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FRAMES Constituent Database Editor (CDBE): Create a New Database. FRAMES-2.0 Workshop U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bethesda, Maryland November 15-16, 2007 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington. Purpose. Develop a constituent database specific to user’s needs.
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FRAMES ConstituentDatabase Editor (CDBE):Create a New Database FRAMES-2.0 Workshop U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bethesda, Maryland November 15-16, 2007 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington
Purpose • Develop a constituent database specific to user’s needs 2
Procedure • Create a new constituent database • Start • All Programs • FRAMES • Launch Constituent Editor or run C:\FramesV1\ContSel.exe • Register the new database in FRAMES 3
Create a New Constituent Database(outside of FRAMES) Two Options (choose one): • Use the Windows Start button • Start • All Programs • FRAMES • Launch Constituent Editor • Run C:\FramesV1\ContSel.exe 4
1 • Database Editor User Interface appears • Choose File and Open • Choose an Exiting database: FUI.MDB 2 3 5
Save as a new DB • From the File menu, choose Save As • Rename: FUI_TCE.mdb • From the File menu, choose Exit • (no need to save again) • From the File menu in the FRAMES Constituent Database Editor, choose Exit 1 2 6
Register the New Database(in FRAMES) • Unlock the Domain • Register the ModuleImporter function in the Tools menu, if ModuleImporter is not already registered. This tool allows the user to automatically register a function in the Tools menu. 7
Unlock the Domain 1 • Under the File menu, choose Unlock System • Enter the password 2 8
Register the ModuleImporter using the Module Editor 1 • Under the Editors menu, choose the Module Editor • Under System, System, choose “Open and Register Module” 2 9
Browse C:\Program Files\FramesV2\1xImport, and choose ModuleImporter.mod The ModuleImporter is now registered here and under the Tools menu 10
Under the Tools menu, choose ModuleImporter. • Under Source Files, browse and choose FUI_TCE.des (name of new user-defined DB) • Under Destination Directory, choose 1xImport. • For the Installation Name, define a name similar to but not the same as, the DES file name (e.g., FUI_TCE_Script). • Press the Import Modules button. • Press the Close button 1 4 2 FUI_TCE_Script is now registered as a function under the Tools menu. 3 5 6 11
1 2 • Under the Tools menu, choose FUI_TCE_Script. The new database is now registered and available. • Enter the Simulation Editor, choose a simulation, and check the General Info of the Database Icon. • The FUI_TCE Constituent Database is now a choice. 3 12
Summary • A user can set up and register a database specific to an Agency’s or site’s needs. • The data within the new database can be modified without impacting the original database. • Other Agencies have developed their own databases with data specific to their Agency’s needs [e.g., military relevant compounds (MRCs), unexploded ordinances (UXOs), etc.] 13