Create Mathematica 6 packages with documentation in the "Documentation Center" and palette in the "Palettes Menu" -- from Wolfram Library Archive

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Title

Create Mathematica 6 packages with documentation in the "Documentation Center" and palette in the "Palettes Menu"

Authors

Jose Luis Gomez-Munoz

Organization:

ITESM-CEM

Department:

Physics and Mathematics

URL:	http://homepage.cem.itesm.mx/lgomez/

Rub�n Dario Santiago-Acosta

Organization:

ITESM CEM

Department:

DIA Ciencias B�sicas

Revision date

2007-12-19

Description

This a step-by-step tutorial for creating a Mathematica 6 package with the following characteristics:

1. It is loaded with the command Needs[]

2. It has its documentation in the Documentation Center (Help Menu of Mathematica 6)

3. It has a palette in the Palettes Menu of Mathematica 6

Subjects

	Wolfram Technology
	Wolfram Technology > Front End
	Wolfram Technology > Front End > Help Browser
	Wolfram Technology > Front End > Palettes and Dialog Boxes
	Wolfram Technology > Front End > Saving and Exporting
	Wolfram Technology > Programming
	Wolfram Technology > Programming > Packages and Contexts

Keywords

Add-on, palette, package, documentation, help, Documentation Center, Needs[], Palettes menu, built-in, program documentation, package documentation, $BaseDirectory, $UserBaseDirectory, CreatePalette, CreatePalette[], FrontEnd, Applications, PlaceHolder, Context, Palettes list, palette creation

Downloads

createMathematica6AddOn.nb (725.1 KB) - Mathematica Notebook [for Mathematica 6.0]

createMathematicaAddOn.nb (5.1 MB) - Mathematica Notebook [for Mathematica 5.2]

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