### Main Menu Bar

At the top of the Datapage+ window is the main menu bar. It contain navigation elements as well as menus and icons to change database connection settings, import data, modify your user account profile, and access the help file.

Main Menu Bar

The menu bar contains these elements:

Toolbar Item | Description
| Clicking this image accesses the pcdmis.com web site. See http://www.pcdmis.com/.
| Similar to a web browser, these Back and Forward navigation icons move you back and forth within a history of opened screens and accessed items.
| Minimize - This minimizes the window to the taskbar. Maximize - This maximizes the window to fill your monitor's screen dimensions. Normal - This reverts the maximized window back to its previous location. Close - This closes down the Datapage+ application, .logging you out of any database and terminating any database connections.
| The blue underlined Current User button displays the Edit User dialog box, allowing you to modify your personal profile. It contains the same form as used during the registration process. The Logout button logs out the current user and returns the window to the initial login screen. See "Registering and Logging In".
| The Current Selected Part button performs two tasks:

- It displays the category, name, and associated image of the currently selected part.

- It displays a drop-down of menu items allowing you to import a 3D CAD model:

Upload Solid and wireframe CAD Model - This uploads a combined solid and wireframe CAD model. Supported file types include .cad or .iges.

Upload Solid CAD Model - This uploads a solid CAD model. Supported file types include .cad, .iges, or .xamlsolid.

Upload Wireframe CAD Model - This uploads a wireframe CAD model. Supported file types include .cad, .iges, or .xamlwireframe

Note: This button only appears if you've selected a part to work with from the sidebar.

| Depending on what you currently have selected in Datapage+, the software will contains one or more of these menu items: Import Data - This item accesses the Datapage+ Data Import Wizard. See "Importing Data". Database connection - This item displays the Database Connection Properties dialog box. See "Connecting to a Database".

Account - Depending on your privileges, this item lets you work with user accounts on the system. See "Account Management".

Variable Type Selection - This displays a Variable Type Selection dialog box allowing you to set the initial view of the sidebar display when you access a part.

The dialog box contains these options:

- Feature Variable

- Dimension Variable

- Feature

- Dimension

The side bar already contains a drop-down list allowing you to switch between these items, but with this dialog box, you can change what initially appears. Choose what you want to display and click Save. The Default button resets the dialog box back to the software default.

View Selection - This displays the View Selection dialog box which lets you choose what tabbed windows to display in the main view.

Simply mark the items to display and click Apply; also click Save if you want your configuration to remain when you return to Datapage+ in a later session.

Dimension Color - This accesses the Dimension Color dialog box, allowing you to define colors for different tolerance zones. See "Understanding Feature Colors" for more information.

Variable Calculation - This displays the Variable Calculation dialog box. This lets you determine whether a summarized multi-report calculates its information based on the last transaction or on all transactions. See "Applying Multiple Parts at Once" for more information.

Default Template Set - This displays the Default Template Set dialog box.

This allows you to set the default templates used based on your particular locale. Selecting an option button and clicking Apply and Save will modify the paper size your reports will print on.

System Display - This opens up the System Display Settings dialog box.

This lets you set how certain items are displayed inside of the Datapage+ software. This does not change the actual data in the database only how it is displayed.

- Decimals - This sets the number of decimal places.

- Max Width - This controls the maximum width of each column in the Column Chart.

- Font Size - This sets the font size of text displayed on tabbed windows and in the sidebar. It does not change the size of text on the main menu bar. The text size is limited between 0 and 18. A font size of 0 will reset the font to its default size.

- Date Format - This defines the date format for displayed transactions.

yyyy - represents the four digits for the year.

MM - represents the two digits for the month.

dd - represents the two digits for the day.

- Time Format - This defines the time format for displayed transactions.

HH - represents the two digits for the hours, in 24 hour time.

mm - represents the two digits for the minutes.

ss - represents the two digits for the seconds.

- Unit - This defines the measurement unit used.

- Show SaveAsExcelDialog - This check box lets you control the visibility state of the Excel Output dialog box that initially appears when you click the To Excel toolbar icon on the side bar. If you have hidden this dialog box, marking this check box will cause it to appear again when the To Excel toolbar icon is next used.

Update - This menu lets you define when the system performs an update and queries for new statistical data that has been sent into the database. It contains these menu items:

Auto... - This menu item displays an Options dialog box that lets you define how often Datapage+ should update its content with the latest database information. This is useful when you are working with continuous real time data collection and you want to view the latest information.

Options dialog box for View Update

- Enable Update - This turns on the defined update interval. When the specified time passes, Datapage+ will pause for a moment as it updates its contents with the latest statistical data from the database.

- Minutes and Seconds - These boxes define the time that must pass before an update occurs.

- Default - This resets the update interval to the default time of zero.

- Save - This button does not immediately apply any changes you have made; instead, it stores the changes applying them when you next restart Datapage+.

- Close - This closes this dialog box.

- Apply - This applies your changes only temporarily, allowing you to preview the time before clicking Save. If you only click Apply and then Close, the update interval will continue to function for that part until you completely close Datapage+.

Manual - This performs a manual update of the Datapage+ software with the latest database information.

Calculations - This displays the Calculations dialog box.

This dialog box contains buttons that let you change the calculation styles that affect different chart types used in the Chart and CAD tabs.

- Control Tests

- Capability Threshold

- Subgroup Parameters

- Control Charts

| The Help menu lets you access the Datapage+ help file as well as the About dialog box; this dialog lets you view information about the current version and any modules programmed.

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