Chapter 3: Developing Applications

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. 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 “Application labels”.
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. If you choose HTML preview for an XML application, the application does not play back correctly.

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