VP-UML User's Guide

Part I. Getting Started

Part II. Visual Modeling

Part III. UML Modeling

Part IV. Business Modeling

Part V. Database and ORM Modeling

Part VI. Stereotypes and Profile Management

Part VII. Team Collaboration

Part VIII. Documentation Publishing and Printing

Part IX. Code Engineering

Part X. Interoperability

Part XI. Impact Analysis

Part XII. General

 

Table

Table is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.

Creating a table

  1. Select the Table tool from the diagram toolbar.
    Selecting Table from diagram toolbar
    Selecting Table from diagram toolbar
  2. Press to set the position of the table. Drag diagonally from the starting point to expand the table.
    Drag diagonally to expand the Table
    Drag diagonally to expand the Table
  3. Release the mouse button to confirm the size of table.
    Table is created
    Table is created

Editing table contents

Basic setup

To insert columns and rows into a table:

  1. Right click on the table and select Open Specification... from the popup menu.
  2. In the UI tab of the UITable Specification dialog box, click either Insert Column to Left or Insert Column to Right to insert the first column.
    Insert a column into table
    Insert a column into table
  3. Enter the column name in Input dialog box and click OK to confirm.
  4. Repeat step 2 and 3 to create all columns.
  5. Click Insert Row Below to insert a row. Note that a row can be inserted only when there is a column exist.
    Insert a row into table
    Insert a row into table
  6. A row is created with empty cell(s). Fill in the cell(s) if necessasry. Cell can be edited by double clicking or by pressing the F2 key.
  7. Repeat step 5 and 6 to create all rows.
  8. Click OK to confirm editing.
    Table with data
    Table with data

Removing a column

To remove a column in a table, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab, right click on a cell of a column and select Remove Column in the popup menu.

To remove a column in table
To remove a column in table

Removing a row

To remove a row in a table, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab, right click on a row and select Remove Row in the popup menu.

To remove a row in table

To remove a row in table

Reordering rows

To reorder rows, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab,select the row(s) to reorder, and click on the Move Selected Rows Up or Move Selected Rows Down button.

Moving a row in table upwards

Moving a row in table upwards

Table properties

The appearance of table can be changed by editing its properties. To configure a table, right click on the table and select Open Specification... from the popup menu. The UI tab is where user can configure a table.

Property Description

Row height

The height of rows in table.
Horizontal scroll bar
Determines when a horizontal scrollbar will appear in a table.
Vertical scroll bar
Determines when a vertical scrollbar will appear in a table.
Auto-resize mode

Determines how the widths of columns will be affected when other columns in the table are being resized.

Off:  Disable auto resizing
Next column: When a column is being resized, all columns on the right and left of margin are updated
Subsequent columns: When a column is being resized, all columns on the right are resized at the same time
Last column : When a column is being resized, width of the right-most column are updated
All columns: When a column is being resized, widths of all columns are changed

Grid color
Determins the color of grid in table.
Show horizontal line
Determines the visibility of horizontal lines in table.
Show vertical line

Determines the visibility of vertical lines in table.

Description of table properties
 
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