Contents
DataWindow Designer User’s Guide iii
About This Book.......................................................................................................................... xv
PART 1 THE DATAWINDOW DESIGNER ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 1 Working with DataWindow Designer............................................. 3
About DataWindow Designer ........................................................... 4
The DataWindow Designer environment.......................................... 4
About the PowerBar .................................................................. 5
Working with projects ....................................................................... 6
Working with DataWindow objects................................................... 7
Creating new DataWindow objects ........................................... 8
Opening existing DataWindow objects...................................... 8
Running or previewing DataWindow objects............................. 9
Working in painters ........................................................................ 10
Using views in painters............................................................ 10
Using pop-up menus ............................................................... 15
Defining colors......................................................................... 16
Working with tools .......................................................................... 17
Using the file editor.................................................................. 17
Using the To-Do List................................................................ 18
Setting properties ........................................................................... 20
Using toolbars ................................................................................ 21
Toolbar basics ......................................................................... 21
Drop-down toolbars ................................................................. 21
Controlling the display of toolbars ........................................... 22
Moving toolbars using the mouse............................................ 23
Customizing toolbars............................................................... 23
Creating new toolbars ............................................................. 28
Using online Help ........................................................................... 29
Customizing keyboard shortcuts .................................................... 30
Changing fonts ............................................................................... 31