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FormEd
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Purpose : Edited Template Files
Version : 1.14 and above
Description :
FormEd is an editor of Template files. To understand this
you need to understand the program interface of the Window
System, as described in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
The description here assumes an understanding of template
files.
FormEd is started by double-clicking on a template file
after the FormEd icon has been "seen". This will cause
FormEd to be loaded, and to display all of the windows in
the template file. Alternatively, double-click on FormEd
itself and it will be loaded with no current windows. If a
template file does not appear to load properly, give more
memory to FormEd before it starts using the Task Manager
window.
A template file is often constructed with reference to a
specific set of sprites. A sprite file can be dragged onto
the FormEd icon on the icon bar to set the available
sprites. These are displayed in a window. To edit the
sprites, use the Paint application.
The menu provided from the icon bar provides the following
functions:
Info
- program information
New template
- shows a new browser window
Quit
- quit FormEd
The template windows displayed by FormEd mirror precisely
the size, position and properties of the windows in the
Template file. The following actions directly affect the
stored values:
Close the window
- removes the window from view
Move/scroll/resize the window
- moves the default setup of the window in the
template file.
Clicking MENU on a template window produces a menu tree
that allows a wide variety of alterations to the menu
structure, based on the various control fields of a window
structure as described in the Wimp documentation. It also
allows you to create icons in the window. An icon, once
created, can be moved and resized using drag-SELECT and
drag-ADJUST. It can also have its properties adjusted by
pointing at it and then clicking MENU, and following the
"amend icon" submenu.
Your ability to drag and resize icons may be affected by a
button type affixed to an icon: only those button types
which generate the appropriate Wimp events can be dragged
and resized directly. It's interesting to note that FormEd
keeps no data structures describing each template window,
relying on the Wimp to keep and manipulate each structure.
FormEd keeps a file of sprites in memory which can be used
in icons in the template being edited. The default sprite
file used is the file Default inside !FormEd, which is in
fact a copy of the sprites found in the RISC OS ROM. To
load in a separate sprite file to use with your template
file, drag the sprite file onto the FormEd icon.