Contents:

About This Document

I. Editor Environment

1. Introducing Panther Tools

• Panther User Interface Components

2. Editor Basics

• Starting the Editor
• Opening and Creating Application Components
• Opening and Creating a Library
• Opening a Middleware Session
• Opening a Database Connection
• Creating Widgets
• Setting Properties
• Saving Your Work
• Creating and Opening a Repository
• Saving Application Components to a Repository
• Controlling Inheritance

3. Editor Workspace

• Editor Workspace
• Types of Widgets
• Properties Window

II. Wizards

4. Introducing the Wizards

• How the Wizards Work
• Wizard Templates
• Navigating in the Wizards

5. Screen Wizard

• Invoking the Screen Wizard
• Screen Wizard Dialogs
• Output for Two-Tier Architecture
• Output for JetNet and Oracle Tuxedo Applications

6. Report Wizard

• Invoking the Report Wizard
• Report Types
• Report Wizard Dialogs
• How It Looks
• Including Graphs

III. User Interface Components

7. Defining Screen Properties

• Creating, Opening, and Saving Screens
• Resizing a Screen
• Using the Screen Grid
• Controlling Screen Location
• Controlling Geometry Changes Across Platforms
• Including Screen Wallpaper
• Specifying a Mouse Pointer
• Including Borders and Decorations
• Specifying Styles under Windows
• Attaching a Menu Bar
• Documenting Screens
• Defining XML Tags for Screens
• Testing Screens

8. Defining Service Components

• Creating and Saving Service Components
• Defining the Component Interface
• COM Applications
• Enterprise JavaBeans
• JetNet and Oracle Tuxedo Applications

9. Defining Widget Behavior

• Identifying and Naming Widgets
• Invoking a Popup Menu
• Active Versus Inactive Widgets
• Protecting Widgets
• Double-Click Events
• Setting Tabbing Order
• Synchronizing Scrolling Arrays
• Performing Calculations and Validating Numbers
• Documenting Widgets
• Defining XML Tags for Widgets

10. Manipulating Widgets

• Selecting a Widget
• Resizing a Widget
• Moving and Copying Widgets
• Arranging Widgets
• Controlling a Widget's Position at Runtime
• Undoing Actions

11. Controlling the Way Things Look

• Giving Widgets Initial Data
• Changing Widget Type
• Formatting Text
• Creating Shifting/Scrolling Fields
• Creating a Date and Time Field
• Defining a Numeric Format
• Giving Screens a 3D Appearance

12. Specifying Colors

• Color Property Types
• Changing Color Properties
• Setting Display Attributes

13. Providing Help Facilities

• Determining the Level of Help Requests
• Providing Status Line Text
• Using Panther Help Screens
• Using Selection Screens
• Using Table Lookup Screens
• Using External Help Sources
• Using Tooltips

14. Display Widgets

• Labeling Information
• Creating Output Labels
• Using Graphs to Display Data
• Pie Charts
• Bar/Line Graphs
• XY-Plots
• High/Low Charts

15. Data Entry Widgets

• Defining the Input with Keystroke Filters
• Controlling What Occurs on Input
• Entering Data on Multiple Lines
• Using Input Devices

16. Grid Widgets

• Creating and Editing a Grid Widget
• Manipulating a Grid Widget and Grid Members
• Grid Widget Features
• Moving and Resizing Grid Columns at Runtime
• Grid Focus Properties

17. Tab Controls

• Creating and Editing a Tab Control
• Manipulating a Tab Deck and Tab Cards
• Creating a Tab Dialog Screen
• Tab Control Properties

18. Framesets and Splitters

• Creating And Editing Framesets
• Programming With Framesets
• Runtime Properties
• Web Deployment of Framesets
• The Frameset Sample Application

19. ActiveX Controls

• Embedding ActiveX Controls in Application Screens
• Interacting with ActiveX Controls
• Using AxView, the COM Control Viewer

20. Push Button Widgets

• Identifying a Push Button
• Using Pictures on Push Buttons
• Establishing Push Button Behavior

21. Selection Widgets

• Using Check Boxes
• Using List Boxes
• Using Radio Buttons
• Using Toggle Buttons
• Grouping Selection Widgets

22. Graphics Widgets

• Using Boxes and Lines
• Using Boxes as Positioning Regions
• Adding Borders to Widgets
• Displaying a Picture on Widgets
• Using Customer Drawn Widgets

23. Table Views and Links

• Using Table Views
• Using Links

IV. Editors

24. Styles Editor

• Starting the Styles Editor
• Transaction Modes
• Using Styles and Classes
• Defining a New Transaction Style
• Creating a New Transaction Class
• Testing Styles
• Saving a Styles File

25. JIF Editor

• Starting the JIF Editor
• The JIF Editor Workspace
• Defining and Updating Services
• Defining and Updating Service Groups
• Defining and Updating Queues
• JPL Code Generation

26. Menu Bar Editor

• Starting the Menu Bar Editor
• Creating Menus
• Creating Submenus
• Menu Properties
• Item Properties
• Item Types
• Displaying Pictures on Toolbar Items
• Using the Menu List Window
• Testing Menus
• Saving Menus

V. Appendices

A. Keyboard Interface

• Navigating Between Screens in the Editor
• Creating Widgets
• Selecting and Manipulating Widgets

B. Wizard Output

• Screen Wizard Output Property Specifications
• Report Wizard Output Property Specifications

Index