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Creating Sample Crossware

Open Visual JavaScript (PR3 or later), create a new project and add a new page using the "Blank Page Template".

After bringing up the Palette window using the Palette icon on the toolbar, click on a blank area of the palette using the right mouse button to bring up the context-menu. Select the "New" option to create a new Palette page (called "Unnamed1" or something similar). Switch to this new palette page by clicking on the tab.

Right click anywhere within the new blank palette page and select the Install JAR File option. Using the "Browse" button, select this newly created JAR, then select "OK" to add the JAR to the palette.

Drag the newly created Show Text item into the body of the page. A gray box appears, indicating an applet has been added to the page.

Select the "Form Elements" tab on the palette. Choose the "Text" icon and drag it to the body. A new form is created with a text area.

Select the connection point (the tiny square in the upper right corner of the text field), dragging and dropping the connection onto the ShowText applet on the page.

After you drag the text field's connection point onto the applet, the Connection Builder will appear. Press "Apply" then "Close" to create a connection.
Press the preview button on the Visual JavaScript toolbar. In a moment, your browser will load the newly created page. Typing text in the text area, then pressing the "Tab" key, will cause the applet to display the text from the textfield.

Congratulations! You have just built and run a Visual JavaScript Crossware Application!

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