Windows and Document Views (Windows CE 5.0)
The windows for Platform Builder workspaces and document views are fully adjustable. You can position windows for an OS design or project according to your preferences, and each OS design or project can have its own settings.
The two common window types, document windows and dockablewindows, have the following characteristics:
Document windows are normal, framed, child windows that can contain source code or document text.
Within the Platform Builder window, you can change the position and size of document windows by minimizing and maximizing them or by displaying them in a cascade or tiled arrangement.
To see an example of a document window, create or open a text file.
Dockable windows display information about an OS design or project. They attach to the borders of the application window or float anywhere on the screen.
Dockable windows have two display modes, docked mode and floating mode, which have the following characteristics:
- In docked mode, a window is fixed to a docking area along any of the four borders of the main Platform Builder window.
- In floating mode, a window has a thin title bar and can appear anywhere on your screen. A floating window is always on top of other windows.
The two primary types of dockable windows are the Workspace window and the Output window. Dockable windows also include debugging windows, such as Variables and Watch.
The layout for window types (that is, their visibility, position, and size) is associated with an OS design or project for document windows, or with editing or debugging operations, for dockable windows.
After you choose a layout, the settings for that layout are retained with the OS design you are working on.
If you close an OS design and reopen it, the document windows have the last layout that you used. This means that the same windows are open, and they have the same sizes and positions.
When you create layouts of dockable windows or toolbars, for editing, debugging, or viewing in full-screen mode, those layouts are used for all subsequent sessions until you change them.
Some windows are neither document windows nor dockable windows. For example, when you use a utility application listed on the Tools menu, such as Windows CE Remote Spy, the characteristics of its windows are determined by the utility application.
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