Coloring Containers

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The following instructions describe how to use the code once you've downloaded it.

The file colrctrs.dat contains a configuration map JrwColoredContainerDetailsColumn. To load this into an image, open the Configuration Maps Browser window from the System Transcript. In VisualAge 3.0, this is the menu option Smalltalk Tools, then Browse Configuration Maps. In VisualAge 4.0, this is the menu option Tools, then Browse Configuration Maps.

From the browser, take the menu option Names and then Import. A file dialog will appear and you should point this to wherever you previosly downloaded the file colrctrs.dat. A dialog will appear listing JrwColoredContainerDetailsColumn on the left hand list pane. Select this item and then version 1.0. Load your selection into the manager.

From the configuration maps browser, select the configuration map JrwColoredContainerDetailsColumn and load it into the image. Three new applications will be loaded - JrwEmphasizedRenderableApp, JrwEmphasizedContainerDetailsColumnApp, and JrwEmphasizedRenderableExampleApp. These contain all of the code required to use the part JrwEmphasizedContainerDetailsColumn as well as the example code described in the article.

Once one person has loaded the configuration map into the manager, subsequent users need only load the configuration map JrwColoredContainerDetailsColumn into their image. For more information on configuration maps see the IBM Smalltalk User's Guide.

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