IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide

Appendix D. User Interface Configuration

Data Explorer provides its own set of resources for customizing the user interface in addition to the standard X-window and Motif resources. These resources (see table) can be specified in the .Xdefaults resource file, and a majority can be invoked as command line switches or options. For example:

DX*noImagePrinting: true
DX*restrictionLevel: maximum

dx -image -noImagePrinting -restrictionLevel maximum

The command line switch for a Boolean resource (e.g., -noImagePrinting) toggles the default value.

Table 7. Resource Configuration Table

Resource Name	Command Line Option (if available)	Type	Default
DX*errorEnabled	N/A	Boolean	true
DX*errorOpensMessage	N/A	Boolean	true
DX*infoEnabled	N/A	Boolean	true
DX*infoOpensMessage	N/A	Boolean	true
DX*limitImageOptions	-limitImageOptions	Boolean	false
DX*metric	-metric	Boolean	false
DX*noConfirmedQuit	-noConfirmedQuit	Boolean	false
DX*noCMapOpenMap	-noCMapOpenMap	Boolean	false
DX*noCMapSaveMap	-noCMapSaveMap	Boolean	false
DX*noCMapSetNameOption	-noCMapSetNameOption	Boolean	false
DX*noDXHelp	-noDXHelp	Boolean	false
DX*noEditorAccess	-noEditorAccess	Boolean	false
DX*noEditorOnError	-noEditorOnError	Boolean	false
DX*noImageLoad	-noImageLoad	Boolean	false
DX*noImageMenus	-noImageMenus	Boolean	false
DX*noImagePrinting	-noImagePrinting	Boolean	false
DX*noImageRWNetFile	-noImageRWNetFile	Boolean	false
DX*noImageSaving	-noImageSaving	Boolean	false
DX*noInteractorAttribute	-noInteractorAttribute	Boolean	false
DX*noInteractorEdits	-noInteractorEdits	Boolean	false
DX*noInteractorMovement	-noInteractorMovement	Boolean	false
DX*noMessageInfoOption	-noMessageInfoOption	Boolean	false
DX*noMessageWarningOption	-noMessageWarningOption	Boolean	false
DX*noOpenAllPanels	-noOpenAllPanels	Boolean	false
DX*noPGroupAssignment	-noPGroupAssignment	Boolean	false
DX*noPanelAccess	-noPanelAccess	Boolean	false
DX*noPanelEdit	-noPanelEdit	Boolean	false
DX*noPanelRWConfig	-noPanelRWConfig	Boolean	false
DX*noScriptCommand	-noScriptCommand	Boolean	false
DX*printImageCommand	N/A	String	"lpr"
DX*printImageFormat	N/A	String	"PSCOLOR"
DX*printImagePageSize	N/A	String	NULL
DX*printImageResolution	N/A	int	0
DX*printImageSize	N/A	String	NULL
DX*restrictionLevel	-restrictionlevel	String	NULL
DX*saveImageFormat	N/A	String	"PSCOLOR"
DX*saveImagePageSize	N/A	String	NULL
DX*saveImageResolution	N/A	int	0
DX*saveImageSize	N/A	String	NULL
DX*vpeCanvas.lineThickness	N/A	int	1
DX*warningEnabled	N/A	Boolean	true
DX*warningOpensMessage	N/A	Boolean	true

