Using the Designer

About This Document
	What Is in This Document
	Related Documentation
Getting Started
	Running the Designer
	Creating a New Diagram
	Saving the Diagram
	Adding to the Style Sheet
	Customizing Genealogy Nodes By Type
	Customizing Genealogy Links By Type
	Testing Application Behavior
	Adding and Customizing a Legend
	Integrating Your Development into an Application
	Reusing a Project in the Designer
Getting to Know the Designer
	Style Rules
	Graph and Link Layouts
	Label Layout
	Symbols
	General Links
	Link Connections
	Interactors
	Working in Different Modes
	Using Wizards
	The Rule Menu
	The Undo and Redo Facilities
	Checking Rules
	Messages for Troubleshooting
	Printing the Diagram
	Comparing the Designer and the API
Using More Designer Features
	Changing Layout Parameters
	Using the Graph Layout Wizard
	Loading a Different Style Sheet
	Resetting a Default Value after a State Change
	Loading Data From a Flat File
	Inserting an Icon
	Creating a Data Model in Memory
	Adding Decorations for Alarm Severities
	Adding a Node to a Diagram
	Using Subgraphs
	Displaying Different Levels of Detail
	Using Background Maps
	Loading Data From a Database
	Using Data Model Expressions
Writing an Application
	Deployment Considerations
	JViews Diagrammer Classes Available as Beans
	Creating a JViews Diagrammer Application
	Printing the Diagram
Data Formats
	Application Data in XML Files for ILOG JViews Diagrammer
	Application Data in Flat Files for ILOG JViews Diagrammer
	Application Data in Databases for ILOG JViews Diagrammer
	Project Files
	Style Sheet Files
Next Steps After the Designer
	Integrating the Project File Into an Application
	Specifying a Different Data Source
	Customizing the Diagram Application
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