The+Real+Basic+Interface

Getting Started
When Real Basic starts up, the first thing you will see is the Project tab. You can use this tab to manage all of the components in your program. If you have multiple windows in your program for example, these will be shown here.



Building a user interface
To get started, double click on theicon. This will launch a new window layout editor tab, and from here you will be able to build your [|user interface].



The Windows Editing Area
This is the window as it will appear in your program. Controls are added to the window by dragging them from the Controls Pane.

The Controls Pane
The Controls Pane shows all of the different types of controls which can be added to the user interface. Controls are things like buttons, text fields, check boxes, pop-up menus etc.

To add a control, drag it from the Controls Pane onto the Window Editing Area. Once on the window, the control can be easily repositioned and resized.

The Properties Pane
The Properties Pane is there to allow you to set the properties of an individual control. For example you can set the caption of a push button, change the text colour, size and alignment of a text field and so on.