OS/2 Shareware BBS: 10 Tools/10-Tools.zip/PMTREE.ZIP/PMTREE.HLP

OS/2 Help File | 1992-05-04 | 44KB | 1,215 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. PMTREE Main Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

PMTREE is an application for examination of and interaction with the windows of
an OS/2 system.

All activity centres around a graphical display of a window hierarchy shown in
the client area of the main window.  A window is represented at the top left by
a rectangle accompanied by descriptions of various features of the window.  Its
immediate children are represented by a series of rectangles arranged in a
column to the right of this 'head' window.  Similarly their children may be
represented to the right of their representations, for as many levels as the
hierarchy of windows extends.

Different window classes are represented in different colors.  The user is also
able to select any one of the system defined window styles from the menu.
Subsequently all windows which have that style flag set will be represented in
reverse colors.  The colors may be disabled.

Extra information is displayed under the head window representation.  This
comprises the window id, the process and thread ids, the owner window (if there
is one), the window position and size, the window style (broken into the
constituent flags), the minimise and restore positions and sizes (where
applicable), the window procedure address and, for menu windows the item ids
contained in the menu and item texts where possible, for frame windows the FF_
flag names and accelerator table contents, and for listboxes and combo boxes,
the number of items in a listbox.

For convenience the tree may be simplified by displaying only one level of
children.  Alternatively the user can disable branches of the tree by double
clicking the 'manipulation button' of the mouse over the representation of a
window.  In both cases uncharted branches will be indicated by "+ + +".

The user may choose to bring up a dialog to change various values associated
with any window (size, position, window text, style, id, parent, owner).  These
options should be used with care.  There are many ways to hang the system and
it is not practical to try to detect all such cases and disallow them.

The user may also bring up another dialog that allows a large number of
different messages to be sent, posted or broadcast to the window.  The messages
supported do not yet include many of those that require structures to be
supplied for their parameters.  Simple text buffers may be passed.

Since many object windows are ill-behaved and use Dos(Mux)SemWait where they
should use WinMsgMuxSemWait, querying of window text of object windows is
disallowed. Interprocess querying of MLE text is dangerous and has been
disabled.

/n, /x and /r are command line parameters that will bring the main window up
minimised, maximised and restored respectively.  Tree can remember settings,
window selection and window position across invocations.

An option is also provided to print the displayed hierarchy on the default
printer.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this choice to obtain information on how to use the Help facility.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this choice to obtain general information on the tasks you can perform
while you are viewing a help window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this choice to display the help index.

The help index lists the titles of the help information that is available.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Use this choice to see a list of keys and a description of the function of the
keys.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Help for Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Window pulldown allows the user to locate windows for display in the main
window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Actions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Actions pulldown allows the user to open and select dialogs to alter the
characteristics of windows and to send or post them messages. Any items below
the separator line allow the user to switch to a dialog that has already been
started.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Options pulldown provides options to allow the user to change the way in
which the tree is drawn.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Help pulldown provides help functions.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Help for Desktop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Desktop will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows descended
from the system Desktop window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Help for Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Object will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows descended
from the system Object window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Help for Select Window... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Select Window... will present the user with a list of all windows in the
system.  Selecting a window from the list will cause the main window to display
a hierarchy of windows descended from the selected window.

Double-clicking the 'selection button' of the mouse on the representation of
any window other than the current head window will likewise make that window
the head of the tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Help for Parent ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Parent will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows descended
from the parent of the window currently at the head of the tree.

Double-clicking the 'selection button' of the mouse on the representation of
the current head window will perform the same task.