DX*errorEnabled	Specifies the default value of the Error Messages toggle button in the Message window's Option menu.
DX*errorOpensMessage	Specifies whether or not the Message window pops up when an error message is printed in the Message window.
DX*infoEnabled	Specifies the default value of the Information Messages toggle button in the Message window's Option menu.
DX*infoOpensMessage	Specifies whether or not the Message window pops up when an informational message is printed in the Message window.
DX*limitImageOptions	Removes the Image Depth, Throttle, Change Image Name..., and Panel Access... menu commands from the Image window's Options menu.
DX*metric	Specifies that Data Explorer use the metric system (centimeters) when set to "true". The default is the English system (inches). The Print Image and Save Image dialog boxes option menus are affected accordingly.
DX*noConfirmedQuit	Turns off the "Are you sure you want to quit Data Explorer?" message.
DX*noCMapOpenMap	Removes the Open... menu command from the Colormap Editor's File menu.
DX*noCMapSaveMap	Removes the Save As... menu command from the Colormap Editor's File menu.
DX*noCMapSetNameOption	Removes the Set Colormap Name... menu command from the Colormap Editor's Options menu.
DX*noDXHelp	Removes the On Context, On Manual and On Help menu commands from the Help menu of both the Control Panel and the Image window.
DX*noEditorAccess	Removes (1) the Delete, Show Selected Interactor, Add Selected Interactor, Show Selected Tool, and Comment... menu commands from the Control Panel's Edit menu; (2) the Open Visual Program Editor menu commands from the Image window's Windows menu.
DX*noEditorOnError	Turns off default behavior of popping up the VPE when an error occurs. Instead, a question dialog box is popped up, with the name of the visual program, which lets the user choose whether or not to open the VPE on the .net file.
DX*noImageLoad	Removes the Load Macro... and Load Module Definition(s)... menu commands from the Image window's File menu.
DX*noImageMenus	Removes the bar from all Image and Display windows.
DX*noImagePrinting	Removes the Print Image... menu command from the Image window's File menu.
DX*noImageRWNetFile	Removes the Open, Save, and Save As... menu commands from the Image window's File menu.
DX*noImageSaving	Removes the Save Image... menu command from the Image window's File menu.
DX*noInteractorAttribute	Removes the Set Attributes... menu command from the Control Panel's Edit menu.
DX*noInteractorEdits	Removes the Set Style, Set Layout, Set Dimensionality, and Set Interactor Label... menu commands from the Control Panel's Edit menu.
DX*noInteractorMovement	Restricts the ability to move interactor instances within a Control Panel.
DX*noMessageInfoOption	Removes the Information Messages toggle button from the Message window's Options menu.
DX*noMessageWarningOption	Removes the Warning Messages toggle button from the Message window's Options menu.
DX*noOpenAllPanels	Removes the Open All Panels... menu command from the Panels menu of the Control Panel and the Windows menu of the Image window.
DX*noPGroupAssignment	Removes the Execution Group Assignment... menu command from the Image window's Connection menu.
DX*noPanelAccess	Removes (1) the Control Panel's Panels menu and all its menu commands; (2) the Open All Control Panels and Open Control Panel by Name menu commands from the Image window's Windows menu.
DX*noPanelEdit	Removes the Control Panel's Edit menu and all its menu commands. This is equivalent to the following options: noInteractorEdits noInteractorAttribute noEditorAccess noInteractorMovement By restricting the ability to highlight interactors with a mouse click, this option in effect also disables interactor movement.
DX*noRWConfig	Removes the Open... and Save As... menu commands from the File menu.
DX*noScriptCommand	Removes the Execute Script Command... menu command from the Message window's Options menu.
DX*printImageCommand	Specifies the default print image command to be used use in the Print Image dialog box available from the Image window.
DX*printImageFormat	Specifies the default file format to be used in the Print Image dialog box available in the Image window. The following values are recognized: PSCOLOR Color PostScript PSGREY Gray level PostScript EPSCOLOR Encapsulated Color PostScript EPSGREY Encapsulated Gray level PostScript
DX*printImagePageSize	Specifies the default page size that PostScript images should be centered on when printing images from the Print Image dialog box available from the Image window. Units are those indicated by the metric option.
DX*printImageResolution	Specifies the default resolution that PostScript images should be printed with when printing images from the Print Image dialog box available from the Image window. Resolution is in dots per inch unless the DX*metric resource is set, in which case dots per centimeter is used. This resource is overridden by the printImageSize resource. If this is set to zero (the default), then the Print Image... dialog box chooses the resolution.
DX*printImageSize	Specifies the default size of PostScript images printed from the Print Image dialog box available from the Image window. If specified this option overrides the printImageResolution option. The value is a string in the same format as that accepted by the dialog box (for example, "8", "8x", "x10", "8x10"). Units are those indicated by the metric option. The default value is determined by printImageResolution option.
DX*restrictionLevel	Combines options to make it easier to build applications on top of Data Explorer. The string value must be one of the following: minimum Combines the restrictions implied by the following options: noEditorAccess noInteractorEdits noInteractorMovement limitImageOptions noScriptCommand noCMapSetNameOption intermediate Combines the restrictions implied by minimum restriction level plus the following options: noImageRWNetFile noOpenAllPanels noImageLoad noPanelEdit noPanelOptions noPGroupAssignment maximum Combines the restrictions implied by the intermediate restriction level plus the following options: noPanelRWConfig noImageSaving noPanelAccess noCMapOpenMap noCMapSaveMap
DX*saveImageFormat	Specifies the default file format to be used in the Print Image dialog box available in the Image window. The following values are recognized: PSCOLOR Color PostScript PSGREY Gray level PostScript EPSCOLOR Encapsulated Color PostScript EPSGREY Encapsulated Gray level PostScript RGB "rgb" format R+G+B "r+g+b" format TIFF TIFF format
DX*saveImagePageSize	Specifies the default page size that PostScript images should be centered on when saving images from the Save Image dialog box available from the Image window. Units are those indicated by the metric option.
DX*saveImageResolution	Specifies the default resolution that PostScript images should be saved with when saving images from the Save Image dialog box available from the Image window. Resolution is in dots per inch unless the DX*metric resource is set, in which case dots per centimeter is used. This resource is overridden by the saveImageSize resource. If this is set to zero (the default), then the Save Image dialog box chooses the resolution, which may be specified inside the visual program.
DX*saveImageSize	Specifies the default size of PostScript images saved from the Print Image dialog box available from the Image window. If specified this option overrides the saveImageResolution option. The value is a string in the same format as that accepted by the dialog box (for example, "8", "8x", "x10", "8x10"). Units are those indicated by the metric option. The default value is determined by saveImageResolution option.
DX*vpeCanvas.lineThickness	Specifies the thickness of the lines that connect module outputs to module inputs in the VPE.
DX*warningEnabled	Specifies the default value of the Warning Messages toggle button in the Message window's Option menu.
DX*warningOpensMessage	Specifies whether or not the Message window pops up when a warning message is printed in the Message window.

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