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Custom Equations

Jürgen Habelt edited this page Aug 30, 2026 · 4 revisions

Intent

This dialog is meant to maintain and use Your own formula collection.

Screen Shots

The complete dialog.

Custom-Equations

Usage Instructions

General Hints

The Custom Equations dialog consists of the Categories Tree on the left side, the Formula List on the right side and the Button Bar at the bottom.

The categories tree consists of Folders and Categories. The folders are super categories which can contain category nodes or other folders. Only the Category nodes can contain formulae. Selecting a category displays its formulae on the right side.

  • To edit the Categories Tree on the left side, use the context menu of the tree nodes.
  • To move formulae from one category to another, select the formulae on the formula list and use the context menu of the target node to Cut & Paste them.
  • To add or remove formulae of the selected category, use the Add or Remove buttons.
  • To save or load the complete formula set, use the Save or Load buttons.

Detailed Instructions

Add a Folder

  1. Invoke the context menu on the target folder.
  2. Select Add Folder.
  3. Fill the Identifier on the appearing Folder node and press enter.

Add a Category

  1. Invoke the context menu on the target folder.
  2. Select Add Category.
  3. Fill the Identifier on the appearing Category node and press enter.

Delete a node

  1. Invoke the context menu on the target node.
  2. Select Remove.
  3. Attention! All contained content will disappear.

Move Formulae

  1. Select the source Category.
  2. Select formula(e) to be moved on the formula list. Use the check boxes of the formula rows.
  3. Invoke the context menu of the target Category.
  4. Select Cut & Paste.
  5. To check the result, select the target Category.

Add a Formula

  1. Select the target Category.
  2. Select a formula in the editor field (This can be done before invoking the Custom Equations dialog).
  3. Press the Add button.
  4. The formula appears in the formula list.
  5. Fill in the Title field and press Enter.

Remove Formula(e)

  1. Select the target Category.
  2. Select one or more formula(e).
  3. Press the Remove button.

Recall a Formula

  1. Select the target position in the editor field.
  2. Select the source Category.
  3. Press the Formula field of the desired formula row.

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