Working with trial control boxes

Create a new box

Click the button that applies in the Components pane.

Copy and paste a box

You can create duplicates of one or more Trial Control boxes. This makes it easier to create procedures with similar actions and conditions.

1.Click the box you want to copy. To select multiple boxes, click and drag the mouse around them.

2.Choose Edit > Copy, or right-click anywhere and choose Copy or press Ctrl+C.

 

3.When necessary, open the Trial Control Settings where you want to insert the new boxes.

4.Choose Edit > Paste, or right-click anywhere and select Paste, or press Ctrl+V.

notes

▪The name of the new Trial Control box is the same as that of the original one, followed by (2), (3), etc.

▪You cannot copy and paste a sub-rule, only the actions and conditions within it.

Move a box

1.Hover the mouse on the margin or the colored area of the box. The mouse cursor changes to a four-headed arrow.

 

2.Drag the box to the position you require.

To move a group of boxes:

1.Draw a rectangle around the boxes you want to move or click on the boxes you want to select while holding the Ctrl key.

 

As a result, the selected boxes get a gray, dark border.

2.Hover the mouse on the margin or the colored area of one of the selected boxes. The mouse cursor changes to a four-headed arrow.

3.Drag the group of boxes to the position you require.

Insert a box in a Trial Control sequence

1.Drag the Trial Control box between two boxes until the connecting arrow turns white.

 

2.Release the mouse button. The new box is inserted.

Connect two boxes

1.Point the mouse to the center of the first box, press and hold the left mouse button and drag toward the center of the other box.

2.Release the mouse button when the pointer has reached the center of the other box. The two boxes are connected.

Operator boxes can have one, two or more input arrows; all other boxes have no more than one input arrow.

All boxes can have 1 or more output arrows, pointing to different boxes.

Modify the settings in a box

Click the Settings button in the lower part of the box. Make the appropriate changes in the window that appears.

Delete a box

1.Click the title of the box. The box border is highlighted.

2.Press Delete.

Delete a group of boxes

1.Draw a box around the boxes you want to delete or click on the boxes you want to select while holding the Ctrl key.

2.Press Delete.

You cannot delete the Rule Begin, the Rule End box, the Start track box and the Stop track box.

Delete a connecting arrow

1.Click the arrow you want to delete. The arrow turns bold to show it is selected.

2.Press Delete.

You cannot delete the arrow connecting the Stop track box and the Rule End box.