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#!N  #!Rusvpe Using the VPE #!N #!EC #!N #!N A visual 
program is a collection of interconnected tools that acts upon one 
or more inputs to create one or more outputs (for example, 
an image). You derive program inputs from the output of tools 
in the program, or by setting the input values to constants. 
Tools that provide output values as input to other tools are 
(in alphabetical order): #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 
o Colormap Editors (see  #!Lcolmape,dxall365 h Using the Colormap Editor  #!EL  ) #!N #!I30 #!N o Interactors 
(see  #!Linterac,dxall409 h Using Interactors  #!EL  ) #!N #!I30 #!N o Macros (see  #!Lmacros,dxall435 h Creating and Using Macros  #!EL  ) 
#!N #!I30 #!N o Modules (see  #!Lmda,dxall750 h Data Explorer Tools  #!EL  in IBM Visualization Data 
Explorer User's Reference) #!N #!I30 #!N o Picks (see  #!Lpickin,dxall322 h Using Pick  #!EL  ) 
#!N #!I30 #!N o Probes (see  #!Lprobes,dxall321 h Using Probes (Cursors)  #!EL  ) #!N #!I30 #!N 
o Sequencers (see  #!Lsequen,dxall295 h Using the Sequencer  #!EL  ) #!N #!I30 #!N o Transmitters and 
Receivers (see  #!Ltnr,dxall343 h Using Transmitters and Receivers  #!EL  ). #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N 
Before building a visual program, you should be familiar with the 
information presented in this chapter as well as the information on 
Data Explorer modules presented in  #!Lmda,dxall750 h Data Explorer Tools  #!EL  in IBM Visualization Data Explorer 
Programmer's Reference. #!N #!N  #!Lapa,dxall3 h Tutorial I: Using Data Explorer  #!EL  in IBM Visualization Data Explorer QuickStart 
Guide introduces the Data Explorer graphical user interface.  #!Lapg,dxall26 h Tutorial II: Editing and Creating Visual Programs  #!EL  in IBM 
Visualization Data Explorer QuickStart Guide introduces the basic aspects of working 
with visual programs. These tutorials will familiarize you with the user 
interface as well as some of the commonly used Data Explorer 
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