You can add a new dialog window to a specific application
or you can make it available for use by all applications. You must
modify an XML file to create a dialog window and import the modified
file into the Application Designer. After importing it, you can modify
the new dialog window in the Application Designer.
Procedure
- In the Application Designer, export one of the following
XML files:
- In the List tab, click Export
System XML in the Select Action menu
to export the library.xml file if you want to
add a new dialog for use by all applications.
- In the Workspace tab, click the Export
Application Definition icon to export the presentation.xml file
if you want to add a new dialog for use by a specific application.
The XML definition opens in a new browser window.
- Save the XML definition to a local file and open it with
a text editor.
- Add a code snippet for the dialog at the end of the XML
file, just before the final closing tag, either the
</systemlib>
tag
or the </presentation>
tag. The
following code creates a
View History dialog
window to the end of a
presentation.xml file:
<dialog id=”newviewhist” label=”View History”>
</dialog>
</presentation>
- Save the changes to the XML file.
- In the Application Designer, click the Import
Application Definition icon, navigate to the modified
XML file and import it.
- Click the Edit Dialogs icon and
select the dialog window you created.
- In the Workspace tab, modify the dialog
window as required.