The Wizard API lets you create wizard panels that have steps, graphics, left side-bar text, and a user panel on the right. The Wizard wizard in the IDE helps you by creating several of the basic Java source files, containing sample code, for you.
Depending on the selections you make in the Wizard Type panel in the New Wizard wizard, the IDE creates the following Java source files for you:
Created files:
These files are ideal for uncomplicated wizards that progress sequentially from panel to panel without divergences or reversals. A menu item or toolbar button invokes the wizard and subsequent steps are generally linear and forward-directed.
Created files:
Created files:
These files are for wizards that are used to create new files. This wizard is registered in the New File wizard via the layer.xml file. All the necessary entries in the layer.xml file are created for you by the Wizard wizard. In addition, when you make this choice, the Wizard wizard creates a
The iterator lets you provide the direction and sequence of the wizard. The New File wizard can be as simple or as complex as your needs dictate. An HTML file is created by the Wizard wizard so that you can provide a description for your new wizard in the New File wizard.