Creating Guides

Create Guides using the New Guide wizard in Workbench. Before you create a Guide, you need an application and a data model. In Workbench, either create a new local application or retrieve a remote application to create the Guide in. Ensure that you have access to a valid data model in Workbench. You can either drag a data model into your local application or access it from a remote application.

Create a Guide using Workbench

  1. Open the Guide Design perspective if it is not already open. (See Guide Design perspective.)

  2. Open or create an application. (See Working with Applications.)

  3. Create a Guide using the New Guide wizard and select the model to associate with the Guide. (See Types of data models for Guides and Create a Guide using a wizard.)

  4. Structure your Guide with sections and panels in the Guide Tree view. (See Structuring a Guide in the Guide Tree.)

  5. Add items to each panel in the editor. You can drag items from the Data Model view and place them in the editor. (See Adding items to Guide panels and Adding items in the Data Model view.)

  6. Configure the properties in the Guide Properties view, as required. (See Guide Properties view.)

  7. Preview your Guide as you design it. (See Previewing a Guide.)

For more information about how to create a Guide, view the video Creating a Guide-based Application.

For information about how to create custom Guide extensions, including Guide layouts, panel layouts, and Guide controls, see Customizing Guides Using Flash Builder.