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PicoQuantGmbH MultiHarpSoftwareV.3.1.0.0
NotethatthepositionandsizeofthemainwindowonthescreenwillbestoredintheWindowsregistryandre-
trieveduponthenextprogramstart.Theregistrysettingsarekeptseparatelyforeachuser,providedhe/sheis
loggedonwithapersonaluseraccount.Consultsection6.1forfurthermainwindowcommanddescriptions.
Toolbar,Menus,panelmetersetc.willbeexplainedinthenextsections.
Attheverybottomofthemainwindowthereisastatusbar.Theleftmostareaofthestatusbardescribesac-
tionsofmenuitemsasyounavigatethroughmenus.Similarlyitshowsmessagesthatdescribetheactionsof
toolbarbuttons.ThesecondstatusbarareafromtheleftshowsthecurrentmeasurementstatusoftheMulti-
Harp.Therightmostareaofthestatusbarindicatesifthe<Caps>and<NumLock>keysarelatcheddown.
WhentheMultiHarpsoftwareisrunningwithfunctionalhardwareitcontinuouslycollectsinformation
abouttheinputsignalsandthecurrentacquisitionsettings.Ifthesesettingstogetherwiththeinput
ratesindicatepossibleerrors,thesoftwarewilldisplayawarningiconinthestatusbar.Thewarning
iconcanbeclickedtoreviewthelistofcurrentwarningstogetherwithabriefexplanation(seealso
section8.1).
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