Screen Windows

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Screen windows, also referred to as QLook (Quick Look) windows are the heart of the GSEOS application. They display your data in real-time. The graphical, interactive editor lets you place data items on the screen window while the data is being displayed. You can place data items in various formats, command buttons, bitmaps, various static graphical elements such as lines and rectangles, as well as static text on a screen window. Once configured you can save the window to a .gscr file. The following picture shows a screen window:



Screen windows are regular MDI child windows and are placed on a particular desktop page. You can arrange multiple screen windows on a page to group related data.
When in edit mode the following menus will be activated:

Edit:      Copy and paste objects, change their Z-order, and zoom.
Draw:      Place various objects on the screen window.
Format:   Modify the display style of an object a selection of objects.

The next chapter explains how to place graphical objects on the screen and modify the properties of display objects. The Menus chapter details the various menu options.
If you want to get a quick overview of how to create a screen file please refer to the Quick Tour tutorial