Installation

Requires Apache Ant and Java 1.5.0.

Step 1: Download FOG and extract it to any directory.

Step 2: Add a $FOG_HOME environment variable to your system, and point it at the directory you extracted FOG to.

i.e., point it at the folder that contains build.xml

Step 3: Add $FOG_HOME/bin to your $PATH variable.

Step 4: Compile FOG with these commands:

cd $FOG_HOME

ant

Usage

You should now be able to run the following programs:

fogv runs the gui preview tool.

This is a good place to start out. Try browsing the gui files in the $FOG_HOME/demos folder.

You can supply a GUI file as an argument, or open one after fogp loads.

fogc compiles a gui file into Java.

You can use this if you don't want to use FOG's dynamic loader at run time.

Syntax: fogc file.gui feature1 feature2 ... featureN

fogpp runs the fog preprocessor.

You can use this to strip features from any XML file.

Syntax: fogpp file.xml feature1 feature2 ... featureN

Notepad Demo

fognotes runs a featureful notepad demo.

This demo program's GUI is compiled statically into a Java file by the build script.

fognoted runs a customizable notepad demo.

Syntax: fognoted feature1 feature2 ... featureN

Example: fognoted menu toolbar new open save print

To see a full feature list, run fogv $FOG_HOME/src/notepad/main.gui