OpenEuphoria

Re: DOS GUI

• Posted by bonn ortloff <kc7yrh at HOTMAIL.COM> Aug 20, 1998
• 542 views

>Date:         Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:59:12 -0400
>Reply-To:     Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
<EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
>From:         Irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM>
>Subject:      Re: DOS GUI
>To:           EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>
>bonn ortloff wrote:
>>
>> I noticed my notes are still quite BETA.
>>
>That's pretty good, considering the software's still Alpha!
>
>>I have to find out the Set()
>> for the stuff (I know so far only Text() Everythings got a set to it,
>> right? I just have to find out)
>
>Everything (every property) can be Set, Look at the file GLOBALS.WIN.
>Each slot in the generic_window_obj can be set. Not all of them are
>safe to set (you wouldn't want to change an object's handle, for
>example)
>like this:
>object win -- create a new object
>win = Window("myWindow","Visible title for this window's
>titlebar",x1,y1,width,height)
>win = Add(win, Button("btnName","OK",x1,y1,width,height,group#)
>win = Set(win,"btnName",COLORS,{FGND,BKGND,TEXT})
>           ^win  ^control ^property  ^value(s)
>
>Each call to Set looks up the control by name (btnName) and sets the
>property (COLORS)
>to the value {...}. The value you send depends on what the property is
>supposed to
>hold: COORDS and SIZE are always {x,y} for all controls, of course.
>COLORS always gets a 3 value sequence. Most are explained in the
>comments
>in GLOBALS.WIN. The contents of DATA varies depending upon the type of
>control.
>It can be text or a number (boolean true/false in the case of a
checkbox
>or radiobutton), or something else altogether for future controls.
>GROUP controls the tabbing from field to field. When it works :) the
>tab key/ shift tab moves to the next/prev control in that window
>which has that GROUP #. When it tabs out of the group, it returns
>control to the mouse. This is awkward but necessary because, so far,
>Jiri's otherwise excellent font.e does not support mouses.
>
>Regards,
>
>Irv
>

Yup. Basically, you only want to change the property(ies) and value(s),
and not the rest. Combining mighty.e and font.e was a hell of an idea. I
love it! (hehe... I even changed the cursor :) All you really have to do
to font.e is add the mouse code, no?

TRU Regards :)

-- "LEVIATHAN"

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