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VCS Hints: Data Selection and Data Selection Browser Panels |
Access: via Main Menu - `File' -> `Select Data'
The Data Selection Panel is used for selecting data. The Data Selection Browser Panel displays the attributes of a data variable, including dimension information.
How to Use The Data Selection and Data Selection Browser Panels
Changing Directories:
To change directories, type the desired directory in the `Directory' input
text window, and press the `Return' or `Enter' key to register the end
of typing. The `Sub_Dir' scroll window and possibly also the `Data Files'
scroll window will change. (If the specified directory does not exist,
the current directory will reappear.) (Note, VCS recognizes the C shell
tilde ~ convention as designating the home directory.) The directory
can also be changed by moving the pointer over a directory name in the
`Sub_Dir' scroll window and clicking the left mouse button.
Selecting a Data File:
Move the pointer over the desired data file name in the `Data File' scroll
window and click the left mouse button. A list of variable names will appear
in the `Variables' scroll window.
Viewing a Variable:
Move the pointer over a data variable name and click the left mouse button.
Information showing the data variable's attributes (including dimension
information) will appear below in the `Data Selection Browser Panel'.
Quick Plotting a Data Variable:
Move the pointer over the desired data variable name and click the left
mouse button. Then move the pointer over the `Quick Plot' button and press
and hold the left mouse button. An assortment of graphics methods will
appear. Select a graphics method by moving the pointer over the desired
method and releasing the left mouse button. A plot of the data variable
will appear on the VCS Canvas to the left.
Placing Data Variables in the Data Panel:
Move the pointer over a data variable name and double-click the left mouse
button. The data variable name will appear in the red `Data' scroll window
above.
Changing the Name of the Selected Data Variable:
Move the pointer over the data variable name and click the left mouse button.
The variable name will appear above in the `A_' input text window. Modify
the name and press the `Select:' button to the left. The new data variable
name will appear in the red `Data' scroll window above.
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