The Main Buttons, Status Area and Progress Box

2. GS Reference Mapper : 2.3 Launching the GS Reference Mapper GUI : 2.3.1 The Main Buttons, Status Area and Progress Box

2.3.1

The Main Buttons, Status Area and Progress Box

Seven main buttons are always visible on the toolbar, along the right-hand side of the GS Reference Mapper’s main window:

•	The Exit button closes the GS Reference Mapper application

•	The New button allows you to create a new mapping project

•	The Open button allows you to open an existing mapping project

•	The Start button begins the mapping (computation) of an open mapping project

•	The Stop button halts the execution of an ongoing mapping computation

•	The About button shows the GS Reference Mapper splash screen

•	The Help button opens the GS Reference Mapper section of the software manual.

The top of the main GS Reference Mapper window contains a status area that displays a command hint, while the bottom panel is a progress box which remains blank until a mapping project has been opened.

The progress box at the bottom of the window can be resized by dragging its top frame separator. If the field is not visible, it is probably simply collapsed; you can view it by dragging up the edge of the collapsed frame.