Creating A Cabinet

The view with tools for building database templates is called the Template View.  Here you can build and edit cabinet templates.

1.  To create a new cabinet, tap the New button in the lower left corner of the Cabinet View:

 The Template View displays.

2.  Give the cabinet a title by writing the word “Test” in the Cabinet Name field.  You can also double tap the blank line to bring up the newton keyboard and type the word.

3.  To create a text field, tap on the text field button (second from the left) in the tool bar at the bottom of the view.  Tap the canvas area and the text field will display.

4.  To move the field to the top of the canvas area, tap and drag the field.

5.  To make the field larger, tap and drag the resizing square (in the lower right side of the field).

6.  Tap the Editor triangle in the upper right corner of the field to display the Text Field Editor:

7.  To name this field, scrub out the word “Label” in the Title field and write the word “New”.

8.  Tap the Save button to close the window.  The close box will close the view without saving the changes you have made.

9.  To create a pair of radio buttons tap the Radio Buttons Tool (two small circles next to the Text Field Tool), then tap the canvas area.

10.  Tap the Editor triangle in the upper right corner of the field to display the Radio Button Editor.  Then title the radio buttons “true” and “false”.  Tap the Save button.

11.  Create another Radio Buttons field.

12.  Now delete it by tapping the Zap Tool (looks like a lightning bolt) then tapping the Radio Buttons field.  It disappears in a cloud of “smoke”.

13.  Now quit the Template View by tapping the Save button.  If you tap the Cancel button, your changes would not be saved.

14.  The Cabinet View displays with your new Test cabinet icon showing.