Isotope Explorer user's manual

Isotope Explorer 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
New chart...: Not yet implemented
Open chart...: Open an existing chart
Open local file...: Open a local data file
Save as...: Not yet implemented
Close: Close the active window
Print: Print current view
Print preview: Print preview current view
Printer setup: Change printer or properties of current printer
.....: Open recently used files
Exit: Exit Isotope Explorer

Data
Select Data Set...: Select data set in the current file
Reset selection to all levels: Deselect band and level selections
Select Levels..: Bring up the level selection panel, see Selecting levels
Select Band(s)...: Bring up the bands selection panel, see Selecting bands

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: Plot current selection
Editor: Not yet implemented

Configuration
Save the size of the current view: Save font sizes, width etc. to the ISOEXPL.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
.....: List of currently opened windows

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

The tool bar

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

Open an existing chart file

Get nuclide data

Get reference

About Isotope Explorer (version information)

Isotope Explorer help

Controlling table appearance

If you select Table, Level in the menu bar, the program will display the panel shown on the right.

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)