Introducing the MineMatch Control Panel

The main MineMatch panel consists of a Menu Bar, a Toolbar, four selection windows, two treeview display windows, and a status bar.

 

 

1) Main Menu Bar

 

The main menu bar consists of 5 menus:

 

a) File

b) Edit

c) Tools

d) Window

e) Help

 

2) Main Toolbar

 

The main toolbar consists of 8 buttons:

 

a) Open existing database

b) Create new database

c) Stop match

d) Match model with instances

e) Match instance with models

f) Match instance with instances

g) Refresh treeviews

h) Print things shown the program window

 

3)  Selection Windows

 

There are 4 Selection Windows for selection any of:

 

a) System models

b) User models

c) System instances

d) User Instances

 

4)  Display Windows

 

These windows display the detailed attributes describing an instance or model "in focus".  The attributes are displayed in an expandable "treeview".  An instance or model is placed "in focus" by double-clicking on it in a Selection Window (described above).

 

 

5)   Status Bar

 

The status bar displays some feedback information to the user regarding the actions performed by the MineMatch program.