4.2.4 Text Display Window Control Bar

The Text Display Window Control Bar contains two rows of control options. Among the options are the AFOS Browser and the WMO Search Buttons, which provide access to the newly designed text database. All of the options in the Control Bar are described below.

• AFOS Browser: This menu button opens the AFOS Browser, which is discussed further in Section 4.2.5.
• Load History: A pull-down menu that contains a History List of text product identifiers from previously loaded text products. Maximum list size is 20. If no products have been loaded, this menu contains a "-" sign as a placeholder.
When a text product identifier is selected (click on the identifier with Mouse Button 1), it appears either in the AFOS, WMO, or AWIPS entry box. You need to press the Enter key on the keyboard to load this text product to the Text Display Window. For AFOS products, the -1:, -2:, or ALL: prefixes can be used. Refer to Exhibit 4.2.4-1 for an example of this menu.

Exhibit 4.2.4-1. The Load Command Pull-Down Menu

• WMO Search: This menu button opens the WMO Search Dialog Box, which is described in Section 4.2.6. A warning dialog appears with a message that you must first enter the TTAAii and/or CCCC portion of the WMO header to perform the search. Refer to Section 4.2.6 for details.
• Enter Editor: Enables the Text Editor, which is described in Section 4.4.
• Accum: A check button that enables or disables the capability to accumulate text by appending subsequent text product retrievals to the display window.
• Update Obs: A check button that enables/disables automatic display of the most recent observations, like METARs, in the display window.
• Clear: Clears the Text Display window.
• AFOS Cmd: This entry line is where you can type in an AFOS PIL. When you hit the Enter key on your keyboard, the AFOS text product is displayed in the Text Display Window.
• WMO TTAAii CCCC: This two-part entry line allows you to type in the WMO Data Type and Area Indicator (TTAAii) and/or the International Location Indicator (CCCC) portion of the text product ID that you want to display. If you enter only the TTAAii or the CCCC, and then press the Enter key, the WMO Search Dialog Box will open containing the appropriate lists of WMO products. Refer to Section 4.2.6 WMO Text Product Search Dialog Box, for further details.
• AWIPS ID: You can type an AWIPS ID (NNNXXX) in this entry line. When you hit Enter, the text product is displayed in the Text Display window.

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