How To

Documents and Pages

How do I copy/duplicate the current document? or

  1. Select File | Save | Save As menu item.

How do I create a template document? or

How do I save the current document as template document?

  1. Select File | Save | Save menu item.
  2. Save Dialog will be displayed.
  3. Select DesignerVista Template File option in Files of Type combobox.
  4. Enter template file name

How do I open a System Template ?

  1. Select Tools | System Template menu item.
  2. If you haven't installed System Templates, Template Installer Wizard will be displayed.
  3. If you haven already installed System Templates, then System Template Dialog will be displayed.
  4. Select a template item and click OK
  5. A new document based on the selected item will be created. You can customize the contents and source will not be affected.

How do I add more pages?

  1. Right click on page tab in Workspace area and select Add Page menu item or
  2. Click on [Add Page] Toolbar Item in Standard Toolbar or
  3. Select Insert | New Page menu item in application menu bar.

How do I copy/duplicate a page within a document?

  1. Let us say you want to copy/duplicate Page 1.
  2. Press Shift + N or Right click on Page Tab located at the bottom of the main window and Select Duplicate Page Menu item.
  3. A new page will be created with the contents of Page 1.

How do I copy/duplicate a page across document?

Method 1

  1. Right click on page tabbed pane at the bottom in the Source document window.
  2. Select Copy Page menu item.
  3. Select destination document window.
  4. Right click on page tabbed pane at the bottom in the Destination document window.
  5. Select Paste Page menu item.
  6. If the page name is already exist int the destination document, then Page will not be copied.

Method 2

  1. Let us say you want to copy all the controls from Page 1 to Page 2.
  2. Select all the controls in Page 1.
  3. Press Ctrl + C.
  4. Click on Page 2 in [Page Tab] at the bottom.
  5. Press Ctrl + V.

How do I rename a page?

  1. Let us say you want to rename Page 1 to GUI Form.
  2. Double click on the Page 1 tab and enter name as "GUI Form" or Right Click on Page 1Tab and select Rename Page menu item.