Window

Section: ET++ class description (n)
Updated: automatically Thu Mar 21 20:10:03 1991
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NAME

Window.short - a window with a title area and a popup menu

DESCRIPTION

The class Window provides a decorated window. It contains a title area with buttons to close or iconify the window. There is also a popup menu which provides some window management functions.
Windows are created, for example, in the method DoMakeWindows of a document:

Window *MyDocument::DoMakeWindows()
{
    return new Window(this, Point(400), eWinDefault,
               new Expander(cIdNone, eVert, gPoint2,
                   new Scroller(new TextView(/* ... */)),
                   // other items
                   NULL
               )
           );
}

classes are rarely derived from Window.
class Window is heavily reused directly.
class Window contains 8 methods.

owner of class:: nobody.
baseclasses:: BlankWin
flags:: WindowFlags

INSTANCE VARIABLES

menu (private Menu *)

This menu is created in the method GetMenu. Menu commands for window management functions are added and handled by the class BlankWin.

INSTANCE METHOD LIST

client interface: GetTitle
SetTitle
Window
implementation: Control
DispatchEvents
GetMenu
MakePort
~Window

FILES

declaration:: Window.h

KNOWN PROBLEMS

see method GetTitle

HISTORY

joe@csesbg.at Wed Sep 11 12:45 1991 MET DST

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