This option is not available for the system Desktop and Object windows.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Help for Owner ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Owner will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows descended
from the owner of the window currently at the head of the tree.  This option is
only active if the current head window has an owner.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Help for Top Child ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Top Child will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows
descended from the topmost child of the window currently at the head of the
tree.  This option is only active if the current head window has children.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Help for Next Sibling ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Next Sibling will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows
descended from the sibling immediately below the window currently at the head
of the tree.  If the current head window is the bottom-most child of its
parent, this option will select the top-most sibling.  This option is only
active if the current head window has siblings.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help for Previous Sibling ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Previous Sibling will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows
descended from the sibling immediately above the window currently at the head
of the tree.  If the current head window is the top-most child of its parent,
this option will select the bottom-most sibling. This option is only active if
the current head window has siblings.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Select Ownee... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Select Ownee... will present the user with a list of all windows owned by the
current head window.  Selecting a window from the list will cause the main
window to display a hierarchy of windows descended from the selected window.
If the window does not own any other windows a message box will be displayed to
notify the user of the fact.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Windows in same process ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Windows in same process will present the user with a list of all windows
belonging to the same process as the current head window.  Selecting a window
from the list will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows
descended from the selected window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Windows in same thread ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Windows in same thread will present the user with a list of all windows
belonging to the same thread as the current head window.  Selecting a window
from the list will cause the main window to display a hierarchy of windows
descended from the selected window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Update Display ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Update Display will refresh the current display to match the state of the
system.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Print Tree... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Print Tree... will print the currently displayed tree hierarchy on the default
printer.  If the output would take up more than one page on the output device,
the user is asked whether to print all or part of the hierarchy.  While
printing is occurring the Print Tree... and Close options are disabled.

WARNING - Note that printed output is not scaled on the output device.  All
printing uses the same device coordinates as the screen graphics. Therefore for
many printers it will be preferable to select a large font for PMTREE before
issuing the print command.  (See Font...) In addition some printers will dither
colors or even map some colors to white so it may be advisable to disable the
Color option before printing.  If the output device is a PostScript printer,
note that background filling of text does not work on such devices, so any
style selection should also be disabled.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. To Metafile... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

To Metafile... allows the user to save the current hierarchy in a metafile.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Window details... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Window details... will present the user with a dialog that shows the window
handle, id, parent, owner, process id, thread id, class, window text, position,
size and style of the current head window and whether it is a descendent of the
system object window. See Window Details Dialog

The user is also able to alter the id, parent, owner, window text (with some
limitations), position, size and style of the window.

The dialogs created by this option are not modal.  During the time that they
exist an option is added to this pulldown for each dialog to allow the user to
reselect it.  These options are added below the separator item in the pulldown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Messages... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Messages... will present the user with a dialog that allows the user to send or
post various messages to the current head window, or to broadcast them to its
descendents. See Messages Dialog

The dialogs created by this option are not modal.  During the time that they
exist an option is added to this pulldown for each dialog to allow the user to
reselect it.  These options are added below the separator item in the pulldown.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Highlight Style... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Highlight Style... option presents the user with a dialog to select one of
the PM window styles.  The tree will subsequently be drawn with all windows
having that style displayed in reverse colors.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Symbol Width... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Symbol Width... option presents the user with a dialog to select the width
of the window representations as a multiple of the character cell height for
the current font.  Wider representations will allow more text to be seen.
Narrower representations will allow more of the tree to be in view at once.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Display One Level ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Display One Level option is a toggle that switches the display of the tree
hierarchy between searching as deeply as the actual window hierarchy extends
and displaying only the immediate children of the current head window.  Where
branches are uncharted, the gaps are represented by "+ + +".

The user can also disable individual branches of the tree by double clicking
the 'manipulation button' of the mouse over the representation of a window.
Double clicking again on that representation will enable the branch once more.

When this option is selected the number of windows descended from the current
head window is not displayed in the text under the head window representation.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. Show Window Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Show Window Text option is a toggle that switches the display of the tree
hierarchy between displaying only the window handle and the class name in each
window representation and its including a line that displays the window text
for the window wherever applicable.

Since disabling this option allows more representations to be included
vertically in the window, it may be of use in helping to locate a window in a
complex tree.

