Creating and Opening a Form

By default, the Layout Designer is installed in the StarTeam group of the Windows Start Menu. You can start Layout Designer by selecting Start > Programs > Micro Focus > StarTeam Layout Designer > StarTeam Layout Designer. Layout Designer initially opens an empty main window with the File and Help menus available. After you perform one of the procedures below, Layout Designer displays the area in which to design your form, and the tools used to create controls. To ease the process of creating a form, the product supports standard keyboard shortcuts for copy, cut, paste, delete, undo, redo.

Before you can use the features of Layout Designer, you must do one of the following:

• Create a new form
• Open an existing form
• Import a previously-exported form

To create a new form, do the following:

1. Select File > New from the main menu. The New Template dialog box opens.
2. Select the server on which the form is to reside, login if necessary, and click New. The Select a Layout Type dialog box opens.
3. Select a layout type from the drop-down list, and click OK.

To open an existing form, do the following:

1. Select File > Open from the main menu. The Open Template dialog box opens.
2. Select the server on which the form resides, and login if necessary.
3. Browse to the file, select it, and click Open. Layout Designer opens files with the *.layout.xml extension.

To import a previously-exported form, do the following:

1. Select File > Import from the main menu. The Import Template dialog box opens.
2. Browse to the file, select it, and click Open.