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| + | ====== Features ====== | ||
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| + | Welcome to the Koda help file. | ||
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| + | Koda was developed to help assist with the creation of forms (GUIs) for the AutoIt3 scripting language. Koda saves its form definition in a standard XML file with .kxf extension. It offers all the control properties and styles that AutoIt offers. The interface has four principal parts: [[window_main_window]], | ||
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| + | ===== Designer features ===== | ||
| + | * all AutoIt controls supported | ||
| + | * support for four custom (UDF based) controls | ||
| + | * control resizing and moving | ||
| + | * control copy/ | ||
| + | * unlimited undo levels | ||
| + | * alignment to grid (grid size is customizable) | ||
| + | * changing properties and styles in [[window_object_inspector]] reflects immediately | ||
| + | * align palette for control alignment | ||
| + | * visual control tab order changing | ||
| + | * customizable colors | ||
| + | * customizable tool bars | ||
| + | * forms saving and loading | ||
| + | * simultaneous multiple forms editing | ||
| + | * generates new code or updates existing script | ||
| + | * easy-to-use [[dialog_templates_gallery]] for organizing your templates | ||
| + | * import existing GUI scripts (even those not created by Koda) | ||
| + | * support for write and use import converters (for other form formats) | ||
| + | * multilingual | ||
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| + | ==== Multiple controls handling ==== | ||
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| + | You can cut, copy, paste and delete multiple controls at the same time. Controls can be selected by a " | ||
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| + | When you select multiple controls, all properties that are common to them can be changed at the same time. | ||
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| + | ===== Generating code ===== | ||
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| + | Koda tries to create code that is as clean and readable as possible. The code generator is able to: | ||
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| + | * generate loop and event code | ||
| + | * generate include statements | ||
| + | * make use of user templates | ||
| + | * make literal presentation of styles | ||
| + | * expand variables in the text properties | ||
| + | * expand AutoIt macros in text properties | ||
| + | * use customizable indentation | ||
| + | * use customizable variables scope | ||
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| + | ===== Portability ===== | ||
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| + | Koda is fully portable. No additional libraries or registry support is required to execute on your system. The only registry key Koda **may** create is the KXF file association — at your discretion. All of Koda's settings are kept within a single xml file. | ||
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| + | If you run Koda in a environment where you have no writing rights, you will be prompted to comply in two ways: | ||
| + | * Continue to work without the ability to save your settings | ||
| + | * Allow Koda to save settings in the " | ||
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