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Developer’s Guide


Introduction to Control Objects

Nearly every nontrivial application offers many ways to control its behavior and, perhaps, appearance. Because of the way human memory works, grouping these controls according to their function is a standard way to improve their ease of use. You will probably have experienced this principle yourself.

Menu bars, typically with pull-down menus attached, were originally the only means provided for gaining access to an application’s functions. Toolbars were developed as a type of supplemental menu bar for frequently used features. They gradually became a defacto standard after graphics editors and similar applications popularized the pushbutton as an action and tool interface.

As part of the ADM toolset, AppBuilder offers several control clusters that embody Smart technology and are able to control other SmartObjects:

AppBuilder also offers the basic 4GL Pushbutton. You can use it to build your own control groups, if you choose.


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