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Procedure Settings

Broadly speaking, Procedure Settings deal with the nonvisual aspects of objects that are based on external procedures. In the case of a SmartWindow, for example, they are aggregated into seven groups, each represented by a dialog box discussed in this appendix:

Other procedure based objects, including other SmartObjects, will have a different number of groups, depending on their nature. For example, a SmartDataObject will not have a Pages button because it is not a SmartContainer and thus does not support a paging context of its own.

To open the main Procedure Settings dialog box for a procedure-based object, you must first open the master object itself, if there is one. Choose File Open and select the object or, if the object is a SmartObject instance, click the menu button and choose Edit Master.

When the master object is open and selected, choose Tools Procedure Settings, or the Procedure Settings button from the toolbar. A dialog box similar to that in Figure A–4 opens.

Figure A–4: SmartWindow Main Procedure Settings Dialog Box

The main Procedure Settings dialog box is used for all procedure level objects. Some of the fields will therefore not apply to a particular object type, either because the qualities are predefined and fixed, or because they are entirely irrelevant. The settings shown here are those for a SmartWindow:


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