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#!CSlateBlue #!N  #!Runduse Graphical 
User Interface: Basics #!N #!EC #!N #!N This chapter describes how 
to use the graphical user interface provided with Data Explorer. This 
interface enables you to create and control the visualization of data. 
An image is created by applying data, as input, to a 
visual program. The visual program is a sequence of interconnected functions 
acting on one or more inputs and producing one or more 
outputs. Typically, input is user data and output is a realization 
of that data in the form of an image. #!N #!N 
Data Explorer consists of the following windows: #!N #!I0 #!N #!N 
#!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Startup Window #!EF #!I50 #!N You can use 
the Startup window to access other windows in Data Explorer. #!N 
#!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Visual Program Editor #!EF #!I50 #!N You can 
use the Visual Program Editor (VPE) to create and alter visual 
programs and macros. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Control Panel #!EF #!I50 
#!N You can use Control Panel windows to set and control 
the input parameters of visual program tools. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   
Image #!EF #!I50 #!N You can use the Image window to 
view an image created by Data Explorer. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   
Colormap Editor #!EF #!I50 #!N You can use the Colormap Editor 
to map colors and opacity to specified data. #!N #!I0 #!N 
 #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Sequencer #!EF #!I50 #!N You can use the Sequencer to 
advance through a data series or to step through a changing 
sequence of input parameters. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Message Window #!EF 
#!I50 #!N You can use the Message window to access error 
and working information about your execution. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Help 
#!EF #!I50 #!N You can use the Help window to access 
online documentation. #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Data Prompter #!EF #!I50 #!N 
A graphical user interface that simplifies the import of data. #!N 
#!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   Module Builder #!EF #!I50 #!N A graphical user 
interface that simplifies the process of adding modules to Data Explorer. 
#!I0 #!N #!N For information on the Data Prompter, see IBM 
Visualization Data Explorer QuickStart Guide; on the Module Builder, IBM Visualization 
Data Explorer Programmer's Reference. #!N #!N #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   Next Topic #!EF 
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