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IKUGRAPH is a desktop application for Windows systems. This application is a user interface design tool
to create definitions of the set of windows to use in the embedded equipment distributed by Danfoss
RCT.
This document contains the full description of the interface and functionality included in the IKUGRAPH
application. Each xml file represents one project and can contain many elements (windows, text, value,
etc). The different elements that can be used are described in the document API_Ikugraph_v14.docx
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To launch the application, run this executable: Ikusi.Ikugraph.Desktop.exe
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To create a new project, select File > New from the menu bar.
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To load an existing project, select File > Open from the menu bar.
Overview
The Ikugraph user interface is made up of five primary areas: Menu and Navigation bars, Canvas, Toolbox
and Properties panels.
The Toolbox Panel is the long strip of UI controls in the left part of the window. It lists all of the UI control
types that can be used in the design.
The main goal of the Toolbox Panel is to let you add UI controls to the canvas. To add a new UI control to
the canvas, select the control type you wish to add then either drag it to the central canvas.
Navigator bar
The Toolbox panel can be toggled on and off in several ways:
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clicking the icon X to the right of the panel (hide panel),
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using the toggle option (minimize panel), or
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by selecting View > Toolbox from the application menu (hide/show panel).
The navigator bar below toolbar shows the list of windows in your project.
The currently visible window is highlighted. The window with the “Visibility” property set to 1 is bordered
with a yellow square.
The + button in the right side adds a new window to the project.
This is the main working area of the designer. Once you add UI controls to it, you can move them, resize
them and tweak them until your UI design is ready.
To move items, it can be used the drag and drop option (by clicking the item to move and drag&drop it),
or select the item and move it with the scroll keys of the keyboard.
You can select an item in the canvas by clicking it, moving between items with the tab key or selecting
the item in the control list in the Window tab in properties panel.
To remove a window, use the Delete button in the Window properties panel.
The size of the window canvas is fixed, but it can be extended with a zoom option by clicking Ctrl +
The panel on the right side of the application (when shown) displays properties for the current project,
selected window or control.
General, Window and Control properties panels
Depending on which control is selected it shows different properties.
It can be hidden by de-selecting both General, Window and Control in the View menu. It can be toggled