20, click the Element
Property button at the top, choose Slider from the Scene Elements column on the left,
and choose Value from the Properties column on the right. Then click Finish.
FIGURE 9.20
Databinding the text size of the text box to the slider.
7. Select the slider, and in the Common Properties dialog box, set Value to the size of the
default size of the text. When you increase the value of Value (huh?), the text size
increases, as shown in Figure 9.21. Set Maximum to the largest text size that you want to
allow in the text box, and set the Minimum to the smallest text size. You can also set the
SmallChange to 1, so that when the slider is focused, the right arrow or left arrow keys
move the slider right or left by 1.
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FIGURE 9.21
The text size increases as the value increases in the Common Properties palette.
8. Now you can choose Project ??? Test Project and see it in an application window, as
shown in Figure 9.22.
Naming your slider and text box can help you identify them in the Create Data Binding
dialog box. TIP
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FIGURE 9.22
The text box with its text resizing slider.
Summary
n Flow documents allow for optimal readability, taking into account window size and monitor
resolution, and they allow the user to adjust his own text size using buttons or a
slider.
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