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How to: Create interactive templates (visually)
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 Summary

Get started in authoring interactive templates that can prompt for user input and dynamically update the output. No programming experience is required since these types of templates can be created using the Plugins Generator's graphical user interface.
 
 Details
 InputWizard Designer
InputWizard Designer
  • Download and install Plugins Generator 2.95 or higher
     
  • Open the Plugins Generator and start a new file (by pressing Ctrl+N)
     
  • Rename "Button1" to "MyPageTemplate"

     
  • Add a new Action (Insert key)
     
  • Select "InputWizard Page Template [IWPT]" for the function
     
  • Click "InputWizard Designer"

     
  • Enter "Page Title" under the default "FieldText1" field
     
  • Click the "Color" button, enter "Background Color" and click "Add"
     
  • Drag the "FieldText1" field, drop between <title> and </title> and click "Ok"
     
  • Change <body> to <body bgcolor="">
     
  • Drag the "FieldColor1" field, drop next to bgcolor=" and click "OK"
     
  • Click "Preview" (last button on the Toolbar) to test your template
     
  • Once you're happy with the template, click OK to save it

     
  • Select "File | Save Plugin Code in HK's Plugins Directory" from the main menu
     
  • Enter "MyTempl1.hks" for the file name and click "Save"
     
  • Restart HTML-Kit and click "MyPageTemplate" on the "MyPlugins" tab to invoke the newly created template
     
 
 References
demoIWTable
Demonstrates how to use the InputWizard interface to create dynamic templates. Open the HPD file in Plugins Generator 2.96+ and invoke the InputWizard Designer to modify the template. Press F12 to preview the template.
 
 
 
Document ID: H000147
Reviewed On: 08-Aug-2002
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