Getting Started

Your first task is to get Visage running on your machine. Some of the exact details may be implementation-dependent, so you may need to ask your system administrator or someone familiar with Visage for help.

From Unix, start Visage by typing the following command:

visage

The About Visage window will be displayed. Initially, Visage does a lot of internal processing that may take a while to complete. A status bar in the middle of this window graphically illustrates this processing.

Once Visage is ready, click the New button in the lower left of the window:

The Choose Workspace Template window will open. The files in the file list box on the right are configuration files that describe Visage desktop layouts.

1. Select the cities.cfg configuration file.
2. Click the OPEN button.
   

The Configure Workspace window will appear.

1. Click the OK button.
   

Visage will display a new workspace that will look something like:

This workspace is a Visage frame; frames act as containers in Visage. They can hold data elements, control panels, and even other frames.

The next section of the tutorial provides an overview of the basic frame operations in Visage.