GUI Design With The Appx

Client

Presented By:

Gary Rogers

GUI Design With The Appx Client

Client Look and Feel

Use Widgets for Graphical Display

Graphical Design Techniques

Desktop Integration and Printing

Appx Client Design Features:

Session Highlights Setting up the Appx Client

Using Copy and Paste for speed and consistency

Using the data palette in the image editor and ILF

Manage and modify widgets using ILF code.

GUI Design With The Appx Client

GUI Design With The Appx Client

Place these options in the target line:

-row & -cols to set screen size

-splash to select start-up image

-look to select initial view

-title to customize title bar text

-bg & –fg override desktop colors

-tile# to change pop-up backgrounds

see documentation for more options

Client Command Line Options:

Copy and paste lets you create a widget with all the options you want and then copy that widget over and over. You only need to change the text and other minor options.

Copy and paste works between image editor screens. Widgets created on one screen can be copied to other processes. Copy and paste of widgets does not currently work between two sessions of Appx or on character items .

You can also copy and paste text between Appx fields, other Appx sessions, and even other desktop applications.

Copy and Paste:

GUI Design With The Appx Client

Use the data palette within the image editor to drag and drop fields on the screen. Open the data palette to the file you want, click on the field, move your cursor to where you want the field, and release.

Drag and drop field names from the data palette into your ILF code to save time and prevent errors.

The data palette is opened from the image editor, but stays open and can be used at any image or event point.

The data palette does not automatically update when files are added or changed. To recognize changes to the data dictionary the palette must be closed and re-opened.

Drag and Drop:

GUI Design With The Appx Client

You can use the Appx Client to design all of your applications. Even character mode design can be done using the Appx Client. Using the Appx Client with the data palette lets you use drag and drop technology to place fields on a screen and to move items around your screen with an ease not available in character mode. Save yourself from typos and scanning by using the data palette in ILF.

GUI Design With The Appx Client

Appx Client – Not Just For GUI Design

Other Appx Client Features:

Desktop Integration

Local Client Printing

Moving Files Between Client and Server

Running in a Browser

Dynamically Sized Scrolling Inputs

GUI Design With The Appx Client