Window text is never displayed for object windows because many of these fail to
respond to the WM_QUERYWINDOWPARAMS message involved and so will hang the
system.  Window text is also not displayed for multi-line entryfields as these
tend to trap when it is queried.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. Font... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Font... option presents the user with a dialog to select the font for use
in the main window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. Color ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Color option is a toggle that switches the display between using color and
mono window representations.

Mono representations are useful when printing the display on printers that may
handle colors in different ways.

The colors associated with representations of different window classes may be
changed by dropping colors from the OS/2 Color Palette on the corresponding
representations.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. Default colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Default colors option restores the display to the default colors if the
colors have been changed using the OS/2 Color Palette.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. No Highlight ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The No Highlight option switches off all style selection highlighting in the
main window display.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. Show Window Id ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Show Window Id option is a toggle that switches the display of the tree
hierarchy between displaying only the window handle and the class name in each
window representation and its including a line that displays the id of the
window.  If the window has a standard id value such as FID_SYSMENU or DID_OK,
the text for this id is displayed.  If the window is a menu, an attempt will be
made to display the text of the menuitem of the menu from which the present
menu is launched, if there is one.

Since disabling this option allows more representations to be included
vertically in the window, it may be of use in helping to locate a window in a
complex tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. Show Window Process ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Show Window Process option is a toggle that switches the display of the
tree hierarchy between displaying only the window handle and the class name in
each window representation and its including a line that displays the process
id and thread id of the window.

Since disabling this option allows more representations to be included
vertically in the window, it may be of use in helping to locate a window in a
complex tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. Automatic Refresh ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Automatic Refresh option is a toggle that enables or disables the automatic
update of the tree display when descendents of the root window are created or
destroyed.

If this option is enabled portions of the tree will be lost when windows are
destroyed.  It should therefore be disabled if the display needs to be
consulted at a later time.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. Show Window Style ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Show Window Style option is a toggle that switches the display of the tree
hierarchy between displaying only the window handle and the class name in each
window representation and its including a line that represents the window style
flags.  This line consists of 32 characters (one for each bit in the style.
Any flags set in the window style are set in the string to the first letter in
the name of the style after the underscore, e.g. 'V' for WS_VISIBLE.  Question
marks ('?') are used for unknown flags and periods ('.') are used for any bits
that are not turned on.

Obviously reading this information is not easy.  The flags to the right will be
class specific.  Those in the left half of the string may appear for any
window.  Some of these start with the same letter so position is significant.
The flags applicable to all classes are as follows:

VDCCPSSMM....MTG................

V............................... WS_VISIBLE
.D.............................. WS_DISABLED
..C............................. WS_CLIPCHILDREN
...C............................ WS_CLIPSIBLINGS
....P........................... WS_PARENTCLIP
.....S.......................... WS_SAVEBITS
......S......................... WS_SYNCPAINT
.......M........................ WS_MINIMIZED
........M....................... WS_MAXIMIZED
.............M.................. WS_MULTISELECT
..............T................. WS_TABSTOP
...............G................ WS_GROUP

The flags applicable to button windows are as follows:

...............................C BS_CHECKBOX
..............................A. BS_AUTOCHECKBOX
..............................RR BS_RADIOBUTTON
.............................A.. BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON
.............................3.3 BS_3STATE
.............................AA. BS_AUTO3STATE
.............................UUU BS_USERBUTTON
.......................H........ BS_HELP
......................S......... BS_SYSCOMMAND
.....................D.......... BS_DEFAULT
....................N........... BS_NOPOINTERFOCUS
...................N............ BS_NOBORDER
..................N............. BS_NOCURSORSELECT

The flags applicable to combobox windows are as follows:

...............................S CBS_SIMPLE
..............................D. CBS_DROPDOWN
.............................D.. CBS_DROPDOWNLIST

The flags applicable to entryfield windows are as follows:

