Applies
to:
Getting started: usage basics
Description:
BrowserBob programs are composed by placing
objects of different types on your Main Dialog (the main interface of
your program) and changing their properties. The following gives you an
overview over the basic topics you need to know for creating projects.
Add a new object
by clicking on its object icon on the main window and dragging it with
left mouse down to its intended position: click
on the object type you want to use in your project (example: a button
object), drag it with left mouse down to it's intended position and release
the mouse button. The object is now placed and shows up in the project explorer from where it can be
selected as well.
Adding objects to your project
TIP:
when placing objects on another object (e.g. the Main Dialog or a Panel),
make sure to initially place its top left corner over the container object,
which will add the object there. You may then move the object to a different
position later.
Any project, even a blank one, contains
the Main Dialog and Main Web object by default: place
buttons, addressbar (edit field) and other objects on the Main Dialog
in order to create your program. The Main Web object is the "content
viewer" of your program, where any web content can be displayed or
web logic executed.
Object
speed buttons (Drag & Drop objects)
Change
the visual appearance and functionality of your program via object properties:
the size of the Main Web object can be changed by dragging its
borders and corners with the mouse. Other object properties like a startpage
(e.g. URL to a file), the background graphic of your Main Dialog and the
design and functionality of your buttons can be accessed and changed on
the properties window. It will always display the special properties of
the selected object. An object can be selected by clicking on it in the
design area, or by selecting it in the object tree of the project explorer.
Properties
window overview (all objects)
Basics
for your project work: to get your
hands on quickly and start over immediately with your first creation,
you should read through
these topics.
Creating
a new project
Adding objects to your project
Saving a project
Testing your project
Safeguarding your work
Generating your project (Building)
Discover BrowserBob quickly: in
order to get an overview over the possibilities and functionality of BrowserBob,
your should look at the following topics.
User interface overview
Main window overview
Object speed buttons (Drag & Drop objects)
Properties window overview (all objects)
Function speed buttons
Project explorer
Tools window overview
Build dialog
Working with BrowserBob
Reference
overview
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