Application windows

WIN-NMR Teach Program Manager group. This will open the ID-WIN-NMR, 2D WIN-NMR or GETFILE application windows (Figs. 2.6, 2.7, 2.8). 

Fig. 2.6 GETFILE application window after program start...

For automatic data transfer and data conversion choose the Open option from the File pull-down menu in either ID WIN-NMR or 2D WIN-NMR in exactly the same way as for data files already stored on your PC hard disk. Open directly transfers and automatically converts (UXNMR/XWINNMR-data) ID or 2D data sets and shows the NMR data in the corresponding WIN-NMR application window for immediate processing. The processed data will not automatically be stored in the WINNMR format. 

From the 1D WIN-NMR Help menu choose the entry , which switches you back to the 1D WIN-NMR application window with a reshaped mouse pointer. From File in the main menu bar choose the Filecopy Convert option. This will open the same information menu as above, but in more direct and convenient way. 

Whenever ID WIN-NMR or 2D WIN-NMR start, the appropriate application window appears on screen (see Figs. 2.5 and 2.6). This window may be minimized, maximized and resized using the standard MS-WINDOWS techniques. Access to the MS-WINDOWS system task menu is by clicking the button positioned to the left of the title bar. This menu may be used to switch to other running programs or to close one of the WIN-NMR sessions. Refer to the MS-WINDOWS manual for a detailed explanation of the individual window elements and for specific window manipulation techniques. As an example the ID WIN-NMR application window is shown. It consists of several menus, buttons and subwindows (Fig. 4.2). 

Fig. 4.2 ID WIN-NMR application window after program start, a) system menu button, b) MDI (Multi-Document-Interface) system menu button, c) button panel, d) title bar, e) menu bar, f) Spectrum window, g) button to iconize the window h) minimize/maximize button, i) close button.

When ID WIN-NMR or 2D WIN-NMR is first started, the appropriate maximized application or main display window ID WINNMR [Spectrum] and 2D WIN-NMR respectively appears on screen. Whereas 2D WIN-NMR has only one application window, ID WIN-NMR has three additional application windows. These four application windows (Spectrum, Preview, Relaxation and Text) may be displayed altogether (Multi Document Interface, MDI) on the screen by clicking the MDI window button, or may be displayed pairwise according to your needs by clicking one of the pairs offered in the Window pull-down menu. The active application window is indicated by the highlighted title bar (Fig. 4.3). 

Start the 1D WIN-NMR program and set-up the four MDI/application windows display as shown in Fig. 4.3 by clicking the MDI system menu button. Activate the four windows one after the other and inspect the corresponding button panels and menu bars. Iconize two of the windows and rearrange the other two so that each fills half of the display. To do this use the title bar and/or the window frames or use the Tile option in the Window pull-down menu. Check the functionality of the minimize/maximize button and of the options offered in one of the system menus. Iconize the 1D WIN-NMR program by clicking the corresponding button in the 1D WIN-NMR title bar. 

Fig. 4.3 The ID WIN-NMR application window with its four MDI windows. AU the MDI windows have a) a system menu, b) a button to iconize the corresponding window c) a minimize/maximize button and d) a close button. The activated Spectrum window with the corresponding buttons in the button panel are shown.

Now choose the File Manager option in the ID WIN-NMR File pull-down menu which will show the 1D WIN-NMR application window and the WINDOWS file manager window in a dual display mode (Fig. 4.6). In the directory D NMRDATA GLUCOSE 1D H GH check that there is a new entry for the 1D proton spectrum stored above. 

With this dual display still on the screen select in the file manager window the ID carbon spectrum D NMRDATA GLUCOSE 1D C GC 001999.1R and use the drag and drop method to move it directly and most conveniently into the 1D WIN-NMR application window. 

Version 2, released in 1987, added icons and allowed application windows to overlap each other, as well as tile. Support was also added for PIFs (program information files), which allowed the user to configure Windows to run their DOS applications more efficiently. 

Windows after the introduction of version 3.1 took a marked turn for the better, because Microsoft started making a serious effort to change to a full 32-bit application environment. With version 3.11, also known as Windows for Workgroups, Windows could offer support for both 16-bit and 32-bit applications. (Windows 3.1 could only support 16-bit applications.) Significant progress on the 32-bit front was not to be made, however, until very late in 1995, when Microsoft introduced Windows 95. Since that time the venerable DOS/Windows team has been largely replaced by newer, more advanced systems. You may occasionally still run into a Windows 3.1 machine, but it is not a common occurrence. 

These elements are not all found on every window, as programmers can choose to eliminate or modify them. Still, in most cases these will be constant, with the rest of the window filled in with menus, toolbars, a workspace or other application-specific elements. For instance, Microsoft Word, the program with which this book was written, adds an additional control box and minimize and maximize buttons for each document. It also has a menu bar, a number of optional toolbars, scroll bars at the right and bottom of the window, and a status bar at the very bottom. Application windows can become very cluttered. 

When an application window has been launched, it will exist in one of three states ... 

Aircraft operations sometimes have to be confined to optimum application windows , which may be very short (e.g. 2-3hours after sunrise)... 

Go to the Initial Conditions tab in the Application window. Click on each molecular species name, and modify the information on the bottom half of the panel to match the information in Table 2. 

Click the Simulation tab in the Application window, and click New to define a new simulation. You can change the name of this simulation by double clicking on the simulation name. 

Back in the Application window, select this simulation and click Run. The simulation request will be sent to the Virtual Cell server to compute, and Running status will indicate completed when the simulation is successful (Fig. 6b). 

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