Technical data

Testing the Installation
Start Phoenix and create a new project
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Confirm plug-in startup
The Phoenix architecture is based on a series of plug-ins that allow different fea-
tures to be enabled or disabled. Phoenix initializes these plug-ins when the appli-
cation starts. The default setting is for all plug-ins to initialize when Phoenix
starts. The plug-in initialization is independent of the installed license(s).
1. In the Edit menu select Preferences. The Preferences dialog is displayed.
• Expand items in the Preferences menu tree by clicking the (+) signs.
2. In the Preferences menu tree, click the (+) sign beside Plugins to view the list
of available plug-ins.
» The Plugins menu contains three tabs: General, System, and Non-loaded.
» Each plug-in has two possible states, Started and Stopped.
» All plug-ins are started the first time Phoenix is started.
3. Select the General, System, and Non-loaded tabs to see the review the state
of each plug-in type and to confirm they are started.
4. Click OK to exit the Preferences dialog.
Import a data set
The data set Bguide1.dat is used to test key Phoenix functions.
1. In the File menu select Import or click the Import button. The Open
File(s) dialog is displayed.
2. Navigate to the Phoenix examples subdirectory, which by default is located at
C:\Program Files\Pharsight\Phoenix\applica-
tion\Examples.
3. In the Files of type menu select ASCII Data (*.csv;*.dat).
4. Select the file Bguide1.dat and click Open.
The Worksheet Import Options dialog is displayed. The dialog is used to assign
options for how the data are imported and presented.
5. Click Finish. The data set is added to the project’s Data folder.
6. View the data set by selecting it in the Data folder. The worksheet is dis-
played in the Grid tab, which is located in the right viewing panel.