Scripting Guide - SAS

516 Creating and Sharing Applications Chapter 15
Application Builder
Change the Type of Container
After inserting some containers, you can change them to a different type of container without having to
re-create the object. Suppose that you create a panel that contains text and a button. To see what the panel
looks like as an outline, select the panel, right-click in the module, and then select Change Container >
Outline (Figure 15.6).
Figure 15.6 Change a Panel to an Outline
In this example, you would also change the outline title to match that of the panel.
Tip: To change the orientation of a list box quickly, select or deselect Horizontal in the object properties.
Insert an Object into a New Container
When creating a module, you can drag objects onto the module without inserting them into a container
object. To place the objects in a container later, select the objects and then select an option from the
Format > Add Container list.
Duplicate Objects
When you copy and paste an object, the second instance of the object is renamed. The scripts attached to
the object are also renamed. Pressing CTRL (or COMMAND on Macintosh) and dragging the object also
creates duplicates of the originals.
Delete an Object
• Remove one or more objects by selecting them and then pressing the DELETE key.
• Drag the objects outside of the module.
• On Macintosh, select the objects, hold down CTRL and COMMAND, and then select Delete.
• On Windows, select Edit > Clear to delete all objects in a module.
• Select the object and then press the BACKSPACE key.
If you no longer need the object’s script, you can delete the script also.
Customize Object Properties
After you drag an object from the Sources pane onto a module, customize the object properties in the
Properties pane. Editing the object properties saves you the step of writing JSL for list items, button names,
and so on.