Slick V3.3 manual Add New Item Dialog

Add New Item Dialog

from a template, as when adding an item template to your project from the Add New Item dialog box, you can configure your template to replace all substitution parameters with values. For a list of pre-defined substitution parameters, see Predefined Substitution Parameters.

The Add Parameter dialog contains the following:

•Name - This is the name of the substitution parameter WITHOUT delimiters. For example, if the delim- iter is $ (the default), then a substitution parameter that inserts a copyright string would have a name of "copyright" and NOT "$copyright$". Do not use quotes in the name. Valid characters for a parameter name are: A-Za-z0-9_

•Value - This is the value that the substitution parameter evaluates to when a string or file is created from the template and has its substitution parameters replaced with values.

•Prompt for value - Check this option if you always want to be prompted for the value of a substitution parameter. When set, the Value field becomes a default value field and is used to pre-populate the value when you are prompted.

•Prompt string - Specifies the prompt string to display when being prompted for a substitution paramet- er value.

Add New Item Dialog

Used to add an item to your current project, the Add New Item dialog is displayed when you click File → New Item from SlickEdit Template.

Use the Categories list to select a category. Selecting a category populates the Templates list with tem- plate items for that category. You can then select an item from the Templates list, enter a unique Name for the item, and enter a Location. Click Add to instantiate the template with the name and location you provided.

You can manage your templates from the Template Manager dialog box by choosing File → SlickEdit Template Manager.

The Add New Item dialog contains the following:

•Categories - Lists a hierarchy of item categories for installed and user template items.

•Templates - Lists the template items for the currently selected category. When you select a template item, a brief description for that item is displayed just above the Name field.

•Name - Enter the name of the file you want to create.

Note

For single file templates (templates that create a single file) this is the name of the file. Multi-file templates use the name of the item entered to form names of files in the template. For more in- formation about creating multi-file templates, see Creating a Multi-file Template.

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