Custom Palette for FormCell?

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2 total messages Started by John W. Wooten Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:07

#2093

Author: John W. Wooten
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:07

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I'm trying to convert a 2.0 release Custom Palette object called Entry  
Check Form to release 3.0 and also to implement a calculating Form Cell  
as a Custom Palette.  I find that the documentation says that I can  
only do this for subclasses of View, Object, Window, or MenuCell.

How do I create a custom palette for a subclass of TeXT or of Form  
Cell?

When I tried to convert EntryCheckForm, the file palette.table was  
never created even though I got no errors when starting project builder  
to build a custom palette.  Everything compiled, etc.  BUT when you try  
to use it, the palette that was generated won't load into IB.

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J. W. Wooten

Re: Custom Palette for FormCell?

#2099

Author: Toby Paterson
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:40

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In article <1992Dec16.190747.23282@ornl.gov> woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten)  
writes:
> How do I create a custom palette for a subclass of TeXT or of Form  
> Cell?
> 
Text and FormCell are both subclasses of View.  Just follow the  
instructions for creating a CustomView palette.

> When I tried to convert EntryCheckForm, the file palette.table was  
> never created even though I got no errors when starting project builder  
> to build a custom palette.  Everything compiled, etc.  BUT when you try  
> to use it, the palette that was generated won't load into IB.
> 
When you create a new palette project, ProjectBuiler automatically creates  
an empty palette.table file for you; you still have to fill this file in  
with the pertinent information.  This file is needed only by IB in order  
to load the palette.

Since you are convertng a 2.0 IB project file, ProjectBuilder doesn't know  
to create this file for you.  The solution is to find an existing 3.0  
palette (or create a new one from ProjectBuilder) and copy its  
palette.table file into your new project.

The format for the palette.table file is given somewhere in the IB  
documentation and is pretty obvious.

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