Overview of PPG
User’s Guide 11
PPG also comes with some example frames and files, discussed in Example
Frames on page 135. You can download additional PPG library files, discussed in
The PPG Library on page 159, from PSC’s website.
User Interface
Menus and Toolbars
The PPG menubar is discussed in detail in The PPG Menubar on page 23. In
Figure 2, the top toolbar is the PPG toolbar. The second toolbar is the Program
Nodes
toolbar. Refer to View Menu on page 38 for information on toggling the
PPG toolbar and the Program Nodes toolbar on and off.
Figure 2. PPG Menubar, PPG Toolbar, and Program Nodes Toolbar
Refer to the following tables for descriptions of PPG toolbar and Program
Nodes
toolbar buttons, their basic functions, and a Link to the section that
discusses the function in detail.
PPG Toolbar Buttons
sample3.scr
sample3.scr is an expanded version of sample2.scr that
includes review and edit capabilities. (This is the program that was loaded
with your portable when you first got it.)
sample4.scr
sample4.scr is an application which illustrates multiple frame levels.
This example is useful as a model for designing complex applications.
PPG Menubar
PPG Toolbar
Program Nodes Toolbar
Click this Button To
New
Create a new PPG flow chart file.
Refer to Creating a New File (Ctrl+N) on page 24
.
Open
Open an existing PPG flow chart file.
Refer to Opening an Existing File (Ctrl+O) on page 25
.
Save
Save an existing PPG flow chart file.
Refer to Saving a File (Ctrl+S) on page 25
.
Cut
Cut the selected node to the clipboard.
Refer to Cut (Ctrl+X) on page 35
.
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