WEDEL Editor
FILE MENU of WEDEL Editor *
EDIT MENU of WEDEL Editor *
WDF items *
TOOLS MENU WEDEL Editor *
The WEDEL Editor, also called WDF editor has the following
main functionalities.
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Showing the WDF components in a sort of a tree
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Inserting/removing a component
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Inspecting the single component for classification, protection,
ID and context
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Printing the WDF description
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Generating the WDF HEADER for bibliography purpose
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Visualizing/Editing the classification details
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Visualizing/Editing the identification details
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Visualizing/Editing the protection details
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Visualizing/Editing the printing details
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Verify consistency of the WDF object, navigating on links
and verify the presence of sync files, ETT,
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Inspecting audio files such as MP3,etc by using a commercial
program
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Inspecting HTML files by using a standard browser
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Inspecting image files by using a standard browser
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Inspecting video files by using a standard browser
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Inspecting DOC files by using WORD or an its visualizer
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Save and load a WDF object
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Export/import a WDF object to/from the database
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Controlling the WDF consistency of defined ID
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Controlling the protection permission consistency
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Controlling the WDF object for completeness and consistency
before preparing it for the delivering or database packaging.
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Setting the default tools: music editor (WDF inside) , lyric
editor (WDF inside), text editor (for example a notepad), font editor (fontographer),
Milla editor (for example notepad or a specific visual editor of the rule
table), fretboards editor (a WDF outside editor).
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It has to be possible to open the symbolic version of the
score with all its parts and at the same time to have the image score version
with all its parts. In general, it is better to load only the parts needed
and not all parts. This can be feasible and more relevant for image version
of music scores. Since the amount of memory needed for each image can be
high.
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Addition of an audio file in WAVE format
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Addition of an audio file in MP3, etc. format. In this case,
the MP3 file is converted the in WAVE before the execution.
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Addition of a textual file for making from it a lyric file
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Addition of video file in several formats.
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Addition of images files in any known format.
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Addition of Document files in any format
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Addition of an image score version to a current WDF object.
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Addition of a symbolic music to a WDF containing an image
music score.
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Add an image music score to a WDF containing a symbolic music.
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Visualise symbolic music and image score music on the same
computer at the same time in different windows.
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Etc.
FILE MENU of WEDEL
Editor
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File:New -- New WEDEL objects is created. It is created
in the MDS directory.
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File:Open -- Open an already present on the disk WDF
object. Search for a directory.
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File:Close -- Close the current WDF object losing
the last changes, it has to be discharged asking to the user if has to
be done or not.
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File:Import from Database -- Open a WDF object from
a special directory/location sharing data placed from the database, see
WDFIMPORT path
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File:Save -- Save the current WDF object updating
data. This means that each aspects of the WDF object is updated on the
disk.
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File:Save as -- Save the current WDF object asking
for a new name. This means that each aspects of the WDF object is updated
on the disk with a new name and location. The current name is set to the
new name.
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File:Export to Database -- Save WDF object into a
special directory/location sharing data for the database. This selection
is inhibited if the Packaging Check is not performed with success. See
WDFEXPORT path.
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File:Print WDF -- Print the WDF details: Identification,
classification, protection, printing, or part of them for reference.
File:Exit -- Exiting from the application, verification
of the saving of the current WDF object.
EDIT MENU of WEDEL Editor
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Edit:Undo -- undo of the last delete.
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Edit:Expand All -- expanding all levels and components of the WDF object
tree.
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Edit:Collapse All -- close all levels of the WDF object tree
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Edit:Save Workspace -- save the position/size of the menus and windows
of the whole application. Menus and windows non opened maintain the last
values.
WDF items
The structure of a WDF object is shown with a tree that
replicates the WDF structure. For each element of the WDF is possible to
create a new element with NEW and ADD.
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New (WDF item)
A new element is created asking for the related mandatory
information: WDFitem, WDFIR, WDFCR. In addition, for documents, lyric,
audio, video, image means also to select a file. This is copied into the
virtual/physical directory hierarchy of the current WDF object.
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Add (WDF item)
Add to the current WDF object an already present component
on the disk. It has to be searched on the disk with classical open file
dialog box. The extension of the file is imposed on the basis of the item
that has to be added according to the above mentioned extensions. The navigation
for adding the component start from the path stated by the environmental
variable EXCHANGEPATH.
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Open
Open the selected item. This command is not available
on performance file, EWF. This is also activated by clicking twice on the
item with the left button.
