TonicPoint Builder Developer's Guide

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started

Key Features

Underpinning Knowledge

Using the Documentation

System Requirements

Installation

Using the Example Applications

Third Party Libraries

2. Overview

Packages

3. Introduction to the Library Package

Paradigms

Types of classes

4. Working with Presentations (Presentation class)

Opening Presentations

Writing Presentations

Key Features of the Presentation Class

Miscellaneous Features

Picture Data (PictureData class)

Sound Data (SoundData class)

5. Working with Pages (Page class)

Hierarchy of Pages

Navigation

Cut, Copy and Paste

Key Features of Pages

6. Working with Master Pages (Master class)

Slide Master (SlideMaster class)

Title Master (TitleMaster class)

Notes Master (NotesMaster class)

Handout Master (HandoutMaster class)

7. Working with Content Pages (Content class)

Working with a Content Page's Associated Master

Using Master Elements on a Page

Slides (Slide class)

Notes (Notes class)

8. Page Formats (PageFormat class)

Working with Page Sizes

9. Headers and Footers (HeadersFooters class)

Default vs. Per-Page

Setting Headers and Footers

10. Slide Transitions (SlideTransition class)

Getting Slide Transitions

Setting Slide Transitions

11. Working with Shapes and Groups (ShapeOrGroup class)

Hierarchy of Shapes and Groups

Key Features of Shapes and Groups

Names

12. Working with Groups (Group class)

Grouping

Ungrouping

Listing Objects in a Group

Adding Objects to a Group

Group Coordinate System

13. Working with Tables (Table class)

Creating a Table

Cell Numbering System

Selecting a Cell

Setting a Cell's Width and Height

Working with Borders

Inserting Rows and Columns

Deleting Rows and Columns

Selecting Different Parts of a Table

Working with Split and Merged Cells

14. Working with Shapes (Shape class)

Shape Type

Connection Sites

Action Framework

Actions (Action class)

Background Shape (Background class)

15. Working with Text Shapes (TextShape class)

Changing the Shape Type

Changing Text Values

Formatting

Text Ruler

AutoText

Hyperlinks

Fitting Text into a Shape

Working with Text Rulers (TextRuler class)

Different Types of Text Shapes

16. Working with Fonts (Font class)

17. Working with Colors (PPColorclass)

18. Working with Media (Media class)

Playback

CD Audio (CDAudio class)

Embedded Sound (EmbeddedSound class)

Movie (Movie class)

Sound (Sound class)

19. Working with OLE Objects (OleObject class)

Working with Charts (Chart class)

20. Working with Pictures (Picture class)

Creating new Picture Objects

Working with Existing Picture Objects

Setting Image Size and Position

Setting Shape Properties

21. Working with Connectors (Connector class)

Creating a New Connector

Working with Existing Connectors

22. Working with XML

The Tree Structure

23. The Standard XML Model (StandardXmlModel class)

Attributes

Working with the Standard XML Model

24. Working with Queries (Query class)

25. Working with DumpXml (DumpXml class)

26. Working with ConstantStrings (ConstantStrings class)

A. Examples

Hello World

Paragraph Alignment

Numbered Bullets

Creating a Table

Inserting Table Columns

Dump As XML