Message Format Service (MFS) Editor icons

The following icons are commonly seen in the MFS Editor palette, the Outline view when a map is open in the MFS Editor, and the MFS Editor toolbar.

MFS Editor palette

The following icons are commonly seen in the MFS Palette view.
Table 1. MFS Editor palette icons
Icon Description Icon Description
Icons found in the Default drawer
Selection tool icon Use to select a single field in the Design Page. Marquee tool icon Use to select multiple fields in the Design Page.
Icons found in the Basic drawer
MFS Device icon Use to insert an MFS Device into the Design Page. MFS Division icon Use to insert an MFS Division into the Design Page.
Device page icon Use to insert a device page into the Design Page. Physical page icon Use to insert a physical page into the Design Page.
Label field icon Use to insert a label field into the Design page. Input field icon Use to insert an input field into the Design page.
Password field icon Use to insert a password field into the Design page. System message or output field icon Use to insert an output field or system message field into the Design page.
Icons found in the Advanced drawer drawer
Table icon Use to insert a table into the Design page.    

MFS Editor toolbar

The following icons are commonly seen in the toolbar on the Design page of the editor.
Table 2. MFS Editor toolbar icons
Icon Description Icon Description
Toggle grid lines icon This icon acts as a button. Pressing it toggles the grid lines in the MFS Editor on and off. Toggle sample values icon This icon acts as a button. Pressing it toggles the sample values for each field on and off.
Toggle black-and-white mode icon This icon acts as a button. Pressing it toggles the editor between black-and-white mode and color mode. Change zoom level icon Use this icon to access the different zoom levels for the MFS Editor.
Change map filter Use this icon to access the different filters that are defined for the active map set.    

Outline View for MFS maps

The following icons are commonly seen in the Outline view view when a map is open in the MFS Editor.
Table 3. Icons in the Outline view
Icon Description Icon Description
MFS Format Definition The MFS Format Definition or A MFS Message Definition MFS Device icon An MFS device in the map
MFS Division icon An MFS division in the map MFS Device page icon An MFS device page in the map
MFS Device page icon A device page in the map Physical page icon A physical page in the map
Protected field icon A protected or label field in the map, also a message field in a MFS message definition An unprotected or input field in the map
Output field icon An output field in the map Logical page or segment icon A MFS logical page or segment in the MFS message definition