Category

Category elements group the actions and are used to organize actions in a way that are easy to find by a user.

The Creatables element contains two levels of Category elements. The first Category element corresponds to the Categories list in the File >> New dialog. The second Category element corresponds to the Types section in the File >> New dialog.

Table 1. Category element attributes
Attribute	Required	Options
`index`		Index indicates creatable order within a category.
`name`		Creatable name (internal id)
`label`		Creatable text.
`icon`		Icon in $GSTDIR/images/

Syntax

<Creatables>
  <Category attributes >
    <Category attributes >
      <New attributes />
      <File attributes />
      <Directory attributes />
      <Wizard attributes />
    </Category>
  </Category>
</Creatables>

Child elements

The Category element may contain the following child elements:

One or more Category elements.
One or more creatable elements.

Example: Managed Form File Type

<Creatables version="1.0">
  <Category index="5" label="Design" name="MDA" icon="document_4ba" >
    <Category index="40" label="Managed Code" name="ManagedCode">
      <Wizard index="10" 
                 name="FDModuleForm"
                 action="FDNew" 
                 label="Module Form from Database (4fdm)" 
                 icon="document_4fdm" 
                 description="Create an empty module in Form Designer" 
                 extension="4fdm" />
    </Category>
  </Category>
</Creatables>