View allows you to browse the output log, data file and control file associated
with the current analysis, or any other (text) file with the SPAN browser. It does
not allow any editing of these files. Window brings created windows into
focus and, if mouse input is allowable, makes the window active for mouse input.
18.1 Output log
The View:Output browser is fairly crude and is the author's own solution to the
problem of reading files (which may be very large) in their entirety into a window. The buttons at the top of the window allow navigation of the file. There is no right hand scroll
bar. The output log is divided into sections, each section representing the
output from a menu item. The Goto button invokes a dialog that lists these sections
so that you can jump straight to them.
Click on
Esc to escape viewing
the file. There is a simple Find command
to locate a character string in the file.
Certain items of the file will be highlighted in colour, as in the example
above.
The amount of output that is sent to the output log can be increased if Detailed
output option is checked under Options (see
17.7).
18.2 Viewing Data and Control .SPN files
Both these files are presented for viewing in their raw form. No additional formatting
is done and no editing is allowed.
18.3 View: Added attributes
Added attributes are those created during a SPAN run, usually in the iterative search process. This item
allows them to be seen and expanded to their full Boolean expression.
The item will, in addition, add the Boolean combination of the attribute to the
control file. It provides a way of saving a Boolean expression for future
use. The Process menu Select Partition dialog Control file combination
can
then be used to access the saved partition.
18.4 Window menu
The Window menu allows tiling and cascade of windows and brings created
windows into focus.
Note that a window that displays a particular analysis is overwritten by a repeat
of the same analysis. If, for example, a Distibution plot of variable AGE
is done and subsequently another distribution is done of some other variable, BWT,
the distribution plot for BWT overwrites that of AGE.
Some windows that accept mouse input are automatically re-activated when invoked
from the Window drop down item. However, the Rectangle Diagram
window is an example that not re-activated. It is necessary to create a new diagram.
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