# Diagnostics Worksheet

# The diagnostics Worksheet

The diagnostics worksheet is reached from the Maintenance section of the Launchpad ribbon tab.

The diagnostics worksheet key information about the workbook and the environment in which it is being run.

The information displayed on the diagnostics worksheet includes:

  • The workbook file name
  • The Operating System (Windows 64-bit, Windows 32-bit, Mac)
  • The version of Graphviz installed
  • Directories for temporary files
  • Directories containing cached images displayed by the style designer

The diagnostics worksheet appears as follows (on Windows):

# The Diagnostics Ribbon Tab

The Diagnostics ribbon tab is activated whenever the diagnostics worksheet is activated from the Launchpad. It appears as follows:

It contains the following major groups:

# Diagnostics

Label Control Type Description
Refresh Button Forces a refresh of the information on the page to ensure the information was not carried over from a copy of a workbook saved on a different machine.

# Image Cache

Provides an easy method to delete the images created by the style designer which it uses to provide previews of fonts and colors.

Label Control Type Description
Delete colors Button Deletes the images used to display colors next to the color names
Delete fonts Button Deletes the font images which show what the font looks like when rendered using Graphviz

Note that images files will be cached in memory if you visit the style designer worksheet before pressing these buttons. These buttons only delete the files from the disk drive. You will need to close the workbook and reopen it to cause new files to be generated.

# Help

Provides a link to the Help content for the diagnostics worksheet (i.e. this web page).

Label Control Type Description
Help Button Provides a link to this web page.