The first step in making changes is to create a project in a VDE and add the source file for the Web Dimension application to the project. Figure 6 shows the new Web Dimension application's source file in a new project in Visual Caf . In this window, user interface components can be moved, deleted, and resized. Also shown is a property sheet. The property sheet shows simple properties for components.
Typical properties shown in the property sheet are color and font selections.
Most VDEs have the ability to change the properties of many components at one time, so changing the font of all the labels is as easy a selecting all the labels and changing the font in the property sheet. This is demonstrated in Figure 7 . Remember this is functionality of the VDE that can apply to any Java bean, and since all Web Dimension components are Java beans, all the VDE's visual editing functions can be used. It needs to know how to connect to the existing HP3000 application. This customizer sets the configuration of the connection, log on, and application information.