Creating Components

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Added by Barbara Weinstein, last edited by Jesse Costello-Good on Jul 28, 2009

When you create a new project from the Empty Project template in General Interface Builder, a default component file, appCanvas.xml, is automatically created for you. This is typically where you begin designing the application user interface. You can also create new components, such as buttons, dialogs, and so on.

To create a new component file, choose File > New GUI Component. A new untitled file tab opens in the work area.

Then develop the component by adding other components, setting properties and events, and so on.

To save the new component file, complete these steps:

Choose File > Save or right-click the file tab at the top of the work area and choose Save.
Browse to a directory. Optionally, browse to the recommended components folder in the project.
If you want to add the component to the Component Hierarchy palette so you can reuse it, save the component to your workspace/prototypes folder. See Saving a Custom Button.
Enter a file name and the .xml extension.
Choose Save to close the Save File dialog.

Chapter 1 Working with Components

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