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34 Chapter 2: iTool System Architecture
iTool Object Hierarchy iTool Developers Guide
iTool. Default properties of file readers can be set interactively via the System
Preferences dialog. See Chapter 9, “Creating a File Reader” for more on file readers.
For example, the relative identifier for the ASCII file reader is:
FILE READERS/ASCII TEXT
FILE WRITERS
A file writer is an iTool component object that contains the information necessary to
create a file from data stored in the iTools data manager. The FILE WRITERS
container holds the object descriptors of file writers registered with the individual
iTool. Default properties of file writers can be set interactively via the System
Preferences dialog. See Chapter 10, “Creating a File Writer for more on file writers.
For example, the relative identifier for the Windows Bitmap file writer is:
FILE WRITERS/WINDOWS BITMAP
MANIPULATORS
A manipulator is an iTool component object that performs some action on a
visualization selected in an iTool. The MANIPULATORS container holds the object
descriptors of manipulators registered with the individual iTool. See Chapter 8,
“Creating a Manipulator” for more on manipulators.
For example, the relative identifier for the Rotate manipulator is:
MANIPULATORS/ROTATE
OPERATIONS
An operation is a set of IDL procedure, function, and method calls that acts on either
a data item or on the iTool itself. The OPERATIONS container holds the object
descriptors of operations registered with the individual iTool. Registered operations
appear in the Operations menu of the iTool. See Chapter 7, “Creating an Operation”
for more on operations.
The object identifier hierarchy rooted at OPERATIONS is displayed in the iTools
Operations Browser in a tree view. The hierarchy may contain multiple levels; the
levels are used to organize the individual operations in the iTools Operations menu
and in the Operations Browser. For example, the relative identifier of the File Open
operation is:
OPERATIONS/FILE/OPEN
Note that operations that appear in the iTool Operations menu repeat the identifier
OPERATIONS. The first instance specifies that the object is stored in the Operations
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