13.3.3 The Net LogView

The NetLogView is similar to the TextLogView in that it displays the log's data in a textual representation. Its main difference however is that instead of displaying the values in its own window, it displays its data as labels in an associated network's views. Thus the NetLogView has one important field, network. The menu function SetNetwork in Objects can also be used to change the network. This field points to a network who's views will be used to display the log's data. The data is displayed in each of the network's views by adding labels to the NetViews and changing the text in those labels. The labels can be repositioned and edited in the NetView to change their fonts.

The initial position of the labels is stacked all on top of each other, in the lower-left hand corner of the NetView display. Thus, they must be repositioned to all be visible. By default, the network is set to the one used by the process that updates the log. If this is changed, then the labels remain in the NetView, but no longer get updated. They can be removed by selecting them, and hitting Rmv Label(s) in the NetView.