Preface
This manual introduces the Application Builder (referred to throughout this
document as App Builder) and shows you how best to use it. See
for a summary description.
Who Should Use This Book
This user's guide is for anyone who wants to build or prototype a user
interface with App Builder. Because you can easily create and modify user
interfaces without writing any code using App Builder, it is a powerful tool for
programmers and non-programmers—including user interface designers and
project managers.
How This Book Is Organized
, includes an annotated picture of the App
Builder primary window, an overview of the process of building an
application, and instructions for starting App Builder.
, explains how to create, open,
save, and close projects and modules, and how to hide and show modules.
, explains how to drag and drop
objects from the object palettes, how to edit interface objects, and how to align
and distribute control objects in the interface.
, explains how to edit
object properties in the Revolving Property Editor.
, explains
how to create and edit pane objects, menus, and message dialog boxes.
, explains how to create on-
item help, how to create functional connections between objects, and how to
establish drag and drop and application framework behavior.
, explains how to group control
objects and how to attach objects to each other for dynamic resize behavior.
, explains how to change
to test mode for testing certain App Builder functions.
, describes the
Code Generator and explains how to generate code, make your application,
and run it.
, describes the
primary window, including its object palettes, and other App Builder
windows, including the Project Organizer, the Module Browser, and the Code
Generator.
, describes the Revolving Property
Editor in general and each of the individual property editors specifically.
What DocBook SGML Markup Means
This book is written in the Structured Generalized Markup
Language (SGML) using the DocBook Document Type Definition (DTD).
The following table describes the DocBook markup used for
various semantic elements.
DocBook SGML Markup
Markup Appearance
Semantic Element(s)
Example
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The names of commands.
Use the ls command to list files.
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The names of command options.
Use ls −a
to list all files.
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Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or value.
To delete a file, type rm filename.
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The names of files and
directories.
Edit your .login
file.
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Book titles, new words or terms, or
words to be emphasized.
Read Chapter 6 in User's
Guide.
These are called class options.
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