Table of Contents

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Cart Manager

Cart Manager is the mechanism using which objects are passed in different workspaces in MBAT. MBAT API users can add new plugins to the application, and still use cart manager as a way of passing objects from one workspace to another.

Cart Basics

Showing/hiding the cart

• Show Cart manager: To view cart manager, select View > Cart option from the top menubar.By default cart manager pane is placed on the left side of the application window. It displays the name, source and type of every item currently in the cart in a tabular format.
• Hiding Cart manager: To hide cart manager, click on View > Cart option again.

Docking/undocking the cart window

• Changing default location of cart manager window: To change the position of the cart manager, users can drag and drop the cart manager to a different location inside or outside the application window.
• Changing display size of cart manager window: To change size of the cart manager window, users can use the standard Resize buttons located at the left top side of the cart manager window.
  • Minimizing cart manager window: Clicking on the "minimize" button located on the top left corner, should minimize the cart manager window, place "Cart Manager" and "Control" tabs on the left side, and expand the viewport area. Following diagram shows the MBAT application view after cart manager has been minimized:

• • Restoring minimized cart manager window: Clicking on the "Cart Manager" tab will restore the cart manager window to its original state. Following diagram shows the cart manager window after it is restored to its original size.

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Using the Cart

Sorting the cart

• By default, the cart contents are displayed in the order in which the objects were added to the cart. This ordering can be changed by sorting the contents in one of the following three ways:
  • Sort by object name: Click on the "Name" column header in the table to sort items based on object name.
  • Sort by source name: Click on the "Source" column header in the table to sort items based on source name.
  • Sort by object type: Click on the "Type" column header in the table to sort items based on object type.

Deleting objects

• To delete an object from the cart, select the object and then click on the Delete button located at the bottom of the cart manager pane.
• To empty the cart, click on the Recycle Bin located at the bottom of the cart manager pane.

Opening objects

• To open cart items, select the object(s) in the cart and click on the Open button located at the bottom of the cart manager window.
• Note: each workspace handles the Open event different so consult the specific workspace documentation for more details.

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