eSuite Template Builder



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. You do this as follows under Windows (Win95 or NT):

  1. Install the eSuite DevPack and the Java Development Kit (JDK). The eSuite Template Builder has been tested under JDK 1.1.4 but may also run under JDK 1.1.3 and JDK 1.1.5. In order to use the eSuite Template Builder, you need to install the eSuite DevPack release files on your workstation: the eSuite Template Builder cannot be run from a web server because Java security features generally prohibit access to the local file system by applets unless they are loaded from workstation local storage, and template files have to be saved locally. You need to install the JDK because the eSuite Template Builder makes use of java.exe and the java classes in classes.zip.
  2. Open the eSuite Template Builder by executing the batch file tbuilder.bat in the eSuiteDPP\tools directory. The first time you run tbuilder.bat, you are prompted through a series of three dialogs for the location of your preferred browser in order to be able to display Help. This information is written to a file (TemplateBuilder.properties) that is read when you subsequently open the eSuite Template Builder. If you subsequently want to choose a different browser, you can delete TemplateBuilder.properties.

    You can execute tbuilder.bat in either of two ways:


  3. From the eSuite 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 eSuite Template Builder displays. A tool 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 eSuite Template Builder menu to save the document as a template.
  6. Choose File - Exit to close the eSuite Template Builder.
  7. Create an HTML page that instantiates your template.

Example
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