======File menu======

In the following each of the functions and possibilities of the program **PAM** are
explained. Step by step the functions and applications are demonstrated.

The first tab of the main menu of **PAM** is the menu **File**, including five different
functions. Each of the different functions will be explained one by one in the following
chapters. 

===== Import of Material Data and Series of Measurements =====
The Import function allows the import of finished records //Material// and the
measured material parameters //Series of Measurements//. If the user wants to
make the import of material data, it must sequentially with the mouse tab //File > Import > Material// button. The //Import material data// opens. 

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When importing data series is intended, the procedure is analogous to the material
data, //File > Import > Series of Measurements//. As shown in the following figure, files can be
imported in csv (*.csv) format (for example data, which are //save as// in Excel with
previously stored name.csv). 

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===== Export of Material Data =====
The user is not only able to import material data with **PAM**, but to export as well. To
export material data to use in other programs, select the //Export// option in the //File//
menu or use the button for //Export// (marked in red). Current exports to REX, PSI,
SIGMA and PAM are available. In order to export, select the desired file format and
enter the name of the //Material// data file. PAM also provides the ability to export only
the graphics as PNG file or JPG file. This can be done by using the button //Graphic
Export// (marked in black). 

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By using the export option, there is also the opportunity to generate material
documents in the PDF-format. If you choose this option, the dialogue will be adjusted
and expanded to several fields. For example, it is now possible to choose a graphic
file which will be included into the title picture. This title picture is shown in the
preview. There is also the possibility to adopt the comment which belongs to the
material.

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===== Database-Management =====
In the menu //Database-Management// databases can be connected, configured,
added, created, copied and deleted. 

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With //Connect database// you connect a database from the table. Therefore, select
the database to connect with by clicking on it. Instead of using the button, it is also
possible to establish a connection by double-click. The database illustrated in blue is
the one temporarily connected. Furthermore, the function //Configure// offers the
possibility to save the password used for reusing it in the next dial-up as a standard
password. The storage occurs encrypted in the file //pam.ini//. For this reason, an
access by a third person is hardly possible. 

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There is also the possibility to build up a database connection directly by the
checkbox which is shown in the program border on the top and the right. 

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Here you can choose one of the databases in the list. In this case the program tries
to establish a connection with the username and the password which have been
used recently. If the connection effort fails, the common connection dialogue will
appear. There you can subsequently change the username and password.

//Configure database// configures the database and allows to change the description
of the database and its postion (Server and Path). 

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//Add Database// adds a database to the list. Which has been defined, but is not on
the list yet. When you click on Add you have to search for a database first. In case
the file already exists on the local server (localhost), it is possible to select the URL
directly out of the file-tree. 

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//Create Database// creates a completely new database. The new database will
immediately be added to the list of already known databases. The name for this
recently created database will be generated at once from the given database path. 

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//Delete Database// deletes a database from the list. There are two possibilities to
delete the databases: to delete it completely or to just remove the entry. 

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//Copy Database// makes a copy of the chosen database. Thereby a target must be
determined, in which the database should be transferred. Furthermore, the
determination of the username and the password are necessary. 

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The button //Rights// can allow a certain user to have certain new rights or to disallow
older ones concerning the material database. It is important that this option is only
available for the database, with which a current connection is possible.



In the table above, all known users with their rights are mentioned. Thereby the
program divides between read and write permission. You may own the authority to
change them (this is generally the case if you have established a connection as
SYSDBA or if you are the owner of the database). In this case you have to know that
a given write-permission includes the read-permission. This means, if you deselect
the checkmark of the read-permission, the write-permission is also deselected.

In addition to this, there are also the options to add new users and to delete old
users. If you delete a user, all of his/her rights referring to this database are removed.
But there is still the possibility that this user is known by another data-base. If you
add a user instead, it is mentioned in the permission lists of all known databases. 

For a better understanding of this it is necessary to know that the program loads the
list of all known users by connecting the entries of the file //user.ini// with the users
which are mentioned in the authority list of the chosen data-base. 

===== Printing =====
To print diagrams or material data select the item //Print// in the //File// Menu. In
general, it is possible to print either diagrams or material data or measurements or to
print everything at once. The data is generated in an HTML-data file and they can be
printed directly via Netscape. The newly created HTML page will be saved under
%TEMP (Windows default-directory, e.g. c:\temp) with the name
//pamMaterial<no.>.html//. The browser window should open automatically.

This requires a shortcut to data files (File Types) for HTML files, that is with a doubleclicking or with a “start” order on the cmd/command level, the HTML is opened with a
browser. Everything can be configured either per file explorer or web-browser.

If this does not work, the computer settings need to be changed or the printing needs
to be done manually. 

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=====Exit of the Programm =====
In order to exit **PAM** chose //Exit// from the //File// menu. 

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