A repackaged version of G.W. van der Vegt’s OpenSock open source Internet library is now available as ToolBook 8.5 catalog. Implemented entirely in OpenScript, this impressive collection of native deployment widgets enables ToolBook developers to create Web/Internet client and server applications. Read more »
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Tom Hall announces the immediate release of "The Actions Editor, HTTP Post, and Simulations in ToolBook Instructor 2004". This new release explains in detail the new Simulation Editor and includes many new lessons from the previous book on Instructor 8.5. [ Link... ]
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Wondering what changes are in the new 2004 version of ToolBook? This is the place to look. Find out about the catalog changes, SIM enhancements, Actions Editor upgrades, plus lots more. [ Link... ]
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This OpenScript script allows you to assign simple XHTML text to a ToolBook field and have it displayed in the same way as a Web browser would. XHTML is a well behaved version of HTML that complies with the rules of XML (see W3C XHTML). Being standards-based, XHTML is well suited to storing rich text for eLearning applications developed in ToolBook. Read more »
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ToolBook, as of version 8.6, doesn’t support the native XP controls (e.g. buttons, combos, scroll bars, etc.). This free download emulates the main controls in the default Windows XP look and feel. If you’d like your ToolBook apps to use the XP look and feel or if you need to develop simulations of XP apps then this could save you a lot of effort (the programming on the scroll bar emulation was a bit of a labour of love). Read more »
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ToolBook still has old-style Windows 3 scroll bars, even under Windows 2000 and XP. This book demonstrates a fix for this. To add a native Windows scroll bar to an ordinary ToolBook field, simply set the borderStyle to anything except "scrolling" and set the sharedScript of the field to the "Scroll Bar Field" script in this book. Read more »
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The Graph System Book adds simple interactive graphing features to ToolBook. Graphs can be created and edited using pop-up editors available off a new "Graph" pull-down menu added to author mode. These graphs and any lines, curves, points plotted are all ordinary ToolBook objects and are easily manipulated using regular OpenScript. Interactions can be programmed relatively easily by modifying the values of variables in OpenScript and then getting the graph to redraw itself. Read more »
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The Step Card Widget, like ToolBook’s Index Card widget, allows you to present "cards" of text one card at a time so that the user can step forwards or backwards through the text without the need for a scroll bar. Read more »
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The Capture As Bitmap script allows you to capture an area of the ToolBook window and save it out as a Windows bitmap (.bmp) file. Read more »
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The Edgelock system book (edgelock.sbk) provides a generic mechanism for adding distortionless page resizing behaviour to ToolBook books. Read more »
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