Created by James Hurrell on Apr 16, 2021

User List

The User List enables you to store a list of objects. These objects might be particular in some way or you may work with them more often than others. Using the right-click shortcut menu you can then save the contents of the list or carry out various other operations, such as opening objects etc...

 

Adding objects to the User List tab

There are two ways to add an object to the list:

  1. You can select an object in the Technical Browser, hold down the left mouse button, drag it to the list and then drop it by releasing the mouse button. The object will be added to the list.
  2. Alternatively you can use the Technical Browser shortcut menu: select an object that you want to add, right-click the object to launch the shortcut menu and select Append to User List. Selecting this option will append the object to the default tab.

Notes

  • Please note that adding objects to the User List does NOT remove them from the Technical Browser. A copy of the object is placed in the list instead.
  • You can append as many objects as you want.
  • You can append the same object as many times as you like.

Removing objects from the list

To remove an object from the User List, select the object in the list, right-click to launch the shortcut menu and then select Cut.

You can also clear ALL the objects from the User List if you require. Right-click anywhere in the tab and then select the Reset List Format option from the shortcut menu. All objects will then be removed from the list.

Notes

  • Removing an object from the User List does NOT remove it from the Object Browser.

Loading and Saving the contents of the list

Once you have added the objects that you require you can them save them to file and re-load them at a later date. 

  • Saving Right-click anywhere to launch the shortcut menu and then select Save file or Save file As. The application will then prompt you for a name for the file and a save location. The file will be stored as an .XML file.
  • Loading To re-load a group of objects that you have previously saved, right-click anywhere in the User List tab to launch the shortcut menu, then select Open File. A standard Windows Open dialog box will then be launched, in which you can select the name and location of the .XML file.

    Once loaded, the objects will appear in the list. They can then be used as normal.

Shortcut menu options

Icon Shortcut Key Name Description
    Locate on
  • Technical browser
  • Domain browser
 Use this option to locate the selected object in either the Technical Browser or in the Domain Browser.

The object will be selected and/or highlighted when located.
    View
  • [model name]
 Use this option to place the selected object on a selected Graphical View. 

If the Graphical View has been saved, the name of the model you select will be displayed in the sub menu).

If the Graphical View has not been saved, the name of the server you are currently connected to will be displayed instead.
  F11 Code Viewer Use this option to display the code of the selected object in the Code Viewer.
  CTRL+M Search in Code Use this option to search for any character string or regular expression located in the selected object. See Search in Code for more information.
    Search in BF/Comment Use this option to search for any character string or regular expression located in the selected object. See Search in BF/Comments for more information.
F12 Properties This option will display an HTML based report about the selected object or objects in the Property window.
CTRL+X Cut Cuts the selected object into the clipboard
CTRL+C Copy Copies the selected object to the clipboard
CTRL+DEL Delete Removes the selected object from the list.
    Create View Use this option to open a new Graphical View containing the selected object.
  Reset list format This option empties the list and resets the column headings to their default settings (you may have reconfigured the displayed columns using the List Format option (see below).
  Open file Use this option to open an .XML file that contains the contents of a previously saved list (see below).
  Save file Use this option to save the contents of the User List as an .XML file. If you have already saved the contents, this option will simply carry out a resave.
    Save file as Use this option to save the contents of the User List as an .XML file. If you have already saved the contents, this option will enable you to save the contents under a different file name.
  List Format... Select this option to launch the List Format Editor. This dialog box enables you to configure the way objects are displayed in the tab.
CTRL+P Print Use this option to print a list of the contents of the User List.
  CTRL+PG UP Cell
  • Find previous occurrence
 Use this option to move downwards through the results.
  CTRL+PG DOWN Cell
  • Find next occurrence
 Use this option to move upwards through the results.
See Also

Log Window | Search In Code List | Search In Comment List | Report List | List Format Editor

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