СУБД Oracle / Литература / PowerDesigner 9 / GeneralFeatures

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You can customize the PowerDesigner environment by docking windows in the interface. Dockable windows are windows that align themselves with the edge of another interface element, typically a window or a pane.

There are three dockable windows in the PowerDesigner interface:

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1 Click the window title bar and keep the mouse button pressed.

2 Drag the selected window to another location in the main window.

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You can turn off the docking mode and turn the dockable windows into MDI windows.

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♦Right-click the dockable window background and deselect the Docking View command from the contextual menu.

The window becomes an MDI window.

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Toolbars are designed to provide quick access to specific menu commands.

PowerDesigner has a series of predefined toolbars:

By default, the Standard toolbar appears when you start PowerDesigner for the first time. You can display other toolbars in the interface, this parameter is saved in the registry.

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You can create new toolbars in the PowerDesigner environment.

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6Click the Customize button.

The Customize Toolbars dialog box appears.

7Select a menu category in the Categories pane.

The tools corresponding to the commands of the menu appear in the right pane of the window with a description in the lower part of the window.

8Select the tools you want to add, drag them to the new toolbar, and release the mouse button.

The tools are inserted into the new toolbar.

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To delete a tool in a toolbar, you must be in Customize mode, then right-click the tool to be deleted and select Delete from the contextual menu.

9 Click Close in each of the dialog boxes.

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The Customize Toolbars window appears.

5Select a menu category in the Categories pane.

The tools corresponding to the menu commands appear in the right pane of the window, with a description in the lower part of the window.

6Select the tool you want to add, drag it to the desired toolbar, and release the mouse button.

The tool is inserted into the target toolbar.

7Click Close in each of the dialog boxes.

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You can group related tools on a toolbar by adding a separator bar before the first and after the last one in the group to distinguish the group from other tools on the toolbar.

To do so, right-click the tool before which you want to add a separator bar and select Begin Group from the contextual menu.

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The Custom Graphic Tools category lets you define custom tools for stereotyped objects, as defined in extended model definitions.

For more information on custom tools, see chapter Extended Model Definitions Reference Guide in the Advanced User Documentation.

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You can restore the default settings of a customized toolbar.

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By default, the Standard toolbar appears in the PowerDesigner main window and the Palette in the diagram window. You can choose to hide or show a toolbar from the PowerDesigner interface.

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1Select Tools→Customize Toolbars. The Toolbars dialog box appears.

2Clear the check box corresponding to the toolbar you want to remove

from the interface.

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Select the check box corresponding to the toolbar you want to add to the interface

The toolbar instantly appears or disappears from the interface.

3 Click Close.

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You can delete any new toolbar you have created.

The default PowerDesigner toolbars cannot be deleted, when you select one of these toolbars, the Delete button is grayed.

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1 Select Tools→Customize Toolbars.