Terminator Menu

The Terminator popup menu contains the following commands:

Start Data Flow creates a Data Flow starting from a Terminator. Such a Flow can only end at a Node.Small circles represent the position of the points. If you click on a space, the new point will be an intermediate point. A Flow can have a maximum of 30 points. To complete the Flow, click on the icon where the Flow is to end. If you want the Flow to end at a blank space, click twice at that point.If prompting is switched "on" for Flows, you are asked for the name of the Flow. If prompting is switched "off" for Flows you can add this information later, using the Alter command from the Flow pop-up menu.

Start Control Flow creates a Control Flow starting from a Terminator. Such a Flow can only end at a Node.Small circles represent the position of the points. If you click on a space, the new point will be an intermediate point. A Flow can have a maximum of 30 points. To complete the Flow, click on the icon where the Flow is to end. If you want the Flow to end at a blank space, click twice at that point.If prompting is switched "on" for Flows, you are asked for the name of the Flow. If prompting is switched "off" for Flows you can add this information later, using the Alter command from the Flow pop-up menu.

Alter enables you to create or modify the name of the Terminator.

Resize

Small. The icon is changed to the "small" size.

Medium. The icon is changed to the "medium" size.

Large. The icon is changed to the "large" size.

Shrink/Grow. Use the mouse to drag the icon to the required size.

Delete enables you to delete a Terminator and its Flows from the diagram. To undo the deletion, use Undo.

Check enables you to validate the selected Terminator based on the analyzer options. You must name the Terminator before you can carry out this command. To analyze the whole Requirements Model, use the Analyze command from the Requirements menu. When the analysis is complete an output window is displayed which contains a list of the errors found.

Annotations enables you to attach annotations to an object. The Annotation Selector is opened listing the Annotation types available for the object.