Understanding applet templates

A template is a preformatted document that an eSuite applet can load at run time. A template typically provides an end user with a quick and easy way of entering data in a form. The eSuite Template Builder allows you to create spreadsheet, scheduler, chart, presentation graphics, and word processor templates and make them available to end users.

How you do this

  1. Download the eSuite DevPack: because of Java security requirements, you must run the eSuite Template Builder locally to save the files that it produces.
  2. Open the Template Builder by executing the batch file tbuilder.bat in the eSuite devtest directory.
  3. From the Template Builder File menu, select New Sheet, New WP Document, New Presentation, New Chart, or New Project Schedule to create a template from scratch, or select Open to edit an existing template.
  4. Edit the document that the Template Builder displays. An icon bar (the InfoCenter) is displayed immediately below the document. Use the options that the InfoCenter provides to edit the document.
  5. Choose File - Save from the Template Builder menu to save the document as a template.
  6. Choose File - Exit to close the Template Builder.
  7. Create an HTML page that instantiates your template.