The Chart Library is the MMI2 centralized repository
for Chart files and is located on the left hand side of the user interface.
Individual Charts are stored in alphabetical order within a tree like folder
structure and users can create new folders, rename existing ones and move
charts between folders by dragging them.
Document Management
Each Chart is represented as a Document Node and is assigned an icon indicating
the type of Chart to help users to quickly locate the file they are after.
To open a document a user can either double click the corresponding document
node, drag it into the Document Window (where charts are displayed) or
click the document node with the right mouse button and select Open
from the context menu.
Users can also choose to open a document using the Open command
that appears under File on the main menu.
To move documents between folders simply drag them into the target folder.
To delete documents, a user must first select the document to be deleted
(by clicking on it once) and then either click the Delete selected items
button from the toolbar or click the document node with
the right mouse button and select Delete selected items from
the context menu.
MMI2 tracks Rave Charts which also form part of Composite Charts
(Connection charts , Cycle charts, Penta charts etc...) and will warn
you if you try and delete a chart that participates in such a composite.
Note. To select multiple arbitrary documents at the same time hold
down the Ctrl button while you click (once) on each of the document
nodes you wish to include in the selection. To select a continuous range
of documents, click the top document node and then hold down the Shift
button while you click the bottom one.
Folder Management
The Library's contents are organized into tree like folder structure.
To move a folder into another one simply drag it into the target folder.
To drag a folder which is nested within another one 'out' so that it is
on the Root of the folder tree, drag it to the top of the tree (outside
any folder) and leave it there .
To create a new folder a user can either click the Create a new folder
button on the toolbar or click the right mouse button
anywhere over the library and choose Create a new folder from
the context menu.
To rename an existing folder, a user must first select the folder (by clicking
on it once) and then either click the folder node with the right mouse
button and select Rename folder from the context menu or press
the F2 button on the keyboard.
To delete a folder, a user must first select the folder to be deleted and
then either click the Delete selected items button from
the toolbar or click the document node with the right mouse button and
select Delete selected items from the context menu.
Note. When deleting a folder all of its contents will be deleted
as well.
Resizing and Hiding the Chart Library
The Chart Library can be resized by clicking on it's right hand side Resizable
border and dragging it to increase or decrease it's size.
The library can also be 'collapsed' by using the Pin Icon on the right
hand side of it's title bar. When Pinned the Chart Library will remain
open and in full view but when Unpinned it will collapse to the left thus
allowing more screen space to be used by the Information Pane and the
Document Window. To reopen the Library when it is in a collapsed state
simply hover with your cursor over it.
The same functionality is available from the Workspace section
of the main menu using the Show/Hide Chart Library menu item.