5 The WISE menu system

This section explains the different functions that are available from the WISE menu system. Some Geonamica functions are not available in WISE. These are greyed out; they are visible in the menu in a light grey colour, but they do not result in further actions when invoked. Consequently, these functions are not described in detail in this section.

Other functions are only accessible when they are relevant. For instance, the Stop command in the Simulation menu is only accessible when the simulation is running.

The menus are treated as they appear in the Menu bar from left to right and per menu from the top to the bottom. Most commands in this section have already been described in other sections. You can find more detailed information for these commands through the links in the table.

5.1 File menu

You can use the File menu to open and save project files, and to exit WISE. The WISE system saves project files with a .geoproj extension attached to the file name.

Option	Function
Open project...	Open a project file stored on a disk
Save project	Save changes to the current project file
Save project as...	Save a project to disk
Close project	Close the project
Recent file list	The 4 most recently opened project files.
Exit	Quit Geonamica

5.2 Simulation menu

You can use the Simulation menu to control a simulation. The commands Update, Run, Stop and Reset can also be invoked when pressing the respective buttons on the Toolbar.

Option	Function
Update	Recalculate variables that are affected by changes (except for the initial values and initial maps) via the user interface for the current simulation year. This command will not change the simulation time.
Step	Advance the simulation with one time step
Run	Advance the simulation until the next pause moment has been reached
Stop	Stop a simulation run
Reset	Recalculate variables that are affected by changes (including the initial values and initial maps) via the user interface for the start year of the simulation. Set the simulation clock back to the start year of simulation.
Pauses...	Set the pauses of the simulation

5.3 Maps menu

You can use the Maps menu to select different maps and open their map windows. All available maps for the user are structured hierarchically by themes. There are essentially two types of maps: input maps and output maps. All the input maps are editable and all the output maps calculated for the current simulation year by the system are not editable.

5.4 Options menu

You can use the Options menu to personalise your workspace or to access the additional functionalities of WISE.

Option	Function
Write to Excel	Establish or interrupt a link between WISE and the Microsoft Excel Workbook Section Write to Excel
Log maps	Store maps produced by the system in the form of .rst files Section Log maps
Animation maps	Store dynamic maps produced by the system in the form of .gif animations Section Animate maps
Preferences	Set if the geo project file will be associated to the current version of WISE. Section Adjusting file association in preferences

5.5 Window menu

You can use the Window menu to arrange the contents of the screen and to activate one of the opened windows.

Option	Function
Cascade	Arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion
Tile horizontal	Arrange multiple opened windows one above another in a non-overlapped fashion
Tile vertical	Arrange multiple opened windows side by side in a non-overlapped fashion
Arrange icons	Arrange the icons for minimized windows at the bottom of the screen
List of Windows	Active the selected window on the list of opened windows

5.6 Help menu

You can use the Help menu to select the type of help that you want WISE to display on the screen. The different commands in this menu permit you to look up information about WISE, its commands, options, and tools.

Option	Function
Index	Get the opening screen of the on-line help file of WISE Section Index
Licence...	Open the Licence window Section Licence
Check for updates	Check the version of WISE Section Checking for updates
About...	Open the About window Section About