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2 Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming
1 The VEE Pro 8 Fundamentals
The Mouse as Used in VEE Pro
The mouse is a major device for preparing and navigating a VEE Pro 8
program. The functions of the mouse as used in VEE Pro 8 are described
below. The mouse controls a marker whose shape depends upon its
application. The marker can be either one of the following:
• a movable arrow that indicates where the marker is located on the
screen.
• a pair of two- headed arrows at right angles that allow you to move the
contents of an entire screen in any direction.
• one angled double- headed arrow in the corner of an object when you
want to "size" an object.
• a blinking "I" beam or a blinking vertical line that indicates your
location in the text and allows you to select portions of a text.
• a magnifying glass when you are on a connecting line between two
objects.
It takes other forms that will be explained as VEE Pro 8 details are
presented.
The conventions for mouse button usage are:
• "Move" means to move the cursor across the screen with neither mouse
button depressed.
• "Click" means to click and immediately release the mouse left button.
• "Click and drag" or "drag" means to depress and hold down the mouse
left button.
• "Double- Click" means to click rapidly the mouse left button twice.
Specific instructions will indicate when to click the mouse right button.
There are other ways to control and navigate computer programs,
including joy sticks, touch screens on key pads or monitors,
voice- activated devices, and rollers and touch- screens on laptops.
Compare the above mouse button functions with the instruction manuals
for these other devices.