The Properties dialog box enables you to view and change properties of the selected physical resource(s) in the Physical Layout or logical page(s) in the Logical Layout.
Based on the selected items, the dialog box contains different tabs:
The Resource tab describes selected items as physical resources in the Physical Layout.
First section lists physical name(s) of the resource(s). The real files will be generated with these names.
Name lists unique short names used in the Logical Layout and Frame manager. These names are also used by NavBars and Banners, if no Alias is specified.
Type lists resource types of the selected items.
Path lists relative paths of the resources from the root folder.
Size displays estimated size of the selected items. It is the size during the last performed preview.
Alias section provides place to insert an alias name for the resource(s). Alias enables you to assign long names (with special symbols like 'space') to resource(s) to be used in NavBars, Links, and Banners.
Used In lists all the resources containing the selected resource(s).
Linked From lists all the resources containing links to the selected resource(s).
The HTML tab displays properties of the items to be generated as HTML files (plain pages, framesets, free pages, dynamic pages).
Title displays the title of the HTML, i.e. the caption of browser window.
To set the same title to multiple files, check the Apply to All box and type it.
The Meta Information section displays all the Meta tags currently in the page.
To add a new Meta tag, click the Add button. The Meta Tag dialog box is displayed, enabling you to fill in the HTTP-Equiv, Name and Content fields. Depending on the Meta tag you are creating, you can omit some of those fields. When you have finished typing the values, click the OK button. The new Meta tag appears in the list.
To edit existing Meta tag, select it by clicking its HTTP-Equiv field. Then click the Modify button. The Meta Tag dialog box is displayed, enabling you to change the HTTP-Equiv, Name and Content fields. When you have finished typing the values, click the OK button.
To delete a tag, select it in the list and click the Delete button.
The Page tab displays properties of separate pages, not divided into frames.
Header and Footer combo boxes enable you to insert header or/and footer into the page.
To insert the same header or/and footer into multiple pages, check the Apply to All check box.
The Image tab displays properties of the selected image(s).
In the Size section you set the width and height of the image (in pixels).
In the File Format section choose JPEG or GIF format. For the GIF format you also have to define the Color Count attribute. You can set 2 (black and white), 8, 16, 256 colors.
The Background Color section
enables you to set the background color of your image.
You can set the background color the same as image worksheet color. Choose the Same as image worksheet color radio button. To
set a custom background color, choose Select a different color radio button, and click on the
colored rectangular button at the right. The Choose Color
dialog will be opened. Choose the background color from the pallete.
Choose Make it transparent, to make the background transparent. This feature is available
only for 256-color GIF format.
For JPEG images, there is an additional JPEG Control section.
Select Encoding Method:
When multiple images are selected, you can apply the same encoding method and quality factor to all of them. If you do not change these options, each image will retain its settings.
The Shortcut tab specifies the file for shortcut.
To specify the same file, check the Apply to All box.
The Database tab enables you to modify the settings of the tables in the database resource.
Note that before you can modify a table you must first open it for editing.
In the tree representing the database, select a table, and click Open.
All the tables having relations to the selected one will be also opened.
Now you can double-click the Database in the Physical Layout to modify its data.
In the Fill Data dialog, each opened table is represented by a separate tab.
Select a field to view its properties. Type and Related items are displayed.
The field in relation with the selected is displayed (if any). Press the Lookup... button to change the lookuped field.
If the field is associated with physical file, the value actually stored by the program is the name of the resource in the Physical Layout. Press the Resources... button to select type of the associated resources.