The Windows Configuration Page
The Windows Configuration Page allows you rearrange the windows in
a Workspace, display or hide windows that may or may not be relevant
to the current layout and save these as a layout.
Each layout can be saved as part of the workspace
The Window Configuration/Layout Manager
is accessed from the 'Window Configuration' button on the toolbar.
If this
button is not available you may need to access the configuration mode
and set the Toolbar properties
The Windows Configuration Page allows the user to rearrange the windows,
shows/hides windows ie create/edit the layout of choice. It can set
the border styles and colors. This is not for the faint hearted
if you mess up you can exit (not saving) and start again
The procedure is to
- Unlock the windows
The Lock button controls how the windows are connected to each other.
Clicking the lock button will toggle the unlock and loced state.
When the windows are unlocked you will see the Windows.
Title Bar appear over each. In the unlocked state you can arrange the windows
nywhere you want on the screen and make them any size you wish.
Sizing occur by clicking on the bottom right only.
In the Unlock state
The checkboxes show which windows are visible to the user.
Having unloced the windows the user can add/remove views
- To Remove a window, uncheck its box.
- To Add a window, check its box.
- To show a window that is currently hidden behind another window, click the Reset Button
Other option include to Tile the windows or cascade the windows
- Once you have arranged your windows, if you click the lock button the windows will go
into locked mode. In locked mode the Windows® Title Bars will
disappear and any windows whose borders are touching will be connected
together. This way if you resize one window, all the windows
connected to it will compensate, and resize as well.
- Press the Wizard Button
and set any Global styles

Showing and hiding Windows
The Windows Configuration dialog will list all the available windows
available in the Workspace. The windows are all named. If the
check box next to the name is checked it means that the window is currently
visible. If the box is unchecked it means the window is
hidden. You can check the windows you want displayed and uncheck
the windows you wish to hide. If a window is checked but you cannot
see it in Automation Manager it may be hidden behind another window.
Press reset to see it
Setting a layout
Pressing the lock/unlock button will allow you to move and resize the
Workspace windows. Once unlocked you can set the window positions as
you wish. To lock the windows back in place simply press the
lock/unlock button again. In an unlocked state windows can be Tiled
or Cascaded
Saving layouts
Once you have set up your window layout you can save it to a layout
file, this enables you to reload the layout file again or to set it to
a certain Workspace mode. Press the save button and a save dialog
window will appear, enter the filename and save the file to your chosen
path.
Loading layouts
To load a previously saved layout file press the load button and select
the layout file you wish to reload. If the file is a valid layout
file the window positions will change to reflect the saved layout
otherwise the window positions will remain the same.
Reset>
Reset the current selected window to the screen center. Useful
if a window is hidden
Edit
Edit window attributes like margin and name
Get
Get copies the selected window attributes
Set set the current window to the previously copied attributes
Setting a layout to a Workspace
In configure mode visit/edit the window
Toolbar Main Layout Property Page