What's new

Highlights

Views for nonmodal development

Because the painter window now has views, the Window painter is no longer modal. This means you can simultaneously work on the layout of window controls (in the Layout view) and code scripts for the controls (in the Script view)

New window controls

The controls are HTrackBar, VTrackBar, HProgressBar, VProgressBar, StaticHyperLink, and PictureHyperLink

Image support for the Internet

All controls that support bitmaps now support GIF and JPEG images. Picture and PictureButton controls also support animated GIF images.

To do this

Do this

Code the script for a control

Double-click the control or select Script from the control's popup menu. See Writing scripts

Compile script

Select Edit>Compile from the menu bar or select Compile from the popup menu in the Script view or click the Compile button on the PainterBar

Make the services of a nonvisual object available to the window by inserting a nonvisual object in the window

Select Insert>Object from the menu bar and then select a standard class user object or select User Object and specify the user object

You can see the inserted object in the Non-Visual Object List view

Display and modify instance variables in the Properties view of an inherited window

Create a window by inheriting from a window that has public or protected instance variables with simple data types

Change a control's properties

In the Layout view, if the Properties view is open, select the control. If the Properties view is not open, select Properties from the control's popup menu

Change the tab order of controls in the window

Select Format>Tab Order from the menu bar

Return the painter window's views to the default or save a view layout

Select Design>Options from the menu bar and use the Layout tab page