In more details, if the selected item is a
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symbolic score part or main score the music editor is opened
on that part or main (in editing if the permission is granted),
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image score part or main score the music editor is opened
on that part or main (in editing if the permission is granted),
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audio item the audio player is opened on the file (if permission
is granted).
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Milla item the Milla editor is opened on the file (if permission
is granted).
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font item the font editor is opened on the file (if permission
is granted).
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video item the corresponding video player is opened on the
file (if permission is granted)
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document item the corresponding document editor is opened
on the file (if permission is granted)
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image item the corresponding image viewer is opened on the
file (if the permission is granted)
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lyric item the corresponding editor is opened on the file
(if the permission is granted)
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Info View
Visualisation of related data: WDFID, WDFIR, WDFCR if
any for the corresponding component, plus specific information related
to its data according to the tables reported in the previous sections
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InfoEdit
Editing of the information View and mentioned in the
previous point. For View and InfoEdit several information can be viewed
or edited, for this reason a dialog box containing a listbox listing this
information is reported. The user has to selecte the specific item to see
or edit the corresponding information.
With double click or pressing a key the specific information
is activated. The fields marked with * are absolutely mandatory. Specific
buttons for adding and removing classification records are needed: ADD
(which is a new), delete.
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Rename
Changing the description associated to the WDF item.
This is also possible by using the standard modality of windows, by clicking
on the right button on the name.
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Delete (prune)
Remove the selected item from the WDF. The file is not
removed from the directory in which the WDF item and related files is included.
This can be used for deleting links and making a smaller object by saving
it with a different name.
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Save
Save the single item as ?WF file according to its type.
The save is performed starting from the path stated by the environmental
variable EXCHANGEPATH. Once the component it is added the eventualk referreed
files contained in that paths have to be copied in the directory of the
current WDF file. This is very importante to perform successive ADD in
other WDF. The Mechanism of ADD/SAVE is the only way to exchange WDF compoennts
among WDF objects.
TOOLS MENU WEDEL Editor
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Tools:Music Editor -- Opening the corresponding editor.
It is the WEDEL Music Editor.
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Tools:Lyric Editor -- Opening the corresponding editor.
It is a specific text editor for Lyric parts, as mentioned before.
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Tools:Text Editor -- Opening the corresponding editor.
It can be a notepad or a standard text editor for the current operating
system.
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Tools:Font Editor -- Opening the corresponding editor.
It is a commercial font editor for True Type fonts such as Fontografer.
Only TTY (True Type) font can be edited.
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Tools:Table Editor -- Opening a Table editor for the
font and symbols parameters.
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Tools:Milla Editor -- Opening the editor for manipulating
Music formatting Styles. It is a textual or table editor.
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Tools:Fret Editor -- Opening the corresponding editor.
It is a specific graphic editor for Fretboards for guitars, etc.
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Tools:Image Slicer -- It could be a tool for semiautomatic
slicing images of music scores to prepare them for the import by the WEDEL
Music editor. This functionalities can be performed even manual by using
a classical Image editor such as Photoed.exe of Windows NT.
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Tools:Audio Watermarker -- The tool for watermarking
an audio file on the basis of the parameters imposed by the current WDF
object loaded, implemented by the FHGIGD.
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Tools:Watermark Reader from Audio -- The tool for
reading the watermark from an audio file, implemented by the FHGIGD.
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Tools:Audio Converter -- A commercial tool for making
conversions among several formats of audio files.
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Tools:Audio Player Internal -- The internal Audio
player of WAVE or MP3
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Tools:Audio Player External -- An external Audio Player.
It can be called for opening an audio file only if the corresponding permission
is available.
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Tools:CD trace extractor -- A commercial or shareware
tool for extracting traces from CDs.
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Tools:Image Watermarker -- A tool for watermarking
images of music scores on the basis of the parameters currently imposed
on the loaded WDF object, or on the new WDF under construction. This
is implemented by FHGIGD.
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Tools:Watermark reader from Images -- The tool for
reading the watermark from an images of an image score, implemented by
the FHGIGD.
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Tools:Watermark reader from Images score printed -- The
tool for reading the watermark from an image of a printed score from symbolic,
implemented by the DSI.
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Tools:Image Converter -- A commercial or shareware
tool for converting simple images among the several formats. The main idea
is to adopt as the internal format of WEDEL the GIF or TIF compressed.
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Tools:Video Player -- A commercial or shareware tool
for playing video files, such as AVI or MPEG1. It can be the classical
Multimedia player or Windows.
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Tools:Browser -- A commercial or shareware HTML browser
for editing excerpts. It can be also an internal browser with editing capabilities.