User interface overview

After you start the program, you will see the main window of the program.

It contains:

Menu

Toolbars

Data panes

Menu

File

            Add file - select an XML file to be processed and add it to the list. You can also add files from Windows Explorer using drag-and-drop onto the XML file list.

            Add folder - specify a folder, which will add all XML files stored in this folder to the list of files to be processed.

            Delete file - remove the selected file from the list.

            Delete all files - remove all files from the list.

            Save log - save the log to a file.

            Save log as - save the log to a new file.

            Print log - print the log.

            Exit - exit the program.

Edit

            Move file up - move the file selected in the list up.

            Move file down - move the file selected in the list down.

            Edit file - open the selected XML file in the editor. You can specify the editor that should be used in the settings: Tools->Options. If no editor is specified in the settings, the editor associated with XML files in the system is used. You can also double-click the file in the File List pane.

            Copy log - copy the contents of the log to the clipboard.

            Clear log - clear the log.

View

            Toolbars - enable or disable various toolbars.

            Status bar - enable or disable the status bar.

            Messages - choose types of messages displayed in the log. There are messages of the following types: Debug - messages containing service information about the progress of the import process, Info - messages containing more general information about the progress of the import process, Warning - messages containing information about problems that do not interrupt import, Error - error messages.

Import

            Start - start the import process.

            Pause - pause the import process.

            Start - stop the import process.

Tools

            Variables - defining global variables.

            DM logon - specifying the logon parameters for Hummingbird DM.

            Options - program settings.

Help

            Help topics - open the help file.

            Contents - open the table of contents of the help file.

            Index - open the index of the help file.

            Search - open the search through the contents of the help file.

            About - open the "About" dialog box with information about the version and license.

Toolbars

Toolbars are used to quickly access the most frequently used features. Toolbar commands correspond to menu commands.

Data panes

The main window of the program contains three panes:

File List pane - the list of XML files being imported.

Log pane - various messages showing information about the progress of import process.

Log details pane - shows the full text of the message selected in the log pane.