NTK Reference

After Scripts

An afterScript slot in a template contains code which is executed at build time after the template has been built. It is a chance for you to post-process the template. The afterScript contains a sequence of statements (not a function). Within the code, thisView refers to the just-built template (a not-very-apt name since it is a template, not a view).

Here's an example afterScript from a protoStaticText template which sets the viewBounds to values based on constants:

thisView.viewBounds := 
   SetBounds(kViewLeft, kViewTop, 
      kViewRight, kViewBottom);

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Last modified: 1 DEC 1996