Viewer: 3/Options

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Options

The Viewer has several options which influence the visual properties of the available diagrams.

General

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Display

  • Drop shadow: Turn on of off the shadowing of symbols drawn.
  • Show grid: Toggle the grid on of off
  • Hot Tracking: Moving the mouse will highlight symbols when hovered. Also a color may be set for this highlighting

Corner Style

  • Straight lines
  • Bezier
  • Curved

Auto-save Diagram

Upon saving the diagram file, a bitmap can be saved as well in various formats.

Relational

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  • Primary Keys: Toggle primary key symbols on or off
  • Columns: Toggle the column information on or off
  • Foreign Keys: Toggle the foreign key indications on or off (Note: once a fk relation is drawn, the columns are hidden, even when turned on)
  • Data Types: Toggle the datatype information on or off
  • Weak Tables: Tables where the primary key contains foreign keys the edges are drawn rounded.
  • Weak Relations: Foreign keys which are not mandatory are drawn with a dotted line.
  • Subtypes: Child tables can contain a subtype of a parent table, a small arc is drawn at the side of the parent table.
  • Type Expressions can be turned on or off
  • Examples Expressions can be turned on or off, a maximum number of examples can be specified, and whether incomplete examples are shown.
  • Names: The naming of columns can be tweaked to different conventions. (Note: if a model is transformed using a legacy mode, it cannot be altered here.) The different options are: Full Path; Relevant Path; Compressed Path; Unique Tail. See also: Column Names

UML

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  • Properties: Toggle the properties on or off
  • Methods: Toggle the methods on or off
  • Object Type Expressions: Toggle partial verbalizations on or off

Misc

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  • Show a warning dialog to reflect the IG being newer then the transformed IGG file
  • Show a warning to indicate the IG is missing when an IGG is opened
  • Show a warning to indicate a missing IGG when the IG is opened