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Creating Applications in C++Builder
to be the default main form when a new application is created. Select the form from the
Objects list box and click the Main Form check box at the bottom of the screen. When you
click OK, that form will now be the default. Similarly, if you have a project that you want
to be the default project, first locate it in the Object Repository configuration dialog box, click
on it, and then check the New Project check box. From that point on, when you choose
File | New Application from the main menu, the project you set as the default will appear.
Building Forms and Applications
with the Wizards
NOTE
C++Builder has two built-in wizards designed to guide you through the application-creation
process. The Dialog Wizard aids you in creating dialog boxes, and the Application Wizard
helps you create the basic layout of an application.
C++Builder has a couple other dialog boxes that it calls wizards.
Choosing a new component from the Object Repository, for instance,
results in a dialog box that asks you for information regarding the new
component. Because that’s the extent of the “wizard,” I hesitate to
group that type of Wizard with the Dialog Wizard and the Application
Wizard.
Now let’s see what the individual wizards do.
The Dialog Wizard
Truthfully, there isn’t very much for a dialog box wizard to do because dialog boxes of any
real value will have to be customized with the Form Designer. The Dialog Wizard is started
from the Object Repository. First, choose File | New from the main menu to display the
Object Repository. Next, switch to the Dialogs page and then double-click the Dialog
Wizard icon. The Dialog Wizard is displayed, as shown in Figure 9.5.
Figure 9.5.
The Dialog Wizard.
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