Creating New Objects
Creating User Interface Objects
User interface objects are created using the New Object dialog. There are two ways to open this dialogue:
✓ From the Main Menu
✓ From the Menu Toobar
✓ From the Database Tab Page
From the Main Menu
✓ Select File then click on New.
From the Menu Tool Bar
✓ Click on the New icon in the Menu Tool Bar:
From the Database Tab Page
✓ Right-click on the type of object to be created and click on New:
✓ The New Object dialog will pop up.
The New Object Dialog
✓ If you are connected to multiple databases, make sure you select the correct database to which you want to add this new Zim object.
✓ Select the type of object that you wish to create.
✓ On the right side panel name the object you are creating, and select/define the dimensions if applicable.
✓ Click on the “OK” button to create the object.
Creating Database Objects
✓ From the “Database” tab, navigate to the type of object you wish to create, right click on the object, and select “New” from the right click menu.
✓ The default attributes of the newly-created database object will appear in the GUI Designer page tab ins, since such objects have no visual attributes.
✓ If necessary, Modify the default attributes of the Database object created