Builder Xcessory 5.0 Reference Manual

Resource Editor for Class Instances and Classes

The following sections describe the text fields displayed in the Resource Editor when you select a class instance or a class.

Resource Editor for a Widget Instance

When you select a widget instance, the Resource Editor displays the text fields and resources described in the following sections.

Updating the Resource Editor

To update the Resource Editor, use one of the following methods:

Browser Options Menu

The Browser Options menu allows you to change the default language, modify the default language settings, set various user preferences, change information relating to the makefile integration with oth

Browser Project Menu

The Browser Project menu allows you to construct your interface in Build Mode, test look and feel in Play Mode, run and debug generated code in Debug Mode using your environment's debugger, launch a b

Browser View Menu

Select View from the Browser menu bar to display the following menu:

Browser Edit Menu

The Browser Edit menu allows you to cut, copy, add an interface object to the Palette, paste, delete, raise or lowerinstances on the display, resize an

Browser File Menu

Allows you to create new files, open files, merge other files with your project, save your interface, save and load classes, import GIL files, generate code, print, or exit Builder Xcessory.

Panning the Browser

XiPorthole and XiPanner

The EnhancementPak objects, XiPorthole and XiPanner, allow you to navigate more easily around the Browser object instance hierarchy display. The Panner widget represents a rectangular region (the canvas) of which only a smaller, enclosed rectangular region (the slider) is visible at any given time. It is used with a Porthole widget to scroll the Browser object instance hierarchy in two dimensions. The slider may be moved around the canvas by moving the cursor over the slider, pressing MB1, dragging, and then releasing the button.

Selecting Objects

Selecting objects

To select an object, use one of the following methods:

· Click on the instance name in the Browser.

· Click on the object itself on your display.

· Use the Browser Search/Select Bar.

In the following figure, the DrawingArea widget is selected:

Selected Widget

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