States let you predefine different contexts, or states, for your application. In a particular context, your application may open or close panels, hide or show graphic objects, change their sensitivity, colors or any other properties. All these settings are called state requirements. A state is just a set of state requirements. As a general rule, it is not recommended to modify these settings through programming when they belong to contexts that are handled by the state mechanism.

Views Studio lets you interactively define states and their requirements for your application.

This appendix provides an example of how to use the state mechanism of Views Studio. It is divided into two sections: