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CreateWindow

creates an empty window in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr]

creates a window displaying the notebook expression expr, and opens it in the front end.

CreateWindow[expr,obj]

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

Details and Options

The notebook expression expr can be DocumentNotebook, PaletteNotebook, or DialogNotebook.
CreateWindow can take any notebook option.
CreateWindow[Visible->False] creates a new invisible window.
CreateWindow[expr,obj] overwrites the entire contents of the notebook represented by the notebook object obj. »

Examples

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Basic Examples (2)

Create a blank notebook window:

Create a notebook window with specified contents:

Replace the contents of an existing window:

Scope (2)

Create a palette window:

Create a dialog window:

Options (5)

Background (1)

Set a background color:

CellDingbat (1)

Set a cell dingbat:

CellGrouping (1)

Make a notebook with manually grouped cells:

TextAlignment (1)

Align contents on the right:

Visible (1)

Create a notebook that is not visible:

Make the notebook appear:

Properties & Relations (5)

DocumentNotebook creates an in-cell representation of a notebook document:

CreateWindow puts the document into its own window:

PaletteNotebook and DialogNotebook create representations of specialized notebooks:

Use CreateWindow to put a palette or dialog expression into its own notebook window:

CreateDocument is essentially a combination of DocumentNotebook and CreateWindow:

CreatePalette acts like a combination of PaletteNotebook and CreateWindow:

CreateDialog acts like a combination of DialogNotebook and CreateWindow:

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