3D PLM Enterprise Architecture

User Interface

The User Interface modeler deals with the Wintop, Webtop, and Thin Webtop user interfaces. Wintop is made up of Frame objects offered to applications thanks to the ApplicationFrame and CATIAApplicationFrame frameworks, interactive Commands thanks to the DialogEngine framework, and dialog windows and boxes thanks to the Dialog framework. Wintop is made up of CATLets and commands in the Portal thanks to the JApplicationFrame and PortalBase frameworks. Thin Webtop is made up of a new Java dialog platform.

Wintop Frame	Wintop Commands	Wintop Dialogs	Webtop	Thin Webtop

Technical Articles
Application Frame Overview		The basics of interactivity
Understanding the Application Frame Layout		A description of the objects implied in the V5 interactive application layout
What Is the Product Line Visual Identity		The objects related to a product line that you can customize
Object Property Access		How to add a property page for your object properties
Application Property Access		How to add a property page for your application properties
The Setting Controller		Encapsulating the access to the setting file
The CAA Command Model		Understanding commands and how they work
The Command Headers		Objects which stand with your dialog commands
Creating Resources for Command Headers		How to provide the title, help messages, and icons for command headers
Creating Resources for Workshops or Workbenches		How to provide the title, help messages, and icons for workshops or workbenches
Contextual Help		Structure and contents of a technical documentation file tree.
Search Overview		How to search objects in V5 document?
Warm Start Incremental Backup		Principles and CAA Integration
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Use Cases
Workbench
•	Creating a Workbench	Exposing and organizing commands dedicated to a given task
•	Creating an Add-in	Customizing a workshop or a workbench
•	Making Your Document Independent Command Available in All Workbenches	Using CATIAfrGeneralWksAddin
•	Managing Transitions between Workbenches	Using CATIWorkbenchTransition
•	Defining the Activated Workbench	Using CATIAfrActivateWorkbench
Command Header
•	Creating Standard Command Headers	Exposing your commands
•	Creating Customized Command Headers	Exposing your commands and managing their availability
•	Creating a Check Button	Using CATAfrCheckHeaderAccessor
•	Inserting Commands in Contextual Menus	Implementing CATIContextualMenu
•	Creating a Combo Command Header	How to create a command header class whose the representation is a combo in a toolbar?
•	Creating a Most Recent Used Command Header	How to create a command header class whose the representation is a dynamic list of items in a menu?
•	Creating Editors in Toolbars	How to create a command header class whose the representation is an editor in a toolbar?
Window
•	Creating a Document's Window - Part 1	Enabling a document to be displayed in the V5 application frame
•	Creating a Document's Window - Part 2	How to create a multi-viewers window
•	Editing Objects	Making your objects editable
Application Design
•	Contextual Help for an Add-on	How to create a documentation file tree
•	Creating a Product Line Visual Identity	Differentiating your own product line from others
Object or Application Properties
•	Creating a Property Page for Object Properties	Customizing Edit->Properties
•	Creating a Property Page for Application Properties	Customizing Tools->Options
•	Creating a Setting Controller	Encapsulating setting file access
Interactive Tools
•	Creating an Interruptible Task	Using CATIProgressTask, CATIProgressTaskUI, and CATTaskController
•	Creating Search Queries	How to create queries to look for objects in V5 document ?
•	Creating a Command with Options in the "Tools Palette" Toolbar	How to implement CATIAfrCmdPaletteOptions and define options
•	Using the "Tools Palette" Toolbar for a Workbench	How to implement CATIAfrPaletteOptions
Others
•	Using Cameras	Creating a single command seen as several end user commands
•	Expand/Collapse Specification Tree Nodes	How to put out an object in the specification tree
•	Center Specification tree node	How to find and center the specification tree node of a selected object
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Quick Reference
ApplicationFrame Framework Reference		Interface and class reference for ApplicationFrame
CATIAApplicationFrame Framework Reference		Interface and class reference for CATIAApplicationFrame
InteractiveInterfaces Framework Reference		Interface and class reference for InteractiveInterfaces
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History

Version: 1 [Jan 2000]	Document created
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