Using the Simple Buttons Sheet

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Using the Simple Buttons Sheet

The Simple Buttons sheet, shown in the following diagram, is displayed when you select the Simple Buttons tab in the Jade Skin Maintenance dialog.

Before you can specify the first, prior, next, and last buttons for your browse buttons skins or the true and false buttons for your check box and option button skins, you must first have defined those buttons by using the Simple Buttons sheet.

To add or maintain a simple button for browse buttons, options buttons, or check box skins

To add a new simple button skin:
1. Click the New button if another simple button is selected.
2. Enter the name of the simple button skin in the Name text box or select the skin from the Simple Button List list box.
  
  Simple button names must be unique.
3. Enter a description of the simple button in the Description text box, if required.
4. If you want to select the image that is displayed for the up, disabled, down, or over state of simple buttons, click the appropriate Set button at the right of the required caption.
  
  The common File dialog is then displayed, to enable you to select the existing image that you want displayed for the simple button state.
  
  To apply the image, click the Open button in the common dialog. When you have selected the appropriate picture file for the image, the common dialog is then closed and focus returns to the Controls sheet of the Jade Skin Maintenance dialog.
  
  In addition, your selected image is displayed in the text box at the right of the appropriate caption.
5. If you want to remove the current simple button state picture image, click the Clear button at the right of the appropriate caption.
  
  The displayed image is then removed from the text box at the right of the caption on the Simple Buttons form.
6. Click the Update button.
To update an existing simple button skin:
1. In the Simple Button List list box, select the simple button skin that you want to change. The name of the selected skin is then displayed in the Name text box.
2. Edit the appropriate data to meet your requirements.
  
  For details, see steps b through e in the previous action.
3. Click the Update button.
To delete an existing simple button skin that is not currently referenced:
1. In the Simple Button List list box, select the simple button skin that you want to delete.
  
  The name of the selected skin is then displayed in the Name text box.
2. Click the Delete button.
  
  The Delete button is disabled if the simple button is referenced by any skin entity.