VAD. Quick Start

1 choice new project/open project
2 choice toplevel widget ( this widget is a first in project and has green color) . Click Add Widget/Corect Widget button on Properties Inspector and widget will displade
3 in toplevel widget you may placed others widgets
4 for many of properties are available dialog (color, font, cursor, relief ...)

5 if you want to use images, you must build they in image build dialog before using

a) open image file

b) click show image button

c) if image is needed, click build button

after this widget is added to table and you may choice it for image property (it will be added to images list)

if you want to use

icon (by icons package) ,you need to open icons dialog , click View

button and double click on needed icons.

After this they will be available for image property .

6 before switching properties/events I recommend to click add/correct button to save properties.

7 in any time you may save *gui file

8 If you use NoteBook or PagesManager need to do

a. create NoteBook(before creating need activate BWidgets from Packages menu)

b. create Page

c. in Page placed needed widgets

d. create next page and so on

e. in any time you may add widgets to page or correct widgets

f. widgets on Page visible after creating next page and switching between pages.

9 for building ADA source click build menu and mark needed components
10 In Xterm you may run unix commands available in CSH package and tcl commands(cd , cp, rm ...)

11 From items HELP menu is available help for all widgets and used packages and you may see any *.html (*.htm) files from file dialog. You may get help for widget by clicking F1 on it focus.

12 By TCLscript widget you may keep yours tcl command in *.gui file and they will be automatic added to Ada source.

13 From Package menu, you may load needed Tcl packages. Before using BWidgets need to load it. BLT package need to use graphs and barcharts from Add Widgets menu .Img package need to work with all graphics formats

WARNING BLT and I[ncr]tcl packages can not be loaded together.

WARNING Loaded Tcl packages can not be unload.

14 You may directly work with Oracle (and use DBNavigator) from Oracle connection menu after loading Oratcl package.
15 Use WIZARD to correct build layout and widget depended options
16 From Gnat menu you may Edit, Compile and Build Executable

17 See examples (or choice Demo menu) and begin to work ( I recommend to execute samples and to build manualy as new project several simple and short samples using *.gui file as pattern)