IDL Wavelet Toolkit User's Guide

14 Chapter 2: Using the IDL Wavelet ToolkitWavelet Toolkit Menu DescriptionThe main window has five items: File Menu, Edit Menu, Visualize Menu, ToolsMenu, and Help Menu. Each menu and its submenus is described below.File MenuThe File menu accesses and manipulates files.New AppletThis menu item or button starts a new Wavelet Toolkit applet with an empty dataset.Open Dataset...This menu item or button closes the current dataset and allows you to open up adifferent dataset. Wavelet datasets have the default filename suffix .sav and arewritten in IDL SAVE format. For more information, see “SAVE” (IDL ReferenceGuide).If the previous dataset has not been saved, then you will be prompted to save theprevious dataset first.SaveSelect this menu item or button to save the current dataset and preferences. If thedataset has not yet been saved, then you are prompted for a filename with the Save Asdialog.Save As...This menu item allows you to choose a new filename for the current dataset using theSave As dialog, and then saves the dataset to this file.Import...Select this menu item to import an external data file into the current dataset. Detailson allowable file formats and import options can be found in “Wavelet ToolkitDataset Viewer” on page 20. You can also import data from the current IDL sessionusing the WV_IMPORT_DATA procedure.Preferences...This menu item opens up a Preferences dialog in which you can customize yourinteraction with the Wavelet Toolkit. The Default button restores the built-in defaultWavelet Toolkit Menu DescriptionIDL Wavelet Toolkit