Application Builder toolbar

The Application Builder buttons allow you to edit and view application properties and parameters, create and edit labels and templates, and preview application content.Table 3-2 describes these buttons.

Figure 3-1: Application Builder toolbar

Table 3-1: Application Builder toolbar options

Option

Description

Save

Choose from:

  • Save – saves the application under the same name.

  • Save As – saves a new application or saves an existing application under a new name.

  • Publish to UDDI – publishes a Web services application to a public registry.

See “Saving applications”.

Properties

View and edit the properties that were specified when the application was created. Refer to the section in this chapter on each element type.

Params

View and configure application parameters. See “CGI parameters”.

Labels

Launch the edit window, which allows you to specify application labels. See “Labels”.

Data Type

Further define the data types for the application. This enables you to add specialized data fields for integers, strings, e-mail, phone, address, calender, task, or contact, and to define new data data types. See “Data types” for more information.

Template

Select or create a different template. See Chapter 6, “Building Templates” for more information.

WARNING! Creating new templates when you create secure applications could cause a JavaScript error.

Preview

Preview the application as follows:

  • Playback – display the HTML preview.

  • XML – display only data-capable elements.

  • Edit Screen – display the window that users see if they select Edit Application from their portal environment.

NoteIf you choose HTML preview for an XML application, the application does not play back correctly.

Additionally, you can preview how the application appears on various mobile device types. See “Previewing applications”.