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Lastic Terminal Builder is the visual interface designer for Lastic Screen Handler, providing complete form construction and help text authoring facilities.
Control Types
A rich array of standard and specialised emulated Windows controls are supported, including:
- text boxes (single and scrolling multi-line)
- list boxes (single and multiple select)
- combo boxes
- check boxes
- command buttons
- bitbuttons (though no glyphs)
- fixed and variable texts
- frames
- meters (a combination of progress bar and text)
- grids (editable with cell level look-up facility)
- outline (as in Windows Explorer)
- hypertext (providing linked text entries)
- select (a combination of output text and button)
- workbench ( for visual designer facilities)
- text window (as per Notepad)
- form menus
- pop-up menus
Form Construction
The main form of Lastic Terminal Builder provides the visual form design environment, including:
- control type selection
- control property and event selection
- control property and event editing
Controls may be positioned, moved and resized using the cursor keys or by specifying the appropriate properties in the property grid.
Form level properties and events can also be set.
Event-handlers at the form and control level are associated with your own application routines on the host Caché / M system.
All form details are saved within the Caché / M database.
NB: The visual interface designer for Lastic GUI may also be used for Screen Handler application development (subject to purchase of Lastic GUI).
Help Text Authoring
Lastic Terminal Builder also contains help file authoring facilities, enabling your applications to be supported by context-sensitive online help information.
Help may be provided at the form and individual control level. Hyperlinks can be specified, allowing users to navigate easily through your help files.
All help information is held centrally within the Caché / M database.
Additional Facilities
Additional facilities are provided for creating and editing tables relating to:
- system wide button texts
- Caché / M functions
- help texts
- look-ups
- validation codes
A 'Templates' facility enables a selected control to be saved as a template (including all properties and events) or a previously saved template to be loaded into the current form. This facility provides a quick means of propagating a control across forms while ensuring all properties and events remain consistent.
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