QtVlm menus

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QtVlm Menu

• Quit or Quit swithout saving
• Show/Hide opponants, gates, POIs, etc....

• Show/Hide qtVlm toolbar
• Configure horn (will play a sound at a given date/time).

Grib Menu

• Open an existing grib file
• Close the current grib file
• Download a grib file (select a zone first, up to 8 days) (more help)
• Download one of the 4 available grib files from VLM (5 days of forecast)
• Request through mail a SailDocs grib (max 16 days) for the selected zone
• Information about the current loaded grib file
• 4 buttons to show/hide meteo componants
• Meteo faxes open/close: Allows to display meteo faxes with various parameters (more help).

Boat Menu

• Account parameters to define VLM account or real boat ( more help)
• Boat parameters to setup various options for a specific boat (more help)
• Races parameters opens a dialog to define which opponents to display and other options (more help)
• VLM Sync synchronizes qtVlm with VLM
• AutoPilot opens the autoPilots dialog (more help)
• Study boat's polar (more help)

Routes Menu

• Create a route opens the route creation dialog (more help)
• Edit a route opens the same dialog to edit an existing route
• Export a route with 2 options :
  • "détail" also exports all intermediary points i.e. one per vac, normally 5 mn.
  • the other choice exports only all the POIs belonging to the route.
• Import a route either previously exported or generated with another program (frogtool or route bank marano).
• Delete an existing route, you can keep or not the POIs belonging to this route.

Routings Menu

• Create a routage (more help)
• Edit an existing routing
• Delete an existing routing

Marks Menu

• Mass import opens a dialog that allows you to capture or to paste several POIs at once, in the form latitude,longitude@-1
• Save/Restore all POIs and routes in poi.dat file. An automatic save if generated when the program exits.
• Import POIs from zyGrib
• Add a POI, same as right-click on the map and "insert a new POI".

Options Menu

• Proxy Internet in case you need that to access Internet
• Graphics parameters (more help)
• VLM parameters (more help)
• Planisphere :
  • Orthodromic distance: calculate a heading and a distance when you select a zone.
  • Options: Borders Rivers etc...
• Language English / French

Most of these actions have keyboard shortcuts.

Help Menu

• This wiki
• About menus gives various version numbers

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