Tutorial: Building a Simple Project Drawing the main screen's title This part of the tutorial shows how to draw the main screen's title using a Text object. 1. On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Active Objects group, click Text . Your mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a crosshair. 2. Click on the screen, type Welcome to the Tutorial Application , and then press Return. This creates a new Text object with the specified text. 3. Double-click the object to open its Object Properties dialog. Object Properties: Text dialog • Double-clicking on any screen object opens an Object Properties dialog containing the properties for that object.
The properties shown in the dialog change depending on the type of object. • The Object Properties dialog also contains a pin button that controls whether this dialog remains open. The button changes state (and function) each time you click on it, as follows: • When the pin button is released, the focus is passed to the object on the screen as soon as it is selected. It is recommended that this button is kept released when you want to manipulate the objects (Copy, Paste, Cut, or Delete). Although the Object Properties dialog is on the top, the keyboard commands ( Ctrl+C , Ctrl+V , Ctrl+X , or Del ) are sent directly to the objects.
• When the pin button is pressed, the focus is kept on the Object Properties dialog, even when you click the objects on the screen. We recommend you keep this button pressed when you want to modify the settings of the objects. You can click an object and type the new property value directly in the Object Properties dialog (it is not necessary to click on the window to bring focus to it). Also, when the pin button is pressed, the Object Properties dialog does not automatically close when you click on the screen. Page 67