Audience
This course addresses developers who need to know all that is possible to modify in Studio without programming Python.

Experience of working with the graphical user interface of Studio is an advantage.

Prerequisites
Introduction to Carmen Infrastructure, Product I, Rave I

Duration
2 days.

Course goals
The course enables you to customize the graphical user interface of Studio in several different ways. You will become familiar with everything you can modify in Studio without programming any Python. After completing the course you will be able to for example:

• change colours and fonts
• change the Rule Parameters form
• change menu structure
• understand CSL scripts
• modify existing forms
• modify or create new file managers
• improve the behavior of external tables in Table Editor.

Course topics

• Become familiar with the documentation
  • online help
  • manual pages
    
    
• Resources
  • X-resources
  • Carmen resources
  
  
• The Rule Parameter form
  • grouping in Rave
  • the groupdefs files
    
    
• Objects and colours
  • rule defined objects (rudobs)
  • header colours and text
  • leg colours and text
    
    
• Dynamic reports for
  • information windows
  • status window
    
    
• Menu modifications
  • add new menu entries
  • remove menu entries
  • modify existing menu entries
  • change the toolbar
  • define menu entries that call Unix commands
    
    
• Carmen Form Handler (CFH)
  • modify existing forms
    
    
• Carmen File Manager (CFM)
  • modify existing CFMs
  • add new ones
    
    
• Carmen Script Language (CSL)
  • basic knowledge about programming in CSL
    
    
• External Tables in Table Editor
  • input control
  • default values
  • help text
  • column headers