Tracecc GUI - A GUI for tracecc and jlayout

Overview

The Tracecc GUI program provides a GUI to the tracecc and jlayout programs.
Using Tracecc GUI you can perform the following tasks:

Starting Tracecc GUI

On Linux or UNIX systems use the

tracecc-gui
script to start the application.
On Windows systems run
javaw -cp c:\programme\krause\bin\dklibsj.jar;c:\programme\krause\bin\tracegui.jar traceccgui.TraceccMainProgram
to start the program. If you installed the binary package dklibs-win32 there is a start menu entry to start the application.
After a while (starting Java may take some time) the application main window appears.
 

Choose a directory

Use the "File => Directory" menu entry or the "Choose directory" button to choose a directory.
 
 
 
The windows dialog box to choose a directory appears. Navigate to the directory containing your source files and confirm your choice.
 

 
The new directory is shown abbreviated in the main window. If you move the mouse over the text a tool tip shows the full path of the directory.
 

 

Set options

The Tracecc GUI options dialog box

Use the "File => Options" menu entry or the "Set options" button to set conversion options.
 
 
 
The "Tracecc GUI options" dialog box appears.
 

 
Set the conversion options and use the "OK" button to confirm your settings and close the dialog box.

Options in the dialog box

Run conversions

Use the "File => Run" menu entry or the "Run conversion" button to run conversions.
 
 
 
As long as conversions are running the status text color is changed to red, information about the current action is shown.
 

 
After the conversions are finished the status text changes back to "Ready" and the text color changes back to green.
 

 

Exit the application

Use the "File => Exit" menu entry or the "Exit the application" button to exit the application.
 
 
 

Setting GUI defaults

Show the "GUI options" dialog box

Use the "Setup => GUI" menu entry to change the GUI.
 

 
The "GUI options" dialog box appears.
 

 

Settings in the GUI options dialog box

Changes in this dialog box will not affect the appearance of the application immediately, you need to exit and restart the application.

Getting help

Showing the help text

Use the "Help => Local help" menu entry to show this help text.
 

 

Visit the web site

Use the "Help => Web site" menu entry to open the help web site in your web browser.
 

 

Show version and license information

Use the "Help => About Tracecc GUI" menu entry to show version and license information.
 

 
A dialog box showing version and license information is shown.
Click the "OK" button to get rid of the dialog box.