Prototypes Extension Commands

This section presents an alphabetical listing of the additional, predefined commands that are available in the Prototypes extension of Rogue Wave® Views Studio. (All of the Rogue Wave Views Studio Foundation commands are available as well.) For each command, it indicates its label, how to access it if it is accessible other than through the Commands panel, the category to which it belongs, and what it is used for.

To display the Commands panel, choose Commands from the Tools menu in the Main window or click the Commands icon

in the Action toolbar.

Label	Close Prototype Library
Path	Main window: File menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Closes the prototype library currently displayed in the Palettes panel.

Label	Convert ProtoManager
Path	Convert ProtoManager: Edit menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Creates a new regular Studio buffer that copies the content of the currently active Prototype instance buffer. This command uses the IlvPrConvertProtoManager function to perform the conversion. It is meant to help in switching from Views 3.1 prototypes to the more recent API.

Label	Delete Prototype
Path	Main window: Edit menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Removes the selected prototype from its library.

Label	Edit Prototype
Path	Main window: Edit menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Edits the selected prototype in a new Prototype buffer window, and opens the Group Inspector panel for the prototype instance.

Label	IlvGroup
Path	Main window: Draw menu > Group
Category	prototypes
Action	Groups the selected objects into an IlvGroup.

Label	Prototype Library...
Path	Main window: File menu > New
Category	prototypes
Action	Creates a new prototype library. This library is visible in the Palettes panel. A file selector dialog box is opened to choose the library file (.ipl).

Label	New Prototype
Path	Main Window: File menu > New
Category	prototypes
Action	Creates a buffer window used to draw and edit prototypes.

Note: This is a deprecated command and is provided purely for compatibility with earlier versions.

Label	Prototype
Path	Main window: File menu > New
Category	prototypes
Action	Creates a buffer window used to draw and edit prototypes.

Label	Prototype Grapher
Path	Main window: File menu > New
Category	prototypes
Action	Allows you to create an instance of an IlvProtoGrapher class.

Note: This is a deprecated command and is provided purely for compatibility with earlier versions.

Label	Open Prototype Library...
Path	Main window: File menu > Open
Category	prototypes
Action	Opens a prototype library file. A selection dialog box is opened to choose the .ipl file to open.

Label	Save Prototype Library As...
Path	Main window: File menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Saves a copy of the currently selected prototype library to a different file.

Label	Group Connection
Path	Editing Modes toolbar
Category	prototypes
Action	Selects the Group Connection mode.

Label	Group Selection
Path	Editing Modes toolbar
Category	prototypes
Action	Selects the Group Selection mode.

Label	Node Selection
Path	Editing Modes toolbar
Category	prototypes
Action	Selects the Node Selection mode in a Prototype buffer. This mode lets users select and inspect graphic nodes while editing a prototype.

Label	Group Inspector
Path	Tools menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Shows/hides the Group Inspector panel.

Label	Toggle Animation Timers
Path	View menu
Category	prototypes
Action	Turns on or off the animation timers of the prototype's animation accessors, thereby allowing you to edit the prototype and then test its behavior.

Label	Ungroup
Path	Main window: Draw menu
Category	prototypes
Action	This command replaces the generic Ungroup command to take into account IlvGroup objects.