Version 8.2 (2013-03-18)

Development Workplace

This documentation describes the Application Designer development tools that are available in the development workplace for creating and maintaining complex graphical user interfaces.

Note:
This documentation applies to both the development workplace which is invoked in the browser and the development workplace which is available as an SWT client (SWTBasedGUI).

This documentation is organized under the following headings:

../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Starting the Development Workplace Explains how to start and stop the Tomcat servlet container which comes with a Windows installation, and how to start the development workplace in the browser and in the SWT client.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Elements of the Development Workplace Provides general information on the development workplace which is the central point for starting the development tools.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Project Manager Describes the Project Manager which is used to manage the application projects created with Application Designer.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Layout Painter Describes the Layout Painter which is the central tool for layout development. This also includes the tools which are embedded within the Layout Painter: Code Assistant, Literal Assistant, XML Binding tool and Validation Rules Editor and Formula Editor.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Layout Manager Describes the Layout Manager which is used to manage the layout definitions.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Style Sheet Editor Describes the Style Sheet Editor which is used to create style sheets.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Language Manager Describes the Language Manager which is used to define additional languages.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Literal Translator Describes the Literal Translator which is used to translate text IDs.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png WAR Packager Describes the WAR Packager which is used to package WAR files.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Control Editor Describes the Control Editor which is used to build your own controls.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Monitoring Describes the monitoring tool which is used to monitor the sessions that are currently running.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Layout Check Describes the layout check tool which is used to validate the layout definitions.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Performance Tools Describes the performance tools which can be used to test the performance of a web application.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Developer Documents and License Information Describes how to invoke the online documentation, the Java API documentation and the control reference, and how to display legal notices for Application Designer.
../graphics/gr_b_sm.png Special Tools Describes how to use the Unicode Transfer tool which is used to display the files which contain ASCII characters with a code higher than 127.

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