...............................C ES_CENTER
..............................R. ES_RIGHT
.............................A.. ES_AUTOSCROLL
............................M... ES_MARGIN
...........................A.... ES_AUTOTAB
..........................R..... ES_READONLY
.........................C...... ES_COMMAND
........................U....... ES_UNREADABLE
.......................P........ ES_PICTUREMASK
......................S......... ES_SBCS
.....................D.......... ES_DBCS
.....................MM......... ES_MIXED

The flags applicable to frame windows are as follows:

...............................I FS_ICON
..............................A. FS_ACCELTABLE
.............................S.. FS_SHELLPOSITION
............................T... FS_TASKLIST
...........................N.... FS_NOBYTEALIGN
..........................N..... FS_NOMOVEWITHOWNER
.........................S...... FS_SYSMODAL
........................D....... FS_DLGBORDER
.......................B........ FS_BORDER
......................S......... FS_SCREENALIGN
.....................M.......... FS_MOUSEALIGN
....................S........... FS_SIZEBORDER
................D............... FS_DBE_APPSTAT

The flags applicable to listbox windows are as follows:

...............................M LS_MULTIPLESEL
..............................O. LS_OWNERDRAW
.............................N.. LS_NOADJUSTPOS
............................H... LS_HORZSCROLL

The flags applicable to menu windows are as follows:

...............................A MS_ACTIONBAR
..............................T. MS_TITLEBUTTON
.............................V.. MS_VERTICALFLIP

The flags applicable to multi-line entryfield windows are as follows:

...............................W MLS_WORDWRAP
..............................B. MLS_BORDER
.............................V.. MLS_VSCROLL
............................H... MLS_HSCROLL
...........................R.... MLS_READONLY
..........................I..... MLS_IGNORETAB

The flag applicable to scrollbar windows is as follows:

...............................V SBS_VERT

The flags applicable to spinbutton windows are as follows:

...............................N SPBS_NUMERICONLY
..............................R. SPBS_READONLY
.............................J.. SPBS_JUSTRIGHT
............................J... SPBS_JUSTLEFT
............................JJ.. SPBS_JUSTCENTER
...........................M.... SPBS_MASTER
..........................N..... SPBS_NOBORDER
........................P....... SPBS_PADWITHZEROS
.......................F........ SPBS_FASTSPIN

The flags applicable to static windows are as follows:

...............................T SS_TEXT
..............................G. SS_GROUPBOX
..............................II SS_ICON
.............................B.. SS_BITMAP
.............................F.F SS_FGNDRECT
.............................HH. SS_HALFTONERECT
.............................BBB SS_BKGNDRECT
............................F... SS_FGNDFRAME
............................H..H SS_HALFTONEFRAME
............................B.B. SS_BKGNDFRAME
............................S.SS SS_SYSICON
........................E....... DT_EXTERNALLEADING
.......................C........ DT_CENTER
......................R......... DT_RIGHT
.....................V.......... DT_VCENTER
....................B........... DT_BOTTOM
...................H............ DT_HALFTONE
..................M............. DT_MNEMONIC
.................W.............. DT_WORDBREAK
................E............... DT_ERASERECT

The flags applicable to container windows are as follows:

...............................E CCS_EXTENDSEL
..............................M. CCS_MULTIPLESEL
.............................S.. CCS_SINGLESEL
............................A... CCS_AUTOPOSITION
...........................V.... CCS_VERIFYPOINTERS
..........................R..... CCS_READONLY
.........................M...... CCS_MINIRECORDCORE

The flags applicable to slider windows are as follows:

...............................V SLS_VERTICAL
..............................B. SLS_BOTTOM
.............................T.. SLS_TOP
............................S... SLS_SNAPTOINCREMENT
...........................B.... SLS_BUTTONSBOTTOM
..........................B..... SLS_BUTTONSTOP
.........................O...... SLS_OWNERDRAW
........................R....... SLS_READONLY
.......................R........ SLS_RIBBONSTRIP
......................H......... SLS_HOMETOP
.....................P.......... SLS_PRIMARYSCALE2

