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  1. Quick Starter Guide
    1. Introduction
    2. Installation
      1. Installing ODABA under Linux
        1. Compile and install the Linux Package
        2. Install documentation
      2. Installing ODABA under MS Windows
        1. Installing ODABA binaries under MS Windows
        2. Install documentation
        3. Compile Windows version
      3. Version upgrade
    3. 9 Steps to run an ODABA GUI application
      1. Install the software
        1. Installing ODABA under Linux
          1. Compile and install the Linux Package
          2. Install documentation
        2. Installing ODABA under MS Windows
          1. Installing ODABA binaries under MS Windows
          2. Install documentation
          3. Compile Windows version
        3. Version upgrade
      2. Create the sample project
        1. Create the Sample project (Linux)
        2. Create the Sample project (Windows)
      3. Load database schema
        1. Load Schema (Linux)
        2. Load Schema (Windows)
        3. ODL Script comments
      4. View or update schema definitions
        1. Initializing the ClassEditor (Linux)
        2. Initializing the ClassEditor (Windows)
      5. Create test data
        1. Create test data (Linux)
        2. Create test data (Windows)
        3. OSI Script comments
      6. Evaluate test data
        1. Evaluate test data (Linux)
        2. Evaluate test data (Windows)
        3. OShell Script comments
      7. Design a GUI application
        1. Starting Designer
          1. Calling Designer (Linux)
          2. Calling Designer (Windows)
        2. Create project resource
          1. Create GUI application (Windows)
          2. Create GUI application (Linux)
        3. Initialize project window from design pattern
        4. Standard application elements
        5. Defining data sources
        6. Create new design classes
        7. Virtual controls
        8. Design a complex control
      8. Define application rules
        1. Create new context class
        2. Edit context class
        3. [ Create application rules library (context class library) ]
          1. Update external resources
          2. Compile application context classes
            1. Create context library (Windows)
            2. Create context library (Linux)
          3. Update application context interface
      9. Run the application
        1. Run the application (Windows)
        2. Run the Application (Linux)
    4. Initialize Application Options
    5. Defining the data model
      1. Providing structure declarations
      2. Defining keys
      3. Defining attributes
  2. Reference documentation
    1. Design references
      1. Event action schema
      2. Defining dialog properties
        1. Defining window properties
        2. Providing title and usage information
      3. Control design
        1. Action elements
        2. Control style reference
          1. Edit controls
            1. Single-line edit
              1. Common default actions
              2. Default edit actions
            2. Multi-line edit
              1. Common default actions
              2. Default edit actions
              3. Multi-line Edit default actions
            3. Rich text edit
              1. Common default actions
              2. Default edit actions
              3. Multi-line Edit default actions
              4. Rich Text Edit default actions
          2. Frame
            1. Common default actions
              1. Exit - Exit application (Ctrl+Q)
              2. Help - Display context related help
              3. BrowseDirectory - Browse directories (Shift+Ctrl+B,D)
              4. BrowseFiles - Browse file for processing (Shift+Ctrl+B,F)
              5. BrowseWriteFiles - Browse new file for processing (Shift+Ctrl+B,F)
            2. Frame default actions
              1. NextEntry - Select next entry (Ctrl+Right)
              2. PreviousEntry - Select previous entry (Ctrl+Left)
          3. List controls
            1. Simple list control
            2. Drop combo box
          4. Special control styles
            1. Progress bar
            2. Status bar control style
            3. User-defined control styles
              1. Supported user controls
      4. Common resources
        1. Data source definition
          1. Data source definition
        2. Defining text data for GUI elements
          1. Usage hints
          2. Content definition
          3. Initializing text definitions
        3. Edit documentation
        4. Edit notices
    2. Design classes
      1. Context classes
        1. Administration context
        2. GUI Application context
        3. GUI control context
        4. GUI base context class
        5. GUI project context
      2. Resource classes
        1. Action item
        2. Data cell in a table or tree
        3. Color
        4. Region column
        5. Font
        6. GUI resource
        7. Image
        8. Key input
        9. Layout
        10. Table or tree line
        11. Point
        12. List region
        13. Size of rectangle
    3. GUI Model reference
      1. Constant resource elements
        1. Constant resource
        2. GUI Image resource
        3. Text constant
        4. Sound constant
        5. Video constant
      2. Action Resources
        1. Action
        2. Project action
        3. Application action
        4. Window action
        5. Program action
      3. Style resources
        1. Style resource
        2. Edit styles
        3. List box styles
      4. Component resources
        1. Defining and using components
        2. Component class reference
        3. Component control
        4. Component window
      5. Common data types
        1. Element allignment
        2. Context style
        3. Data format options
        4. Designer data source
        5. GUI element style
        6. Event action
        7. Event action control
        8. Font
        9. Key event
        10. Label position
        11. GUI element margins
        12. Mouse event
        13. GUI resource
        14. Style element
        15. Text definitions
        16. Time events
        17. Database definition
    4. ODE options
    5. Action reference
      1. Default actions
        1. Associate - Associate entry from base collection (Ctrl+Shift+F5)
        2. AppendEntry - Append (new) entry (Shift+Ctrl+A)
        3. InsertEntry - Insert (new) entry before current position (Shift+Ctrl+I)
        4. BrowseDirectory - Browse directories (Shift+Ctrl+B,D)
        5. BrowseFiles - Browse file for processing (Shift+Ctrl+B,F)
        6. BrowseWriteFiles - Browse new file for processing (Shift+Ctrl+B,F)
