TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

Even though a link to the object does not represent the object itself it is possible to edit
the properties of an object through its associated link. In this way it is possible to view
and access with the Explorer the properties of all objects stored in TrainController.
Note however, that it is not possible to create or to delete links in the Explorer. The creation
of a turnout link, for example, is not possible, because it would not be clear, in
which switchboard and at which position in this switchboard this turnout should be located.
The same is true for all other objects located in windows other than the Explorer.
Deletion of links is also not possible because such links would be gone forever and
would make these objects inaccessible in the Explorer, which again would violate the
rule, that all objects should be accessible in the Explorer. If you try to delete a link from
the Explorer, then the link is not actually deleted; instead the link is being moved to the
default folder, that belongs to the type of the associated object (e.g. the turnout folder, if
the link points to a turnout). For reasons of simplification there is exactly one link in the
Explorer to each object stored in another window. It is neither possible to delete this
link nor to create additional links to the same object.
TrainController displays all links and certain references to objects listed in a window,
that are actually stored in another window, with the same small marking, that is
used by the Microsoft Windows File Explorer to distinguish links to files from other
items.
However, the Explorer does not only store links; it is also possible, to create and store
certain types of objects directly in the Explorer. Among others the following objects
can be directly created and stored in the Explorer:
• Folders
• Engines, Trains and Train Groups
• Contact, Flagman and Virtual Indicators
• Push Buttons, On-Off Switches and Toggle Switches
• Routes (manual routes only, see page 265)
• Macros
• Sound objects (+4DSound)
This allows to create objects especially for semi-automatic or automatic operation without
occupying space in other windows such as the switchboards or the Dispatcher. It is,
for example, possible to create routes in the Explorer for manual operation with start
and destination keys, which are in turn located in a switchboard, without needing any
switchboard space for the route symbol itself.
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