MALT Main Form

This MALT Main Form provides a basis of handling many functions of MALT commands.

(1) [Size of Form]

  1. The Size of the Main Form can be changed by moving one of corners or one of edges by mouse except for the height which is fixed.
  2. The maximize button can be used for changin the width of the main form.

(2) [Menu Bars]

  1. The menus necessary for selecting commands are automatically merged to the main menu bar. For example, the menus about calculations will be added when the thermodynamic data were already retrieved and displayed in the compound table. The menu of Edit will be available when the calculation results are displayed.
  2. The functions of respective menus are explained in other helps. When the target menu is high kighted, F1 Key provides such explanation given in the present help file.

(3) [Buttons]
Respective buttons are connected to the menu and associated commands as follows:

  1. End of MALT [ ]
  2. Compound Retrieval [ :search by compound ; : append compound by elements; : Load User DB ; : Customize Malt settings]
  3. Editing Compound Table [ : Clear compound system ; : Delete compounds ]
  4. Display Compound Table [ : Show compound table ; : Hide compound table ]
  5. Calculation [ : Select compound for JANAF type Table , :Calclulate JANAF typeTable ; J : Define an Equilibrium Reaction ; E Calculate Equilibriuim Constants ]
  6. Copy Tables [ : Copy selected area ; : Copy current row ; :Copy current column ; : Copy all the table ]

(4) [Status bar]
Status will be given for the following items:

  1. Number of currently retrieved compound
  2. File name of the user data base
  3. Name of the compound data file
  4. Status of MALT Direct
  5. Selected compound for calculation of Janaf Table
  6. Selected reaction for calculation of Equilibrium constant