Ana Tab Popup

The Ana Tab Popup menu is launched by right clicking in the Ana Tab Window.

Menu Item

Description

Add

Submenu for adding a pass to the analyzer sequence. (See below.)

Attributes

Launches the Attribute Editor dialog and displays the attributes belonging to the selected pass' concept in the KB. (Note that the entire analyzer sequence is in the KB.) User has option to delete, add or change names of attributes and values. It is recommended not to alter system attributes such as algo, data, active and type.

Delete

Deletes the selected pass from the analyzer sequence.

Duplicate

Creates a new pass immediately following and identical to a selected pass in the analyzer sequence.

Edit Pass File

Opens the pass file of the selected pass in the Workspace. (This is the same as double clicking on a pass in the analyzer sequence.)  You should not try to edit automatically generated rules in a pass file.  The edits will not be saved when you regenerate the rules.  

Highlight Matches

Highlights words or phrases in a text file matching selected pass in the Ana Tab or selected concept in the Gram Tab. Must be selected before an analyzer is run over text.

View

Submenu for viewing parse trees and other windows relating to the current pass. (See below.)

Ana Archive

Submenu for archiving the analyzer sequence and pass files. (See below.)

Properties

Launches the Pass Properties dialog for non-system passes. (See below.)

Help

Launches the VisualText Help documentation.

 

Add Submenu

Menu Item

Description

Folder

Creates a folder for organizing passes. (Currently unavailable.)

Library Pass

Submenu for selecting a pass file from an existing library of passes. (See below.)

Main

Creates a pass that will be executed first. (Currently unavailable.)

New Pass

Creates a new pass and empty pass file.

Pass from File

Launches an Open dialog to navigate to and select existing pass file. Creates a new pass in the analyzer sequence associating the existing pass file with it.

Stub

Creates a stub region, simultaneously adding a stub concept in the Gram Tab.

Top Level

Submenu for adding passes. (See below.)

 

Add Library Pass Submenu

The Library Pass Submenu allows users to add a new pass and to associate it with a pre-built pass file (or "library pass"). The contents of this submenu adjust dynamically, depending on pass files that have been placed in the release folder TextAI\VisualText\data\spec. Users may add their own favorite or generic pass files to this folder.  The number next to the library pass indicates the number of passes in the library pass sequence.  For more information on the default library passes provided with VisualText, see Library Passes.

 

Add Top Level Submenu

The available menu items in Add > Top Level function identically with those of the Add submenu. This menu provides "hooks" for embedding sequences of passes within folders.

Add Top Level Library Pass Submenu

This is identical with the Add > Library Pass submenu. It provides a hook for placing a library pass within a folder. This will be in an upcoming release of VisualText™.  The library passes in this submenu are discussed in Library Passes.

View Submenu

Menu Item

Description

Concept Tree

Displays the concept tree of a parsed document in the Workspace. (Same as the View Concept Tree button.)

Final Tree

Displays the parse tree after the final pass of an analyzer sequence.

Entire Tree

Displays the full parse tree, starting at the root, assuming that the current selection in the Text Tab has been analyzed.

Log

Displays the text version of Entire Tree, the parse tree for the currently selected pass.

Tree Matches

Displays portion of the parse tree matching selected pass in the analyzer sequence.

Ana Archive Submenu

Ana Archive is used to view and create archives of the analyzer sequence either on remote servers or on local machines.  Archiving is used to create quick backups of your work and to facilitate communication between developers working on the same analyzers.  To set archiving preferences, select Preferences under the File Menu and click on the Archiving tab.

Menu Item

Description

Archive Local

Launches a dialog box to create a local archive of the pass files in a zip file. The name of the archive defaults to the name of the current analyzer, suffixed with the current date and time.

Archive Remote

Launches a dialog box to create a remote archive of the current analyzer sequence in the Ana Tab.  The name of the archive defaults to the name of the current analyzer suffixed with the current date and time.  Archive is created on the remote server.

View Local

Displays local archives in the Ana Archive > View Local dialog. Presents options to delete, rename, upload (send to server) or load into current analyzer Workspace.  Listings in the archive can be sorted by clicking on column headers.

View Remote

Displays server archives in the Ana Archive > View Remote dialog. Presents options to delete, rename, download (send to local archive) or load into current analyzer Workspace. Listings in archive can be sorted by clicking on column headers.

Pass Properties Dialog

Item

Description

Name

Name of the pass file associated with the pass in the analyzer sequence.

Type

Type of algorithm for the pass. Type can be either Pattern (for PAT algorithm) or Recursive (for REC algorithm)

Active

By default, a pass is active indicating that it will not be skipped in the analyzer sequence. Unselecting Active will cause the pass to be skipped during analysis.

To End

Makes passes after the current pass either active or inactive.

All

Makes all passes either active or inactive.

From X to X

Specifies a range of passes to make active or inactive.

OK

Confirms changes to the Pass Properties dialog.

Cancel

Closes the Pass Properties dialog.