This is the primary demonstration tool for Dabo. It features a modular design, allowing us to continuously add more demos to it as we create them.
Here is the main page you see when launching DaboDemo:
The left side contains a tree of all the installed demos. When you click on one to select it, you see a 3-page control on the right side. The first page is the Overview page, and contains a brief description of the item being demoed. In this case we're looking at the dLabel demo, so the page describes what you do with labels.
The second page contains a source code editor, with the actual source code for the demo. This lets you see what Dabo code looks like, and what sort of code is needed to make any particular effect that you see in the demo.
The last page is the actual demo itself. This one features several labels, each of which has a different configuration of its properties. This allows you to see how changing the various label properties affect the appearance of the label.
You might wonder what would happen if you made changes to the demo code: what effect would those changes have? Well, you can modify the code in the editor, and save it as a temporary copy that will then run in the demo panel. You can switch between the original and your modified code to compare the two.
In this screenshot, I've edited the first label's Caption. Note that as soon as you modify the code, the Save Changes button becomes enabled.
Note that the changes do not overwrite the demo code, but are saved to a temp directory, so feel free to try out whatever you like! Once you save the changes, the Active Version radio button at the top left will switch to Modified, meaning that when you go to the demo panel, your modified code will be run.
To see the effect of your changes, switch back to the demo panel. Note that the topmost label now shows the modified Caption.
The modified code is saved between sessions, so you can always go back another time and play further with the modified code. If you get sick of those changes, the Delete Modified button does exactly what it says.
There are only a handful of demos now, but going forward we are going to be focusing on adding more and more to this program, so make sure to keep it updated!