Comment

You can associate a comment with a network, node, or arc by using the Context Menus. For network comments, some actions automatically add fields:

• The date and the author when a network is created.
• The database, the number of lines, the value of the Structural Complexity if it differs from the default one, the Missing Values Processing method, the learning method, the final score, and the Compression at the end of learning.

For nodes, you can also associate comments by using a dictionary file. The associated comments must be written in HTML (3.2) or plain text. In this case, they are automatically embedded inside an HTML document.

Node comments can be edited with the Node Editor. They are stored in HTML (version 3.2).

The following editor allows you to create complex HTML comments:

File Menu

The File menu allows:

• Creating a new empty HTML document.
• Opening an HTML (3.2) file.
• Saving its comment in an HTML file.

Edit Menu

The Edit menu allows:

• Copying, cutting, and pasting.
• Undoing or redoing an action.

Insert Menu

The Insert menu allows:

• Inserting a link to a file or a URL.
• Inserting an image.

Format Menu

The Format menu provides a dialog for modifying page properties:

Tools Menu

The Tools menu allows:

• Displaying the HTML source of the comment that can be directly modified:

Using the toolbar buttons, you can change the font, alignment, bold/italic/underline attributes, and foreground/background colors for the current selection.

Depending on the cursor position, the contextual menu (right-click) allows:

• Copying or cutting the selection.
• Inserting, editing, or removing a link.
• Displaying page properties.
• Displaying image properties.

Nodes and Arcs with Comments

The nodes and the arcs that have an associated comment are presented as follows:

Comments are displayed by holding the relevant key while hovering over the icon on the node or arc. To display the graph’s comment, hold the key while hovering over the graph window. If a node has a color tag, the corresponding color is displayed as a border along the top and left of the display. Clicking a hyperlink opens the associated document.

You can also display all comments in a dedicated window by using the contextual menu associated with the network background. The contents of that window (HTML text) can then be copied and pasted to external applications, saved in an HTML file, or printed.