Introduction

On this page, we will go through an overview of the Raptor tool components. Let’s get familiar with the components of Raptor before building a flow chart using the tool. The main components of the Raptor tool are:

Raptor components

• Workspace Area
• Menu  Toolbar
• Symbols area
• Watch Window
• Master Console

Workspace Area

The Workspace area is where flowcharts and UML diagrams are created and run. Initially, this area contains Start and End symbols in the main tab.

Menu

The Raptor menu consists of several choices that let the user perform several actions.
Major actions like opening a new file, saving the flowcharts to the hard disk, running the flow charts, etc.

Symbols Area

The symbols area consists of flowchart symbols that are used in building a flowchart.

Novice/Intermediate Mode

• Assignment symbol
• Input symbol
• Output symbol
• Call
• Selection
• Loop

Object-oriented

Object-oriented Mode will have one more symbol

• Return

More information about RAPTOR flowchart symbols: https://www.testingdocs.com/flowchart-symbols/

Watch & Master Console Windows

Watch windows are used to trace the variable values, objects in the heap memory, etc. The watch window is helpful for debugging the flowchart.

MasterConsole is used for the flowchart standard output. The output flowchart symbol writes the output to the MasterConsole window.

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Raptor Tutorials

RAPTOR tutorials on this website:

https://www.testingdocs.com/raptor-a-flowchart-tool/

More information about RAPTOR:

https://raptor.martincarlisle.com/