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Gaby Description Builder
<http://gaby.netpedia.net>
by
Ron Bessems & Frederic Peters
Description
===========
Builder is the description file builder for gaby 1.9 using GTK+ 1.2
(http://www.gtk.org) and will support Gnome in the near future.
Builder was designed as an easy and fast way to create the description
files Gaby uses as the database layout.
Documentation
=============
In the current version Gaby Description Builder is compatible with
the desc.gaby, desc.gaby-apt, desc.gbc, desc.gtest but NOT
desc.genealogy neither desc.gcd because these use the record(s) field
type which will be supported in later version.
Quick Start
===========
To quickly make a working database you could do the following :
( this example is included along builder/gaby )
* File->New
* Create a table (click on the table then 'Add table')
- let's name it books
* Open the fields window ( click on edit table )
* Add some fields (insert field)
- title
- author
- isbn
- cover, select the cover in the list and click on 'edit field'.
set the field type to Multimedia and the
Multimedia type to 'image'
* Now let's make some subtables, these are "views" which gaby uses
to display your data, you can have many different views.
(click on the halve table then 'Add Subtable')
- let's name this booklist
* Click on edit subtable
We only want to see the titles and authors so click on author
in the right list and press the left arrow. Then click on title
followed by the left arrow. Both (author and title) should
now be in the left list.
In options click on xlist. (you must select one of these !!)
* Now try to make a subtable called 'my books' which contains all
fields and has a option 'form'
* You are almost ready let's take a peak look at how gaby display this.
click on the big eye in the main window
* You could specify which view Gaby should popup first.
- click on the smily in the main window.
- click on add view
- builder has added a view, now we want to customize this (click on edit view)
- choose which subtable gaby should popup.
* Now, save it as desc.books
You can start gaby with the following command :
gaby --as books
--
Ron Bessems - Mon, 10 May 1999 20:30:00 +0100
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