Packagetool Live Tutorial

Packagetool is the resouce package maker for MAGIC101.

0. Overview of Packagetool's interface
1. Create a new file package
2. Open a existing package
3. Save package
4. Save package as
5. Add files
6. Remove files
7. Add a new folder
8. Remove a folder
9. Rename a folder
10. Build the package
11. Use drag/drop to add files/folders

0. Overview of Packagetool's interface

This figure shows the user-interface of Packagetool with an opened package project:

Folder Tree View shows all folders (include the folder structure) in the package.
File List View show all files in current selected folder.
To view files in a certain folder, just click it in the Folder Tree View to make it current.

 

1. Create a new file package

There are 3 ways to start create a new file package:
Click 'New' speed button.

Choose File->New from menu.

Press Ctrl+N.
Then the new package dialog will appear. You will choose the package's location and name.

 

2. Open an existing package

There are 3 ways to start open an existing package:
Click 'Open' speed button.

Choose File->Open Project from menu.

Press Ctrl+O
Then the open package dialog will appear.

 

3. Save package

To save(not build) current package, you can either choose File->Save Project menu or just press Ctrl+S.

 

4. Save package as

To save current package to another file, you can either choose File->Save Project As menu or just press Ctrl+Alt+A.

 

5. Add files

You can start add files to current folder by 3 ways:
Click the Add speed button.

Choose the Option->Add Files menu

Press Shift+Insert
Then the add files dialog will appear, just choose what files you want to add.

 

6. Remove files

To remove files from current folder, you should first select the files you want to remove. Then press Del (or press Remove Speed button). A confirm dialog will appears, choose yes to remove files.

 

7. Add a new folder

To add a new folder, fisrt right click the new folder's father folder on the Folder Tree View, a pop-up menu will appear:

choose New Folder. Then type the new folder's name:

 

8. Remove a folder

To remove a folder, select it fisrt. Then press Shift+Del(or click Remove speed button). Choose Yes on the confirm dialog.

 

9. Rename a folder

To rename a folder, select it first, after a while( for example 2 seconds ) left click it again.

 

10. Build the package

To build the current package, click the Build speed button.

then the build dialog will appear, you should choose the target pakage file location and name.

 

11. Use drag/drop to add files/folders

You can drag&drop a set of files/folders from Windows File Expoler to Packagetool's File List View. These files/folders will add to current folder(folders will add as sub folder).