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•A catalog or project catalog is a pane containing a tree view, or several tree views on tab pages. •Catalogs are permanently docked in the left-hand edge of the application window. •They open, resize and close along with the application window. •Catalogs can be switched on and off. To hide a catalog, click the Close button in the top-right corner of the catalog pane. To show a catalog, you must add a menu item as described below. •The USoft Windows Designer has a catalog. NOTE: If you have difficulties creating a tree view, please see the item: "How to Insert a Tree View".
To define a project catalog:
| 1. | In the Windows Designer Catalog, find the Catalog dialog box. |
| 2. | Create a subclass MyCatalog of the Catalog dialog box. |
| 3. | Page 1 of MyCatalog contains a tree view with one tree view node. This tree view node is the root node of the tree view. Insert as many tree view nodes as you need. |
| 4. | Define the contents of the tree view. |
| You can enhance the tree view with popup menu's, overlay conditions and icons. |
| 5. | On Tab 1 of MyCatalog, you can insert another tab page, with another catalog tree view, and so on. |
| 6. | From the menu bar, choose File, Edit Application. |
| 7. | Set the Catalog property to MyCatalog. |
| 8. | Add a Menu Line to the Menu Page of your choice (the standard View menu is recommended), and set the Prompt property to "Show Catalog" and the Script property to: |
ShowCatalog('True')
| This menu option ensures that you can re-open the catalog if is currently hidden. Alternatively, you could set the Script property to: |
CatalogToggle()
| This menu option will toggle the display of the catalog on and off. |
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