Ribbon Toolbar
The Flowcode environment consists of a main work area in which the flowchart windows are displayed, several toolbars that allow icon and components to be added to the flowchart application, windows that allow the status of the microcontroller and attached components to be viewed and windows that display variables and macro calls when the flow chart is being simulated.
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1) Icons Toolbar
Drag and drop icons from this toolbar onto the main flowchart window to create your flowchart application.
2) Components Toolbar
This toolbar displays the external components that can be connected to a microcontroller. Click on a component and it will be added to the microcontroller in the Microcontroller view. The pin connections and properties of the component can then be edited.
Docking and Undocking the toolbars
The toolbars can be undocked from the default position and either left free floating, or can be docked to the menu bar, the sides or the bottom of the Flowcode window.
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To undock a toolbar simply click and hold on the toolbar grab bars if docked, or the caption bar if undocked and drag the toolbar to its new position.
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3) Microcontroller View
The current microcontroller is displayed in this window. When the flowchart is being simulated, the state of the microcontroller I/O ports are shown on the microcontroller as red and blue for high and low outputs respectively.
4) Flowchart Window
The icons that make up the flowchart are displayed in this window. In addition, the icons that make up a macro are shown in their own separate window. The Main flowchart window is always visible and the macro windows can be shown and hidden as needed.
5) System Panel
The System Panel provides a real-world framework on which to load Flowcode components. It then shows how these components perform during simulation of the current program. It can be customised by adding different background layouts, grids, images etc.
The Dashboard Panel provides another framework on which to load Flowcode components. It is usually used for buttons to control components on the System Panel. It can also be customised by adding different background layouts, grids, images etc.
7) Project Explorer
The project explorer allows you to easily manipulate the key constituents of your project. Left clicking on the arrow or right clicking on the various objects in the explorer will bring up a menu relevant to that object. The 'Macro' and 'Components' icons can be dragged into the main window to be placed as icons.
8) Icon Lists
This window shows a list of the icons that: have been bookmarked; are set as breakpoints; are search results or have shown to cause an error after compilation. Left clicking on the arrow or right clicking on the various objects in the icon list will bring up a menu relevant to that object.
9) Variables View
When simulating a flowchart, the values of any variables used can be seen in this view. The values of the variables are updated for every command simulated but the view is not updated when the simulation is running at full speed.
10) Call Stack View
This shows the current macro being simulated. This is useful when one macro calls another during the simulation process.
11) Toolbar
Use this command to display and hide the Toolbar, which includes buttons for some of the most common commands in Flowcode, such as File Open. There are also buttons for starting, stopping and pausing the simulation on the toolbar.
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12) Status Bar
Use this command to display and hide the Status Bar displayed at the bottom of the Flowcode window, which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button, and keyboard latch state. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed.
13) Current Zoom level
The currently selected Zoom level is displayed on the right side of the Status Bar.