        7. EditEntry - Edit currently selected entry (F4)
        8. Exit - Exit application (Ctrl+Q)
        9. ExportFile - Export text to file (Ctrl+Shift+E,F)
        10. FindEntry - Find next entry
        11. Goto - Go to line or paragraph (Ctrl+G)
        12. Help - Display context related help
        13. ImportFile - import text from a file (Ctrl+Shift+I,F)
        14. Maximize - Maximize multi-line edit control (Ctrl+F11)
        15. NewFindEntry - Find text entry in list or text field (Ctrl+F3)
        16. NextEntry - Select next entry (Ctrl+Right)
        17. PlainText - Display and edit plain text (Ctrl+F10)
        18. ProcessAction - Process action
        19. RemoveEntry - Remove entry from reference (Ctrl+Del)
        20. TextBackColor - Set text background color
        21. TextBar - Show text edit bar (F10)
        22. TextBold - Use bold face style (Ctrl+B)
        23. TextCenter - Center text (Ctrl+T,C)
        24. TextColor - Set text color
        25. TextFont - Change text font
        26. TextFontBigger - Increase text size
        27. TextFontSmaller - Decrease text size
        28. TextItalic - Use italic style (Ctrl+I)
        29. TextJustify - Justify text (Ctrl+T,J)
        30. TextLeft - Allign text left (Ctrl+T,L)
        31. TextRight - Allign text right (Ctrl+T,R)
        32. TextStrikeOut - Strike out text (Ctrl+O)
        33. TextStyleCircle - Set circle list style (Ctrl+L,C)
        34. TextStyleDecimal - Set number list style (Ctrl+L,N)
        35. TextStyleDisc - Set disc list style (Ctrl+L,D)
        36. TextStyleIndent - Increase text indent level
        37. TextStyleLowerAlpha - Set lower case letter list style (Ctrl+L,L)
        38. TextStyleNoList - Reset list style (Ctrl+L,X)
        39. TextStyleSquare - Set square list style (Ctrl+L,S)
        40. TextStyleUnIndent - Decrease text indent level
        41. TextStyleUpperAlpha - Set upper case letter list style (Ctrl+L,L)
        42. TextTopMarginLess - Decrease top margins
        43. TextTopMarginMore - Increase top margins
        44. TextUnderline - Underline text (Ctrl+U)
        45. ZoomIn - ToDefault - Restore default size for multi-line edit control (Ctrl+F12)
      2. Action elements
    6. Error classes
      1. ODE Tools errors
      2. GUI framework errors
  3. ODABA Development Environment (ODE)
    1. Initialize development database
      1. Create project manually (Linux)
      2. Create project manually (Windows)
      3. Run SetupProject (Windows)
    2. Browser applications
      1. Message Browser
        1. Introduction
        2. Running Message Browser
        3. Using the Message Browser
      2. Option browser
        1. Introduction
        2. Running Option Browser
        3. Configuration templates
      3. Action Browser
        1. Introduction
        2. Running Action Browser
        3. Using and configuring actions
    3. Terminology builder
      1. Introduction
      2. Running Terminus
      3. Terminus concepts
        1. Using documentation topics
        2. Concept definitions
        3. Terminus views
      4. Terminus Tools
        1. Terminus application
          1. Common Features
            1. Translating topics
            2. Index services
            3. Text search
          2. Theme view (problem analysis)
          3. Concept View
            1. Concept definitions
          4. Developing a terminology model
            1. Terminology Models and modules
            2. Define object types
            3. Global classifcations
            4. Global collections
        2. Terminus tools
          1. Translation support
          2. Index services
          3. Text search
    4. Class Editor
      1. Introduction
      2. Create projects
      3. Administrating the ClassEditor
        1. Initialize Application Options
        2. Customizing code generation
        3. Build support
          1. Using and configuring actions
      4. Define an ODABA object model
        1. Definition wizards
          1. Defining enumerations
          2. Data type wizard
            1. Base type wizard
            2. Attribute Wizard
            3. Reference Wizard
              1. Defining large text or binary object references
              2. Defining complex data type references
              3. Defining transient references
              4. Defining temporary or transient reference
              5. Defining virtual reference
            4. Relationship wizard
            5. Key definition dialog
          3. Extent wizard
            1. Defining persistent extents
            2. Defining temporary or transient extent
            3. Defining virtual extent
        2. Object Model Built Wizzard
        3. Object model definition by using edit forms
          1. Common resource features
          2. Defining enumerations
          3. Defining complex data types
            1. Defining base types
          4. Defining extents
      5. Implementing methods
        1. Context classes
          1. Assign context class
            1. Createing context classes manually
            2. Assigning databse context classes in ClassEditor
            3. Assigning GUI context classes in Designer
          2. Implementing Context classes
            1. OSI context functions
            2. C++ Context Class factory
            3. C# Context Classes
            4. Provide context class action interface
        2. Debugging OSI context functions
          1. Running the OSI debugger
          2. Message output
    5. Designer
      1. General feaures
        1. GUI resource documentation
        2. Notices for GUI resources
        3. Translating labels and tool tips
        4. List fields and data sources
        5. Reset resource cache
      2. Design GUI elements
        1. Starting Designer
          1. Calling Designer (Linux)
          2. Calling Designer (Windows)
        2. Defining a project or application actions
          1. Create project resource
            1. Create GUI application (Windows)
            2. Create GUI application (Linux)
        3. GUI Classes
          1. Create GUI class and window
          2. Naming classes, windows and controls
          3. OGTD Class members - Title unknown
        4. Dialog design
        5. Control design
        6. Defining actions
      3. Design patterns
        1. Update pattern classes
          1. Change existing design pattern
    6. Component resources
      1. Component resources
      2. Installing components
    7. Object Commander
      1. Introduction
  4. ODABA GUI Framework - Concepts
    1. Active data link (ADL)
    2. Three Component Architecture
    3. Application Logic Manager (ALM)
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