4. Display the Toolbar, Menu and/or Status Bar

If your CimView screen is designed so that you can control the display of the CimView toolbar, menu and/or status bar, CimView provides you with a few methods for doing this.

Toolbar

Status bar

Menu/Title Bar

Example

Toolbar

  1. Click View on the CimView menu bar.

  2. Select Toolbars.

An Options dialog box opens.

  1. Select your preferences as follows.

Checkbox

Description

Standard

Check

Standard toolbar displays.

 

Clear

No toolbar displays for the CimView screen.

Navigation

Check

The

Navigation bar displays in CimView

Navigation Child checkbox is enabled.

 

Clear

The:

Navigation bar does not display in CimView.

Navigation Child checkbox is disabled.

 

Note: If your system does not have a Navigation toolbar, this option is disabled.

Navigation Child

Check

Both the:

Navigation bar displays in CimView.

Navigation Child bar displays in CimView.

 

Clear

The

Navigation bar displays in CimView.

Navigation Child bar does not display in CimView.

 

Note: If your system does not have a Navigation toolbar or Child toolbar this option is disabled.

Show tool tips

Check

Tool tips display when the mouse hovers over a toolbar button.

Status Bar

  1. Click View on the CimView menu bar.

  2. Check Status bar.

Menu/Title Bar

Method 1

  1. Click View on the CimView menu bar.

  2. Check Menu/Title Bar.

Method 2

  1. Right-click the CimView screen.

  2. Check Menu/Title Bar on the Popup menu.

Result: All of the features that you checked display in CimView. The features you cleared do not display.

 Tip: You can position the toolbar anywhere you want on the CimView screen.

  1. Click and hold down the right-mouse button.

  2. Grab the toolbar along the edge.

  3. Drag it to another location.

 Note: The Status bar provides information about objects and values. The Title bar displays the screen file name.

Example

Following is a CimView screen with a title bar, menu, toolbar and status bar.

Following is a CimView screen with no title bar, menu, toolbar or status bar.

More information

Typical Windows application tasks available in CimView.