedures. When you select your user ID, the Open Procedure Dialog Box contains a list of your Procedures.

To open an existing Procedure, double click on it or highlight it and press the OK button at the upper right of the dialog box. You can also type the Procedure name on the line provided in this dialog box. Once you select a procedure, it appears in a dialog box labeled with the Procedure's name.

Delete... (Ctrl+d)

The Delete Procedure Dialog Box, shown in Exhibit 2.5.1-3, is opened from the Procedures cascading menu or by using the "Ctrl + d" Accelerator Keys. It allows you to delete any Procedure.

• Delete: Once you have identified the Procedure you want to delete, click the OK button. A dialog box appears to confirm your decision to delete a Procedure.

Note: Once deleted, a Procedure cannot be restored.

• Cancel: Closes the Delete Procedure Dialog Box.

Copy Display to Procedure(s) (Ctrl+B)

This option copies the products that are currently in the large display pane into any open Procedure.

The History List Dialog Box

The History List Dialog Box is shown in Exhibit 2.5.1-4.

The History List is opened from the File pull-down menu or by using the "Crtl + h" Accelerator Keys. It contains the most recent bundles that were displayed in the large display pane with the most recently loaded bundle appearing at the top of the History List.

A bundle is a single line in the History List that contains all the products overlaid together in the large display pane. There is no practical limit to the number of graphic overlays you can have in a single bundle. Procedures may be built from the bundles contained in the History List. If you swap panes or clear the large Display Pane, a blank space appears temporarily in the History List. In addition, you can alter bundles before loading them. Pressing the Alter Bundle... Menu Button opens the Alter Bundle on Loading Dialog Box, which provides options that allow you to change the Point/Baseline, Radar, or Model Grid Source of an existing bundle.

• Load: The Load Button displays the highlighted bundle in the large display pane. A copy of this bundle is added to the top of the History List.

• Copy Out: This button copies a selected bundle contained in the History List into any open Procedures Dialog Boxes.

• Alter Bundle...: This menu button opens the Alter Bundle On Loading Dialog Box, which contains options that allow you to modify how an existing Bundle displays.

• Point/Line: When you select this radio button, you can modify a existing cross-section, point sounding, or time-height cross section Bundle. These two options menus contain point and line choices that can be used to display an existing Bundle, but using a new location.

• Last Edit (Point/Line): This option lets you load a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section using the most recently edited Point or Line, which is given in the label.

• Original Location: Using this option to display a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section, you will display the Bundle with the point or baseline use used when you originally set up the Bundle.

• Current Location: This option lets you display a cross-section or point sounding or time-height cross-section using the present location of the baselines or points.

• Radar: When you select this radio button, you can modify an existing radar cross-section Bundle. The options menu contains different 88D Radar locations from which you can generate a new Radar Cross-Section from a different radar.

• Grid: When you select this radio button, you can modify an existing Bundle containing model grids. The menu options contain various available models from which you can generate a new Bundle using a different model source.

• Close: This button closes the History List.

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