MSM-Workstation
Create the First Set of Windows

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Add a text box

Components can be inserted into the window by clicking on the button for the desired component in the tool-box. After such a button is selected, its color will change, and the meaning of the button will appear at the bottom of the tool-box.

In order to insert a component, the mouse cursor has to be positioned over the edit-image of the new window at the location of the left upper corner of the desired location for the component, and the left mouse key is to be clicked once.

When this is done, the component will be inserted visibly into the edit-window, and a definition window will pop up as well.

Hint: This definition window contains a name for the newly created component. When the component is created, MSM-Workstation ensures that the new name is unique in the window, and that the name of the component is descriptive of the nature of the component in question.
There are benefits to changing this name to one that is more meaningful to the designer, there are also benefits to leaving these names "as generated". Which works best for whom is a matter of preference and judgement. In this tutorial, the convention will be followed to accept the generated names.

In the case of a text box, one of the properties that one would like to define is probably the text that describes the meaning of the input field. This definition dialog is intended to define other properties, so modifying the default text ("[Title]") will have to wait until a subsequent step of this process.

When, in this window, at this time, the "Cancel" button is pressed, the component will be removed from the edit-window.

When the "OK" button is pressed, the new component is established in the edit-window, and further modifications may be made, both to the window as a whole, and to the last component inserted.

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