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Table of Contents

Setting Up WebObjects Applications

Introduction

Creating WebObjects Application Projects

Choosing Assistance

Choosing the Programming Language

The Structure of a WebObjects Application Project

Adding or Deleting Items From a Project

Web Components

Classes

Headers

Other Sources

Resources

Web Server Resources

Subprojects

Supporting Files

Frameworks

Libraries

Non Project Files

Opening an Existing Project

Editing Your Project's Source Files

Editing Your Component's HTML and Declarations Files

Building Your Application

The Application Wrapper

Launching Your Application

Installing Your Application

Rapid Turnaround Mode

Rapid Turnaround and Direct Connect Mode

Testing With a Web Server

Editing With WebObjects Builder

Introduction

The Component Window

Editing Views

Source View

Selecting Elements in the Layout and Preview Views

Context Menus

The WebObjects Builder Toolbar

Entering Text

Creating Elements With the Toolbar

Menu Equivalents For Toolbar Commands

The Inspector

Structure Elements

Paragraphs

Headings

Unordered Lists

Ordered Lists

Horizontal Rule

Images

Static Hyperlinks

Anchors

Tables

Custom Marker

Working With Tables

Creating Tables

Inspecting and Making Selections

Modifying a Cell's Contents

Changing the Table Structure

Sizing Tables

Setting Page Attributes

Setting Colors

Palettes

Creating and Using Palette Items

Changing a Palette Icon

Working With Dynamic Elements

Introduction to Dynamic Elements

Attributes

Creating Dynamic Elements

Using the Toolbar

Dragging Elements into the Component Window

The Object Browser

Working with Keys in WebObjects Builder

Working with Application and Session Variables

Adding Display Groups

Configuring the Display Group

Creating a Detail Display Group

Binding Elements

Deleting Bindings

Other Binding Commands

Creating Form-Based Dynamic Elements

Dynamic and Static Inspectors

Creating Other WebObjects

Dynamic Strings

Dynamic Hyperlinks

Repetitions

Conditionals

Dynamic Images

Generic WebObjects

WOComponentContent

WOApplets

Custom WebObjects

Reusable Components

Direct To Web

Creating a Direct to Web Project

The Different Looks for WebObjects Applications

The Structure of a Direct to Web Project

Using Your Direct to Web Application

Launching a Direct to Web Application

The Login Page

Dynamically Generated Pages

Query Pages

List Pages and Select Components

Inspect and Edit Pages

Edit-Relationship Pages

Master-Detail Pages

Customizing Your Application With WebAssistant

Running WebAssistant With appletviewer

WebAssistant Overview

Restricting Access to Entities

Customizing Pages

Setting Which Properties are Displayed

Changing How Properties Are Displayed

Textual Attributes and Formatting

Representation of Relationships

WebAssistant Expert Mode

Choosing a Page to Customize

Named Configurations

Generating Components

User Templates

Generating Templates