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:
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.