Glossary

Term Definition
Child Window

A window associated with an SY data file that you have opened that is used to display the contents of the file.

Several Child Windows can be open within the sy.factory Desktop.

Clipboard A temporary storage area used for transferring data within a Child Window or between Child Windows.
Collection

A group of similar and related Objects.

For example a Voice Collection stores the 64 Voice Objects that a file can contain

Context Sensitive Help The ability of the help system to tailor the help being displayed according to where the user pressed the Help key.
Context Sensitive Menu The popup menu that is displayed in either the Tree View or Table View that provides a set of commands specific to the currently selected Object
Desktop The area within the sy.factory window where Child Windows can be opened
Drag and Drop The name for the mechanism that allows a use to move data by dragging it with a mouse and dropping it at a new location.
DRAG MODIFIER

The keyboard key that is held down to turn a Drag and Drop move operation into a copy operation.

On the PC platform, the DRAG MODIFIER key is the CTRL (control) key

JRE

Java Run-time Environment. This provides the Java environment which sy.factory needs in order to run.

Sun Microsystems provides the JRE for PC systems, and Apple provide their own JRE for MacOS X

Library

A repository where you can store all of your data.

MDI Multiple Document Interface. The type of user interface used by sy.factory which allows several Windows to be open within the main application window.
Menu Bar The area of the sy.factory Window that contains the set of menus used for accessing the main functions provided by the application.
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The primary means by which digital data is exchanged in a serial form between synthesizers and computers.
MMJ A MacOS X specific library that provides the means by which external MIDI devices can be accessed with the Java MIDI framework.
Object A piece of SY data such as a Voice or Multi.
Reference The means by which the SY associates an Object (such as a Voice) with another Object (such as a Multi Part). The reference provides the link between the two, and in the case of the SY, the link is simply the number of the referenced Object.
Regular Expression A system by which certain character sequences are interpreted not as plain text but as commands that can provide a tailored search for occurrences of text
Status Bar The area of the sy.factory Window that is used to display status information upon the currently selected Child Window
SY Library Window

A special instance of a Child Window that doesn't display data in a file, but which displays the data stored in the SY Library.

SY Synthesizer Window

A special instance of a Child Window that doesn't display data in a file, but which displays User data imported from the SY via MIDI

Table View A View which displays data in a file arranged in tabulated rows of data
Tool Bar The area of the sy.factory Window that contains a set of buttons to provide easy access to commonly used commands
Tree View A View which displays data in a file arranged in a hierarchical tree structure.
View

The means by which the data in a file is viewed.

A Child Window provides the view upon an SY File that you have opened.

The view can be either a Tree View or a Table View.

You can have several views open upon the same data, for example when you have split a Child Window.

Workspace An arrangement of the main sy.factory Window and Child Windows which can be saved for subsequent recall.