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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 6

User’s Manual CATC Trace Files

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6.2.3 Header Fields

Header fields can be expanded and collapsed to show or hide additional header data.

6.3 Trace File Pop-Up Menus

The Trace file pop-up menus contain the commands that are most frequently used while

viewing Trace files. This makes it easy to make changes to the display and quickly find the

information you are looking for.

There are three types of pop-up menus in Trace files:

• Cell Context Menu

• Trace View Menu

• Decoding Assignment Menus

6.3.1 Cell Context Menu

The Trace file cell context menu contains packet- and protocol-specific commands. The

menu may change, depending upon what packet or field it is accessed from. Not every

packet and field contains the cell context menu.

To access the cell context menu in a Trace file:

• Left-click on a packet or field header. The cell context menu will pop up, if available.

Note: If the option Right click cell context menu is checked on the General tab of the Display Options dialog,

then the cell context menu is opened by right-clicking on a packet header.

The Trace file cell context menu may provide any of the following commands:

• Set Marker: Sets a marker for the packet and allows you to enter a comment for the

marker, if desired. This command only appears when the menu is accessed from the

row's number field (the first field in the row) and if there is no marker set for the packet.

For more information about markers, please see “Markers” on page 59.

Figure 6-4: Expanded data field — actual data is displayed

Figure 6-5: Collapsed header field — some header data is hidden

Figure 6-6: Expanded header field — additional header data is displayed