NewtApp Applications

Using NewtApp

One other global, unique to this application, is set. It is the constant

kAppTitle

,

set to the string

"Card Starter"

.

Using newtApplication

4

This proto serves as the template for the application base view. This section shows
you how to use it to set up the

application base view

application soup

status bar; for layout-level control of the appearance and disappearance of
its buttons.

layout slots

stationery slots

The application base view template,

newtApplication

, should contain the basic

application element protos. When you use NTK to create the layout for the

newtApplication

proto, you add to it a

newtStatusBar

proto (the status bar

at the bottom of the application) and a

newtClockShowBar

(the folder tab across

the top of the application).

Follow these steps to create the application base view:

1. Create a new layout and draw a

newtApplication

proto in it.

2. Place a

newtStatusBar

across the bottom of the layout.

3. Name the

newtStatusBar

proto

status.

4. Place a

newtClockShowBar

proto across the top of the layout.

5. Save the layout file as

baseView.t

.

6. Name the layout frame

baseView

.

There are more than a dozen slots that need to be set in a

newtApplication

proto. Several of the

newtApplication

slots can be set quickly. Set these slots

as follows:

Set the

title

slot to

kAppTitle

. Note that you must define this constant.

Set the

appSymbol

slot to

kAppSymbol

. This constant is automatically

defined by NTK.

Set the

appObject

slot to

["Item", "Items"]

.

Set the

appAll

slot to

"All Items"

. Note that you'll see this displayed on a

folder tab.