Messages window

When you first start Netica, in the lower left corner of the workspace which opens there will be an icon for a minimized window called “Netica Messages”.  You can double click it to view its contents or you can choose Window → Messages.  To return it to its minimized state click on the button in its title bar.

 Note: if you are using Netica on a Mac, the Messages window may appear as  either a blank white square in the bottom left of the Netica window, or as just a word in the upper left of the screen.  Simply click on the square or word to launch the Messages window.

Netica reports textual information to you through this window.  If you do Report → Network, then the report will be placed in the Messages window, and after compiling a net, information on the junction tree will be in the Messages window.  Progress during lengthy operations is sometimes displayed in the Messages window, although it has to be visible before the operation is started.

Usually when you try to do an operation that Netica can’t perform, it will display a dialog box telling you.  However, for some minor operations, like clicking in the wrong place, Netica will just beep.  In that case, you can look in the Netica Messages window and there will be an explanation.

You can copy and paste information between the Messages window and any text file.  In addition, all information going to the messages window can also be sent to a text file by choosing File → Log Messages.