The Manager Module

The window interface shown below appears when MISTIC is first invoked by typing 'mist \&' at the command line. This is the manager window of MISTIC. The function of the manager window is mainly to facilitate coordination between different modules of MISTIC, to let the user see the different parts as doing different jobs to accomplish one goal, and to make the programs easily accessible to the users. You can execute different modules of MISTIC by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

The manager module basically works as the base interface for the whole software. Although most of the modules of MISTIC can be run from the command line without invoking the manager, the manager integrates the functionalities of different modules and provides an integrated design environment to the user. The manager window has the following push-buttons that invoke different modules as described below.

• Device Builder button: Pressing this button invokes the Device Builder which is the device building interface.
• Process Compiler button: Pressing this button invokes the Compiler which generates the process flows.
• Process Viewer button: Pressing this button invokes the Process Viewer which visualizes the generated processes.
• Database Editor button: Pressing this button invokes the Database Editor which enables editing the database atoms.
• Setup button: Pressing this button invokes the Setup program which enables editing of the setup parameters of MISTIC.
• Help button: Pressing this button invokes the Help window which is a HTML based context-sensitive help system.
• About MISTIC button: Pressing this button opens a HTML based text window that briefly describes basic MISTIC functionalities, development features, goals, bug report and contact persons, etc.
• Exit button: Pressing this button causes MISTIC to quit execution.

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