User`s guide

Glossary
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Minimize Button A button on an object, or the VEE window,
that iconifies the object, or the VEE window.
Object:
1 A graphical representation of an element in a program,
such as an instrument, control, display, or
mathematical operator. An object is placed in the work
area and connected to other objects to create a
program.
2 A data type used for ActiveX Automation and Controls.
Object Menu The menu associated with an object that
contains features that operate on the object (for example,
moving, sizing, copying, and deleting the object). To obtain
the object menu, click the object menu button at the
upper- left corner of the object, or click the right mouse
button with the pointer over the object.
Object Menu Button The button at the upper- left corner of
an open view object, which displays the object menu when
you click it.
Open View The representation of a VEE object that shows
more detail than the minimized view (icon). Most object
open views have fields that allow you to modify the
operation of the object.
Panel Driver An instrument control object that forces all the
function settings in the corresponding physical instrument to
match the settings in the control panel displayed in the open
view of the object.
Panel View The view of a VEE program, or of a UserObject
or UserFunction, that shows only those objects needed for
the user to run the program and view the resulting data.
You can use panel views to create an operator interface for
your program.
Pin (or Pins) An external connection point on an object to
which you can attach a line.