Selecting

Any items on the list can be selected for further use by any function (save in file, import, deleting, etc.).

Selecting using the keyboard

To select the item on a list using the keyboard you can use the following keys:

Table 5.1. Keys

KeyAction
<Space>Unselects the selected item and vice versa, moves the cursor to the following item.
<Shift+Up-arrow>Selects the item and moves the cursor upwards.
<Shift+Down-arrow>Selects the items and moves the cursor downwards.
<+>Selects all the items.
<->Cancels selecting all the items.
<*>Unselects all the selected items and vice versa.

Selecting using the mouse

You can select an item using the right button. If you press and hold the right button and move the mouse at the same time, the program selects all the items pointed by the mouse. If the cursor gets above or under the data window, the list starts to move up or down and automatically selects all the appearing items.

Canceling the selection using the mouse or keyboard precedes the same as selecting.

Batch selecting

The items on the lists can also be selected jointly using the selective dialog window, called by the command Measured data-> Select or Coordinates->Select .

You can enter the limits for selecting in this dialog windows (minimum values, maximum values).

Should you enter only the maximum value for some of the items, the program will select all the items where the maximum value is not exceeded. Similarly, should you enter only the minimum value, the program will select all the items where the relevant value isn't smaller than the entered limit.

Also, you can choose a selecting mode:

  • New selection: The program will select only the items meeting the criteria. The previously selected items will be unselected.

  • Add to the current selection: The program will add all the items meeting the criteria to the current selection.

  • Remove from the selection: The program will remove all the items meeting the criteria from the current selection.

Note

When selecting the code, keep in mind that the code is a text file, even if it contains numbers. So if you set selection limits "1" to "20", the items with e.g. code "5" will not be selected.

You can also choose whether the program shall select the items which meet at least one of the listed conditions or only the items which meet all the conditions. You can start the selecting itself by pressing the button (Select).

The selecting dialog window contains some more functions:

  • (Select all) This button selects all the items on the list. You can get the same result by pressing the key <+> on the numeric keyboard.

  • (Cancel selection) This button cancels the selection of all the items on the list. You can get the same result by pressing the key <-> on the numeric keyboard.

  • (Select alphanumeric) This button selects all the items with alphanumeric identifiers on the list.

  • (Select the locked) This button selects all the locked items on the list. If you wish to select the unlocked items, select the locked items and by pressing the key <*> on the numeric keyboard replace the locked for the unlocked.

  • (Select the positions) This button selects all the positions on the measured data list.

  • (Select the orientation) This button selects all the orientation on the measured data list. If you wish to select only the measured points, select by the above method all the stations and orientations, and by pressing the key <*> on the numeric keyboard replace the selecte for the unselected.

  • (Delete setting) This button deletes all the settings entered in the selecting dialog window.