Solution Overview Page

Table of Contents

• Functions of the Overview
  • Adjusting the presentation and Navigating within the Overview page
  • Changing the Display Layouts
  • Zooming and Element Filter
  • Navigation
  • Managing elements in the page
  • Handling with the context menus
  • Handling with mouse
  • Handling with keys
  • Other tips
• Save the solution overview as image

Whereas the Solution Explorer provides the detail view and management of an OTX solution, the Overview page gives the overall view and management of an OTX solution.

To access the Overview page, you can right click on the Solution node (or a Project node or a Package node or a Procedure node) in the Solution Explorer and select the context menu "Overview". The Overview page will be opened and focus at the corresponding node.

Functions of the Overview

Adjusting the presentation and Navigating within the Overview page

Changing the Display Layouts

An OTX solution can be presented in the Overview page with one of the following 3 layouts:

• Mind Map: The solution node is displayed at the center with the surrounding projects.
• Diagram left to right: The solution node is displayed at the left most with the child nodes spreading both upward and downward to the right.
• Diagram top to bottom: The solution node is displayed at the top left with the child nodes spreading downward to the right.

To change the layout, you need to right click on the white empty space in the Overview page and select one of the 3 layouts above in the context menu "Layout".

Zooming and Element Filter

You can easily zoom in or out on the Overview page by holding the CTRL key and scroll the mouse. The allowed range of zoom scale is from 10% to 400%. You can also use the "Zoom Slider" in the Status Bar to zoom in and out, or use the "Reset zoom factor" button in the bar to set the zoom of the page back to 100%. The "Reset zoom factor" button can also be found in the "Display" tab of the Ribbon Menu. Here in the same tab of the Ribbon, in the "Designer Appearance" section, you can select a level to filter the displayed elements e.g. the 'Packages' level displays from the Solution node to the Package nodes, the Document nodes and all their child nodes are filtered out.

Navigation

You can use the Overview tool window to navigate the visible display area in case your solution is large (click here for more information). In this tool window, you can drag the rectangle outline across the overview picture to move the current view to the expected position.

Managing elements in the page

Handling with the context menus

In the Overview page, you can use the same context menus with the Solution node (or a Project node or a Package node or a Procedure node or a Monitor node or a Control node) as in the Solution Explorer.

Please note that when you select a node in the Overview page, the corresponding node will be selected in the Solution Explorer too and vice versa. Because you are selecting the same node in the Solution Explorer, you can use the same context menu with that node as in the explorer.

Besides that the context menus are the same as in the Solution Explorer, some nodes in the Overview page have the specific context menus as below:

Node	Context menu	Description
Solution	Expand all	Expands all the child nodes of all levels.
Solution	Expand all projects	Expands all the Project nodes to show all the first level Package nodes but it does not expand the first level Package nodes or their child nodes if they are collapsed.
Solution	Collapse all projects	Collapses all the Project nodes, only displays the Solution node and the Project nodes.
Project	Expand all packages	Expands all the Packages nodes of the current Project node to show all the Document nodes but it does not expand the Document nodes or their child nodes if they are collapsed.
Project	Collapse all packages	Collapses all the Package nodes of the current Project node, only displays the first level Package nodes.
Document	Expand all procedures	Expands all the Document nodes of the current Package node to show all the Procedure nodes but it does not expand the Procedure nodes or their child nodes if they are collapsed.
Document	Collapse all procedures	Collapses all the Document nodes of the current Package node, only displays the Document nodes.
ProcedureCall	Display called Procedure	Opens the procedure tab of the procedure called by the current ProcedureCall.
ProcedureCall	Display ProcedureCall	Opens the procedure tab containing the current ProcedureCall.

Handling with mouse

Besides that you can use the context menus to expand or collapse nodes in the Overview page, you can simply click on the "Expand" [ + ] or "Collapse" [ - ] icon at the right side of each node in the page. Double-clicking on a Project node or a Package node or a Monitor node will also expand or collapse that node. Double-clicking on a Document node will open the OTL editor of that Document. Double-clicking at a Procedure node will open the procedure tab. About the ProcedureCall nodes, please view the tooltip icons at the context menus of the ProcedureCall node above.

If you select a child node of a node which is collapsed in the Solution Explorer, the collapsed parent node in the explorer will be automatically expanded to display the selected child node, and vice versa in case selecting node in the explorer.

Handling with keys

As mentioned above, when you select the node in the Overview page, you are selecting the same node in the Solution Explorer and vice versa. Therefore, you can use the same keys with the node as you do in the explorer such as CTRL + C (Copy), CTRL + X (Cut), CTRL + V (Paste), DEL (Delete) or F2 (Rename).

Other tips

When you select a child node, you can see that the line from the solution node to the current child node will be bolded, which helps you to trace the parent nodes easily. Besides, there are thin blue lines between the referred Project nodes / imported Document nodes / called Procedure nodes (with round icon at the end of the line) and the referring Project nodes / importing Document nodes / calling ProcedureCall nodes (with no round icon at the end of the line), which helps you to see the references clearly. When you select a ProcedureCall, the color of called Procedure node will turn violetish. If you have a Document node e.g. Document1 which imports another Document e.g. Document2, selecting Document1 node will make the Document2 node turn dark-greenish whereas selecting Document2 node will make the Document1 node turn reddish.

Save the solution overview as image

You can capture the image of the current solution overview by using the button Save as Image... in the Start tab of the Ribbon. The captured image of the overview has the same appearance as it is presented in the OTF. Please note that only the appearance is the same, the zoom of the captured image is always 100% despite of the current zoom. A dialog will occur for users to browse the location to save the image. The image can be saved with JPEG/PNG/GIF format. For memory saving, the image will have a resolution lower than the sequence in the OTF has.