Operation Manual

Adding Dynamic Web Objects 161
4. The Repeating Area Tile Setup dialog appears, showing a page
layout that initially consists of a 1x4 tiling grid: one repeating area
across the page, and four down. The preview region at the left reflects
the current dialog settings.
5. You can either set precise properties for the repeating area (the basic
unit) in the dialog, or close the dialog and use direct dragging to
establish the area's size and shape. Or you can use a combined
approach, reopening the dialog as often as needed.
• Using the dialog, specify the grid Layout as the number of
repeating areas you want to appear Across and Down. Other
settings you can change include the Left and Top Position
on the page, the repeating area's Width and Height, and
optional horizontal or vertical Gaps between repeating
areas. Check Extend page to fit all tiles to have all records
shown on a single page (especially recommended for single-
line summary lists)—the Down layout option is ignored.
• On the page, you can drag the repeating area object to move
it, or drag a handle to resize it.
When you save a site, WebPlus "remembers" the current data source and
reopens it "behind the scenes" automatically the next time you open the web
page—so as long as you're using the same source, you won't need to reopen it
yourself.
To edit an existing repeating layout:
1. With repeating area selected, click
Repeating Area Layout on
the context toolbar.
2. The Repeating Area Tile Setup dialog appears, which lets you modify
the repeating area layout.
Opening a different data source
As well as creating a Serif database file, WebPlus will also let you open a
different already existing Serif database file or other external data source such as
plain text file (comma-delimited or fixed-width), other database, spreadsheet,
and more. You can edit, select, filter, and/or sort the actual data to be merged.