
Programming Guide
Scripting can be used at several levels to customize the behavior of
the application that the user wants:
- Scripting can be applied to an individual part to customize that part for
use in a specific context. Customization can include initialization
information, tailored presentation characteristics, or particular behavior
when the part raises an event. The customized part can then be used in any
number of applications or documents where the specialized characteristics are
appropriate.
- Scripting can supply extensive logic to be invoked when the Part
identifies an event. This logic can link several simple parts into a set of
parts that act together to provide a needed function.
- Scripting can link all the parts of an application to coordinate their
content and behavior as the user interacts with the application. A change in
one field can be reflected in related fields by adding script code to notify
the related Parts when a change event occurs.
In all cases, the script code becomes part of the document. Scripting can
be attached to any single, scriptable part or to sets of such parts in a
scriptable container.
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