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Presented here is the list of built in Content Builder library functions. The complete reference of functions and their parameters you can find in library_reference.xls file from the distribution set. To construct tables you can just copy the headings from this reference.

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• CreatePageFromTemplate()
• DeletePage()
• WriteToRecordField()
• PasteIntoRecordField()
• CreatePaintObject()
• CreateResource()
• CreateBitmap()
• hyperlink()
• WID_MultipleChoiceQuestion()

The list is continuously expanding, visit this site for the updates and information about the last changes in the library.

Content Builder is written is a such way that the user can use his own functions and libraries. Though the current version of plug-in doesn't have means for loading external libraries, you can do this manually by copying scripts to one of the text fields shown on the Library tab of Content Builder control panel.

The upper (white) field is a "container" of standard CB functions, the bottom (yellow) can be used by user. Script property of field holds scripts, text of field holds declarations used by compiler. Function declaration is very simple and represents a comma separated list with following information.

<Function name>,<number of parameters>,<par1>,..,<parN>,<return type>

Following next is an example of page constructor CreatePageFromTemplate(). The significant part of code handles different error conditions and only a small part of it handles the object itself. All functions are executed in mainWindow context and when you address a page from the story board table it will be shown in toolbook mainWindow. When Content Builder compiles headings it looks for functions in the declaration section, beginning from built in and ending with user's library.

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-- page Constructor
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to get CreatePageFromTemplate pageName,templatePage,pn
   n=pageNumber of this page

   -- error handlers
   get CB_setErrorMessage(4,"*error* - CreatePageFromTemplate(): ")
   if pageName is null
      get CB_ErrorMessage("undefined parameter pageName"); return null
   end
   if templatePage is null
      get CB_ErrorMessage("undefined parameter templatePage"); return null
   end
   if not isObject(page templatePage of this book)
      get CB_ErrorMessage("templatePage"&&quote&templatePage&quote&&\
                          "doesn't exist")
      return null
   end
   if pn<>null and (not ASYM_isNumber(pn))
      get CB_ErrorMessage("illegal parameter pageNumber"&&pn); return null
   end

   go to page templatePage
   if not isObject(page pageName of this book)
      select this page; send copy; send paste
      name of this page=pageName
      if pn<>null
         pageNumber of this page=pn
      else
         pageNumber of this page=n+1
      end
      send CB_FreeMemory
   end
   go to page pageName
   return this page
end

If Content Builder has become popular among toolbook developers I will have add a special library manager. One of the main features of it will be protection of user's libraries that I hope will make them a separately distributed addons for specific tasks.

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