VuENSDF user's manual

VuENSDF user's manual

Table mode

In Table mode the data are displayed either as a Level table, a Gamma table, a Beta^- table or a Beta⁺/EC table. A Gamma table may look like this:

The user has full control over the layout of the table: which properties are listed, font size, column spacing etc. The tables can be sorted on almost any property by clicking on the corresponding header. A second click re-sorts the data in the reverse order.

The Menu Bar

The following menu items are available in table mode:

File
Get Reference: Decode NSR Keynumber, search for NSR Authors
Select Nucleus: Get nuclide data
Open local file...: Open a local data file
Save: Not yet implemented
Save as...: Save table in ASCII format (tab-delimited)
Close: Close the active window
Print: Print current view
Print preview: Print preview current view
Printer setup: Change printer or properties of current printer
file1.enx
.....: Open recently used files
Exit: Exit VuENSDF

Data

Data set...

Select data set

Band...: Select band in current data set (clicking on the right mouse button gives the same result)

Table
Level: Display level table
Gamma: Display gamma table
Beta: Display beta^- table
Alpha: Display alpha table
EC: Display EC/beta⁺ table

Sorting
Select quantity on which the table should be sorted. Quantities not relevant for selection are grayed out.

AddView
Level Scheme: Display level scheme of current selection
Table: Display table of current selection
Plot: Not yet implemented
Editor: Edit current selection

Configuration
Save the size of the current view: Save font sizes, width etc. to the VUENSDF.INI file
Set table font size: Set font size for table
Set table column width: Set column width for table (in points)
Reset to default settings: Reset all options above to the default values
Nuclear data source >: Select: Internet database/local database. On selecting local database the user has to locate it on the disk
Reference data source >: Select: Internet database/local database. On selecting local database the user has to locate it on the disk
Debug mode: Debug mode on/off (in debug mode all operations performed are logged in the file LOG)

Window
Cascade: Make windows overlapping
Tile: Tile all windows side by side
Arrange Icons: Arrange icons of iconized windows at the bottom of the main window
Close All: Close all open windows
Data set (or band) 1
.....: List of currently opened windows

Help
About: VuENSDF version information, authors etc.
Report problem: Requires network connection. Allows the user to report problems with VuENSDF or the databases directly to the Berkeley server
VuENSDF news: Requires network connection. Latest news about the program and databases
Help: VuENSDF Help function

The Toolbar

Since some items in the Toolbar are not applicable to table mode, they are grayed-out. The following, from left to right, are active:

Get nuclide data

Get reference

About VuENSDF (version information)

VuENSDF help

Controlling table appearance

If you select Table, Level in the Menu bar, the program will display the following panel:

In this panel you may choose which properties should be displayed in the table. Unavailable properties are grayed out. Similar panels are available to choose data for the other types of tables.

For sorting on different properties, you may either click on the caption of the appropriate column, or select Sorting, By level energy, ...

The column spacing can either be controlled with Options, Set table column width (all columns) or with the mouse (one column at a time) in the following way:

put the cursor over a header item
move the cursor to the left
when a vertical line appears, hold down the left mouse button and drag the column to the new position

Comments to: F Chu (program), P Ekström (manual)