Penrose Studio is very simple to navigate. There are two main sections. The navigation tree on the left organizes all of the partitions, directories, mappings, and other configurations for a Penrose Studio instanc. The main window displays and edits entries and contains the integrated LDAP directory browser.

The File manages servers. All if the actions in the file menu are mirrored in the icons below it, managing the Penrose Server instance by stopping and starting it, synchronizing the Penrose Studio changes, and adding and deleting server entries.

Figure 4.2. Top Menu

Three other menus in the top menu, the Partition, Schema, and Service menus, have the same operations that are available by right-clicking on the corresponding folders in the server navigation areas, such as exprting a partition, importing a schema, or configuring a new service.

Both the Tools menu and the last icon below the top menu open Penrose Virtual Directory's LDAP browser.

The last menu, Window, controls which of the three sections in the lower window are visible, meaning the server navigation area, main entry window, and validation window.

The configuration of the entry can be changed in several areas:

Depending on the complexity or type of entry, there may be tabs at the bottom of the main window which open additional editing windows for the entry or browsers to display the virtual directory or entry hierarchy.

All of the windows and the entries within the windows are tabbed, to keep the overall navigation clean and easy to view.

Every window, meaning the server, entry editor, and validation windows, is controlled independently. To minimize or maximize the window in the Penrose Studio space, click the small line and box icons in the right corner of the entry. To close the window, click the X icon by the window name.

Figure 4.5. Window Controls