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Environment — Getting Started


Task List and Short Procedure

To reach this point, you need to know how to do the following tasks:

  1. Access the New dialog box.
  2. Access an object’s Property Sheet.
  3. Use your mouse to move and resize an object.
  4. Add an image to a frame.
  5. Create and resize a rectangle.
  6. Create text labels.
  7. Access the List Objects dialog box.
  8. Save your file.
NOTE: During application assembly, the main window is also referred to as the workspace or design window.

The following short procedure outlines how to complete these tasks:

  1. Create a new SmartWindow.
  2. To review this procedure, see the "Detailed Main Window Procedure" section.

  3. Set it to be 147.00 units wide and 25.50 units high.
  4. To review this procedure, see Step 3 in the "Detailed Main Window Procedure" section.

  5. Resize the default frame.
  6. To review this procedure, see Step 5 in the "Detailed Main Window Procedure" section.

  7. Add the application banner.
  8. To review this procedure, see the "Defining Sections Of the Main Window" section.

  9. Divide the window into three sections with rectangles with the following properties:
  10. Column
    Row
    Width
    Height
    1.00
    2.1
    147
    5.48
    1.00
    7.48
    147
    8.33
    1.00
    15.81
    147
    10.67

    To review this procedure, see the "Outlining the Customer, Order, and Order Line Sections" section.

  11. Add dark blue text labels naming the three sections: Customer, Order, Order Line.
  12. To review this procedure, see the "Adding Text Labels To the Sections" section.

  13. Make “SportsPro Order Tracking System” the title of your window,
  14. To review this procedure, see the "Naming and Saving the New SmartWindow" section

  15. Save your window in a file named wordtrk.w.
  16. To review this procedure, see Step 5 in the "Naming and Saving the New SmartWindow" section.


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