WideStudio Application Builder User's Guide

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> ## Place instances on an application window

> The dialog for creating an instance is the object dialog box. Select ((menu:View >> ObjectBox)) to pop it up.

> [To pop-up the object dialog box]
> The following figure shows the object dialog box.

> [A view of the object box dialog]
> If you move the mouse pointer over the icons in the object dialog box, it shows its class name and some description in a balloon help. You can drag and drop an icon to the instance of the application window which is displayed.
> See the section:[How to see the list of the application windows]. After displaying the application window, drag the icon and drop it on the instance to place the object.
> The following shows the kinds of objects.

> Kind | Description
> Windows | Top windows or dialogs which receive a border from the window manager
> Forms | Areas which have window resources and manage child objects
> Commands | Objects which have various functions, and do not have window resources
> Imported | Objects which are imported by the external libraries

> [A new push button on the application window.]
> We call the object which manages child instances "Manager". The following shows manager objects.

> Manager | Class Name | Description
> Windows | WSCwindow | Top window which is the base of the application window
> | WSCdialog | Dialog
> Forms | WSCform | Area which has window resources.
> | WSCscrForm | Scrolled area
> | WSCsform | Area which has several sub-areas and separators
> | WSCindexForm | Area which has some index tabs

> The instances of manager objects show a grid made of dots in editing mode on the application builder.

Document Release 3.70 for WideStudio ver 3.70, Feb 2004

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