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A wizard is a series of pages that guide a user through a complex task.  '''Back''' and '''Next''' buttons allow the user to move forward and backward through the pages. Typically, each page collects a piece of information; when the user clicks the  '''Finish''' button, the information is used to perform a task.  At any time before clicking '''Finish''', the user can cancel the  task, which should undo any side effects of the steps completed so far.

[[Image:New class wizard.png|frame|120px|New Class wizard]]

A wizard is typically presented in a dialog, but this is not required.  The abstraction called <tt>IWizardContainer</tt> represents the context in which a wizard runs.  A wizard container is guaranteed to have a title, a message area, and a progress monitor.  A wizard must implement <tt>IWizard</tt>, and each page within the wizard must implement <tt>IWizardPage</tt>.

== See Also: ==
*[[FAQ How do I specify the order of pages in a wizard?]]
*[[FAQ How do I make my wizard appear in the UI?]]

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