Creating and Using Settings Forms and Dialogs
Forms that you create in the Application Builder can also be used as settings forms in the Model Builder tree that can provide custom settings connected to methods for performing some special task in a model. Such forms become available in the Model Builder if you select the Show in Model Builder check box. You can add them as nodes in the Forms section of the Developer toolbar by choosing them from the Settings Form list (). That form is then added as a Settings Form node under Global Definitions (or Global Definitions>Settings Forms, if Group by Type is active).
You can also show such forms as modal dialog boxes by choosing them from the Show Dialog list ( in the Forms section of the Developer toolbar.
Forms that include Graphics objects cannot be used as settings form or dialog boxes. Instead you can plot in the main Graphics window or in other plots windows using the built-in selectNode method or the window property for a plot group.
To make use of the latest definition of a form in the Application Builder when it is shown in the Model Builder, click the Update Forms button () in the Forms section of the Developer toolbar, which updates all settings forms’ features. You can also click the Update button () in the Settings window for a Settings Form node to update that particular settings form.
Click the Edit Form button () in the Settings window for a Settings Form node to move to its form editor window in the Application Builder.
See the Application Builder documentation for more information about creating forms and methods.
Figure 3-12: An added settings form under Global Definitions provides custom settings.