Apple WebObjects 5 - Manual (Page 61)

C H A P T E R 5
Direct to Web Applications
Developing a Direct to Web Application 61
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Apple Computer, Inc. January 2002
Figure 5-15 The Rule Editor
Further Customizing Your Direct to Web Application
If you need to customize your application beyond what you can do with the Direct
to Web Assistant, you can use these methods:
■ Freeze a page. When you want to change the appearance or function of a single
page in your Direct to Web application, you can freeze the page with the Direct
to Web Assistant. The page becomes a WebObjects component in your project
with an HTML template, a Java source file, and a bindings file. You can edit it
with WebObjects Builder just as you would any other component. The
downside is that you can’t customize frozen pages with the Direct to Web
Assistant.
■ Generate a Direct to Web template. Sometimes you need to change the way
every page for a particular task appears in your application. For example, you
might want to put an extra hyperlink at the bottom of every list page. To do so,