The Template menu contains the items "New", "Prime" and "Attributes". Selecting "New" creates a new template which is shown with the default "question mark" pixmap to remind you that you have not yet specified the template's background pixmap. "Prime" adds all the shells of your current design in X-Designer as components of the selected template.
A template is made up of "components", each of which may consist of any number of widgets. A component in AppGuru refers to the elements of the template which may be selected and deselected from the AppGuru Template dialog. The widgets of a component define the appearance and behavior of the component.
Adding and Removing Components
You may add components to the template by:
Selecting "Prime" from the Template menu.
Pressing the Component button.
"Prime" adds all the shells in your current design to the selected template. Each shell is one component of the template. Pressing the Component button adds one component. To remove components, simply select them and press the Cut button. There is no paste or undo facility.
Editing Components There are two ways of editing components:
Adding and removing widgets.
Editing the attributes of the component.
To add a widget to a component, select one or more widgets in your X-Designer hierarchy and choose "Add Selected Widgets" from the Widget menu. If the widget you wish to add is in another X-Designer save file or it is difficult to select, press the Widget button on the left of the dialog and then change the name of the widget in the text field at the top of the dialog. To remove widgets, select them and press the Cut button on the toolbar. Remember that there is no paste or undo facility.
You can edit various attributes of a component by selecting "Attributes" from the Component menu and entering information into the Component Attributes dialog. Follow the links below to find out more.
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