Window Tool

Window Tool displays one database on top of another. The first database is referred to as the "background," and is always drawn as is. In the image above, it's drawn in red. The second database is referred to as the "inset," and is drawn on top of the background inside the bounding box. In the image above, it's drawn in green. Window Tool can be used to compare visually two slices of the same database; if only one database is dropped in, the inset and background are each set to the same database.

Controls

Buttons
Minify and Magnify work the same as in all other applications (see Image), resizing the display for convenience.

Histogram works in a similar fashion to that in Image and other applications except that each dataset has it's own histogram:

Menus
The menu has several choices:

Inset Box allows the resizing of the inset box in the same manner as the Bounding Box in Image. You can resize, move or change the shape of the inset.

Freeze Background Slice and Freeze Inset Slice prevent controls from changing which slice is used in those displays. This is most useful when one has only dropped in one database. It's quite convenient to freeze the background, link in a slider, and adjust the inset slice.

Align Inset Database allows the inset database to be moved relative to the background. By default, the inset image's center is aligned with the background's center. This is fine if the two images are the same size and are in the same place. Two other options are available. The menu selection "Align Upper Left" matches up the upper left corners of the two images. The menu selection "Align Meta" matches up the meta data coordinates of the two images and draws the inset in the appropriate place. This can cause mysterious-appearing results if one of the coordinate systems is not set correctly. "Align Center" will return to the original method.

The Grid choice allows several options for drawing grid lines, just as it does in Image.

The Smooth Magnify choice allows several options for drawing replicated pixels, just as it does in Image.

The Overlays menu allows coastlines and other overlays to be drawn, just as it does in Image.

Buttons
Magnify, minify and Histogram are the same as they are in  Image.
The Inset Box
The Inset box in Window Tool is a little different from other bounding boxes. It only controls the area in which to display the inset database. It can either be moved or resized, depending on the menu. If in move mode (the default), pressing the mouse in the display, then dragging it, will move the inset around on top of the background. Naturally, the inset image will change, as the bounding box will cover different parts of the inset database. Resizing works similarly, only the size of the inset is changed.

Applications to Connect to This Application

Any Data Object may be connected via the "drag 'n drop" button to this application.

3-Slider will allow registering the inset differently with respect to the background; it will provide the means of sliding it horizontally or vertically.

Normal sliders will control the slices displayed in either the background, inset, or both.

Changing the color palette (by using Color Tool, for example) may be helpful.

A Histogram can control the palette used for the background image only.

Applications to Connect This Application to

None.

Tricks and Gotchas

None. 
WebWinds Home / Oct 5, 2001