The Main Window Node

The node (

) represents the main window of an application and is the top-level node for the user interface. It contains the window layout, the main menu specification, and an optional ribbon specification.

The window for the contains the following sections:

General

The field contains the title of the application. The title is the text at the top of the main window. By default, it is the same as the title for the model used to create the application. The check box is selected by default. Clear it to exclude the application’s filename from the title.

To add an icon for the application other than the default COMSOL icon, specify an image file to use from the list, which includes all of the images in the library, or click the button (

) to locate an image to use on the file system. That image then becomes a part of the library and is selected as the icon in the main window of the application. The setting loads cube.png. Click the button (

) to export the image to the file system (for use in another application, for example).

From the list, select the type of menu for the application:

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Select (the default) to use a main menu at the top of the application. The branch then includes a node and a node, to which you can add menus and submenus with menu items, actions, and separators.

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Select to use a Windows-style ribbon toolbar at the top of the application. You can then, under , add a node (for an command, for example) and a node, to which you can add nodes. Under nodes, you can add nodes to which you can add menus and submenus with menu items, actions, and separators.

The list controls what to show in the status bar. Select when running (the default, which adds a COMSOL progress bar in the lower-right corner of the application; see Progress Bar for adding custom progress bars) or .

Main Form

This section contains a reference to the form that the main window displays. Select the form to display from the list.

Size

From the list, select how to set the initial size of the application window:

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Select to open the application window in a maximized state that fills the screen.

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Select (the default) to make the application window size adapted to the size of its main form, which is the form selected in the section above.

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Select to specify the application window’s initial size in the (default: 1280 pixels) and (default: 800 pixels) fields that appear.

About Dialog

In this section, you can specify the contents of the About dialog box and the placement of the link to that dialog box.

From the list, choose one of the following options for the placement of the link:

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(the default), which puts the link to the About dialog box in the following place:

The File menu, if the list is set to and there is an added

The toolbar, if the list is set to and there is a toolbar but no menus

Else, the lower-right corner

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or (depending on the setting in the list)

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or (depending on the setting in the list)

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(an hyperlink in the lower-right corner of the application’s main form). If there is no form in the application, it uses the automatic placement instead.

Clear the check box if you do not want to include the standard COMSOL information (logotype, version number, and information about products used).

In the field, add any text that you want to include in the About dialog box. The text appears above the license, patent, and trademark information. If you include a web address, it will appear as a hyperlink in the About dialog box. The web address must be a valid URL that starts with http:// or www.