Wavelet Toolkit Menu Description

The main window has five items: File Menu, Edit Menu, Visualize Menu, Tools Menu, and Help Menu. Each menu and its submenus is described below.

File Menu

The File menu accesses and manipulates files.

New Applet

This 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 a different dataset. Wavelet datasets have the default filename suffix .sav and are written in IDL SAVE format. For more information, see "SAVE" (IDL Reference Guide).

If the previous dataset has not been saved, then you will be prompted to save the previous dataset first.

Save

Select this menu item or button to save the current dataset and preferences. If the dataset has not yet been saved, then you are prompted for a filename with the Save As dialog.

Save As...

This menu item allows you to choose a new filename for the current dataset using the Save 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. Details on allowable file formats and import options can be found in Wavelet Toolkit Dataset Viewer. You can also import data from the current IDL session using the WV_IMPORT_DATA procedure.

Preferences...

This menu item opens up a Preferences dialog in which you can customize your interaction with the Wavelet Toolkit. The Default button restores the built-in default options for all of the preferences. The OK button keeps all of the changes to Preferences. The Cancel button discards all of the changes.

Exit

This menu item will close the current Wavelet Toolkit applet. Other Wavelet applets (either started from the command line or via the "New Applet" menu item) are unaffected.

If you have made changes to the current dataset, then you will be prompted to save the dataset before exiting.

Edit Menu

The Edit Menu manipulates the Dataset Viewer.

Move Variable Left

Select this menu item or button to move the currently-selected variable to the left.

Move Variable Right

Select this menu item or button to move the currently-selected variable to the right.

View Data Values

This menu item or button displays the values for the currently-selected variable.

Delete Variable

Select this menu item or button to delete the currently-selected variable or variables. You are asked for confirmation before the variables are removed.

Visualize Menu

The Visualize Menu contains methods to graphically display and manipulate the wavelet transform.

Wavelets

This menu item or button starts up the wavelet compound widget, which allows you display the available wavelet functions and their properties. You can also start the wavelet viewer using the WV_CW_WAVELET function from the IDL> command prompt. The wavelet widget is described in Wavelet Viewer.

Wavelet Power Spectrum

This menu item or button starts the three-dimensional viewer for the wavelet power spectrum, using the currently-selected variable. You can also start the viewer using the WV_PLOT3D_WPS function from the IDL> command prompt. For more information, see WV_PLOT3D_WPS. The wavelet power spectrum viewer is described in Wavelet Power Spectrum.

Multiresolution Analysis

This menu item or button starts the viewer for multiresolution analysis of the currently-selected variable. You can also start the viewer using the WV_PLOT_MULTIRES function from the IDL> command prompt. The Multiresolution viewer is described in Multiresolution Analysis in the Wavelet Toolkit.

Tools Menu

The Tools Menu contains built-in and user-defined tools.

Denoise

This menu item starts the widget for denoising, filtering, and compression of the currently-selected variable. You can also start the viewer from the IDL> command prompt by using the WV_TOOL_DENOISE function. The Denoise tool is described in Wavelet Toolkit Denoise Tool.

Other user tools...

If you have added other tools then they will be displayed here. The currently-selected variable will be passed to the tool function. See Adding User Tools to the Wavelet Toolkit.

Help Menu

The Help Menu provides various help functions.

IDL Help

This menu item will start up the IDL Online Help manual.

IDL Wavelet Toolkit Help

This menu item or button will start up the online help manual for the IDL Wavelet Toolkit.

Wavelet Readme

This menu item will display the Readme file included with the Toolkit.

Wavelet Release Notes

This menu item will display the Release Notes file included with the Toolkit.

About IDL Wavelet Toolkit...

Select this menu item to display information about the current version of IDL and the IDL Wavelet Toolkit.