NewtonScript Examples

An Application That Prints "Hello world" to the Inspector

A QuickTime movie of this example is available, as is the completed project for different platforms (Mac OS, Windows 3.1 or Windows 95/NT). In NTK, create a new project file. Then, create a new layout file. Within it, draw a protoApp. Within the protoApp, draw a protoTextButton. Save the layout file as "Main" and add it to the project (see FIGURE 3.5). Create a browser window for the protoApp in "Main" and edit the buttonClickScript slot of the protoTextButton (see FIGURE 3.6). You will then need to make the contents of the buttonClickScript read as follows:

func()
begin
    Print("Hello, world");
end;

FIGURE 3.5 : Layout file "Main" added to the project.


FIGURE 3.6 : Editing the buttonClickScript slot of the protoTextButton.


Build, download, and run the application. When you click on the button, it should print the following to the Inspector:

"Hello, world"

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Last modified: 1 DEC 1996