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<!-- $XConsortium: Home.sgm /main/6 1996/09/08 22:00:27 rws $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<!-- Help Volume: Application Builder
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File Name: hometopic -->
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<PartIntro Id="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">
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<Title>Application Builder Help</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅</Para>
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<Para>Application Builder (also called App Builder) is an
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easy-to-use tool for building graphical user interfaces.</Para>
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<Para>&newline;∅
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</Para>
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<Graphic Entityref="MainWindowFig" Id="H.HT.fig.1"></Graphic>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>To Open &appb;</Title>
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<Step>
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<Para><Anchor Id="ABOpenStart">
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&newline; ∅
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<Graphic Entityref="ABiconFig" Id="H.HT.grph.1"></Graphic> Application Builder Icon</Para>
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<Para>&newline; ∅ If this icon appears on the desktop, double-click on
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it to restore an existing session of App Builder. If App Builder has
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been installed on the Front Panel, click on the App Builder icon to
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open a new session. See <XRef Linkend="ABStartAB"> if the App Builder icon is
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not on the desktop or on the Front Panel.</Para>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>What App Builder Does</Title>
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<Step>
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<Para>Application Builder (also called App Builder) provides a simple method
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for developers and others to construct applications that integrate
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well into the Common Desktop Environment. It provides two basic
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services: aid in assembling Motif objects into the desired application
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user interface, and generation of appropriate calls to the routines
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that support desktop integration services (ToolTalk messaging, drag
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and drop, for example).</Para>
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<Para>Key supported tasks include:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•">
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.1">
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<Para>Interactive layout of the user interface for an application,
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constructing it piece-by-piece from a collection of objects from the
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&ProductName; Motif toolkit.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.2">
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<Para>Definition of connections between objects to provide elements
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of application interface behavior, and a limited test mode that allows
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connections to be exercised.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.3">
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<Para>Interactive specification of the interconnections desired
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between the application and &ProductName; desktop services.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.4">
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<Para>Editing of applications previously created using App Builder.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.5">
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<Para>Generation of C language source code and associated project
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files for the application.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="H.HT.item.6">
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<Para>Generation (compilation) and invocation of the application
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from within Application Builder, allowing you to execute
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the build/run/debug cycle from a common environment (without
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having to exit and restart App Builder)</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<!-- EOF -->
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</PartIntro>
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