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