Many operators share similar items, like the Apply and Dismiss buttons. Rather than repeat the descriptions for these elements in the description for each window, common elements are described here, beginning with a table which details which windows include which elements, and ending with a description of the elements themselves.
Pressing the Apply button applies changes you made in the window containing the button. If you don't want your changes applied, press the Dismiss button without pressing Apply .
When you wish to close a window, press the Dismiss button. You should press the Apply button before you press the Dismiss button if you want your changes applied. If you don't want to apply your changes, pressing only the Dismiss button (without pressing Apply ) will return you to previously applied values.
If you select this button, any changes you have made will become the default for all future operators of this type. Existing plots are unaffected, and these defaults last only for the duration of one MeshTV session. To permanently save the new defaults, you must select Save settings from the File menu after setting them with the Make default button.
If you plan to use a window repeatedly, but you don't want it cluttering up your screen, you might want to post it. When a window is posted, it appears in the Notepad area at the bottom of the MeshTV Main window, where it remains until it is unposted. Press this button to post the window. Once the window is posted, this button will change to Unpost .
To restore a window to default settings, undoing any changes you have made, press the Reset button. To apply these default values to selected plots, press the Apply button. Default values are the ones in effect when you started MeshTV, unless the window has a Make default button , in which case the defaults will be the values in effect when you pressed this button, if you did.