Generating a customizable visual application

Many visual applications contain the same basic elements, such as a title bar, toolbar, and menus. While you can add all of these elements to your application in the visual composition editor, VisualAge for Java provides a SmartGuide that will create an application that contains these and other basic elements defined by you.

To create and customize a visual application:

  1. Click Create Application nivisapp.gif (1009 bytes) on the toolbar to open the Create Application SmartGuide.
  2. Fill in the Project and Package text fields to let VisualAge for Java know where to generate your application.
  3. Type a name for you application in the Class name field.
  4. Select Create Swing based application or Create AWT based application.
  5. Click Next.

In the Application Details page of the SmartGuide, type a title for your application in the Title bar text field, then select from the available options to customize your application.  The following options are available: 

You can also choose to generate the following dialogs:

After you select all the elements that you want for your application, click Finish. Your application is generated and opened in the Visual Composition Editor.