Edit Mode Views

Use Edit mode to create and edit CygNet Studio screens. To create a new screen, on the File menu click New. The new screen will be displayed in Edit mode.

Edit mode has three views: the Layout View, the Script Editor View, and the Mini Script Editor View.

Layout View

The default Edit mode view is Layout view. One of the methods to toggle between views is to select Show Script Editor or Hide Script Editor on the View menu.

Layout view is shown in the image below. You must be in the layout view of Edit mode to add objects to TheView, edit properties, adjust grid settings, etc.

Edit Mode, Layout View

Script Editor View

Access the Script Editor view via one of the following:

• Double-click anywhere in TheView

• Click View Script Editor on the View menu

• Click the Script Editor toggle button on the Layout toolbar

To toggle back to Layout view, click Hide Script Editor on the View menu, or toggle between views using the script editor icon in the Layout toolbar.

The Script Editor view is shown in the image below, and can be used to add script to any object or TheFrame/TheView. Use of the Script Editor is described in Scripting in CygNet Studio.

Edit Mode, Script Editor

Mini Script Editor View

The Property Sheet for TheView contains an Events page, which lists the available events for the object. Right-click in TheView to access its Property Sheet and select the Events page. When you click a listed event, the VBS Mini-Editor is displayed for the selected event.

The VBS Mini-Editor view is shown in the image below, and provides an interface for you to write script for a specific event, for a specific tool. This is in comparison to the Script Editor view, where you type script for any event for any object.

VBS Mini-Editor