The flags applicable to value set windows are as follows:

...............................B VS_BITMAP
..............................I. VS_ICON
.............................T.. VS_TEXT
............................R... VS_RGB
...........................C.... VS_COLORINDEX
..........................B..... VS_BORDER
.........................I...... VS_ITEMBORDER
........................S....... VS_SCALEBITMAPS
.......................R........ VS_RIGHTTOLEFT
......................O......... VS_OWNERDRAW

The flags applicable to notebook windows are as follows:

...............................B BKS_BACKPAGESBR
..............................B. BKS_BACKPAGESBL
.............................B.. BKS_BACKPAGESTR
............................B... BKS_BACKPAGESTL
...........................M.... BKS_MAJORTABRIGHT
..........................M..... BKS_MAJORTABLEFT
.........................M...... BKS_MAJORTABTOP
........................M....... BKS_MAJORTABBOTTOM
.......................R........ BKS_ROUNDEDTABS
......................P......... BKS_POLYGONTABS
.....................S.......... BKS_SPIRALBIND
....................S........... BKS_STATUSTEXTRIGHT
...................S............ BKS_STATUSTEXTCENTER
..................T............. BKS_TABTEXTRIGHT
.................T.............. BKS_TABTEXTCENTER

Since disabling this option allows more representations to be included
vertically in the window, it may be of use in helping to locate a window in a
complex tree.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. Window Details Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Window Details Dialog is a display allowing the user to view and change the
characteristics of a selected window.  The dialog shows the window handle, id,
parent, owner, process id, thread id, class, window text, position, size and
style of the window and whether it is a descendent of the system object window.

The user is also able to alter the id, parent, owner, window text (with some
limitations), position, size and style of the window.

The dialog is not modal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. Decimal Id Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Decimal Id field gives the window id as a decimal value.  The value of the
field is the same as that of the Hexadecimal Id field and changes to one will
be reflected in the other.

Changing this field and clicking Set will change the id of the window.  Note
that this can have significant effects in an application as it may cause
WM_COMMAND and WM_CONTROL messages to have new values and also that the id
values are used to manage the positions of standard window controls and for the
identification of controls in dialogs.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 40. Hexadecimal Id Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Hexadecimal Id field gives the window id as a hexadecimal value.  The value
of the field is the same as that of the Decimal Id field and changes to one
will be reflected in the other.

Changing this field and clicking Set will change the id of the window.  Note
that this can have significant effects in an application as it may cause
WM_COMMAND and WM_CONTROL messages to have new values and also that the id
values are used to manage the positions of standard window controls and for the
identification of controls in dialogs.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 41. Parent Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Parent field gives the window handle of the parent of the current window.

Changing this field and clicking Set will change the parent of the window.
Depending on the values in the x and y fields the window may not be visible in
its new owner.  Accelerator translation in the changed window may also be
altered.

Entering a '?' in this field will cause the user to be shown a list of all
windows to select a new parent when Set is clicked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 42. Owner Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Owner field gives the window handle of the owner of the current window.

Changing this field and clicking Set will change the owner of the window.  This
will alter the destination of any WM_CONTROL and WM_COMMAND messages generated
by this window.

Entering a '?' in this field will cause the user to be shown a list of all
windows to select a new owner when Set is clicked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 43. Text Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Text field gives the window text of the current window.  It will not be
displayed for object windows and MLEs.

Changing this field and clicking Set will cause WinSetWindowText call to be
issued to alter the text for the window. Not all windows handle the resulting
message.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 44. X Position Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The X position field gives the x position of the current window relative to its
parent in pels.

Changing this field and clicking Set will cause the window to be moved to the
new position.  If the Parent field is also changed, be careful about where the
window will be relative to that window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 45. Y Position Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Y position field gives the y position of the current window relative to its
parent in pels.

Changing this field and clicking Set will cause the window to be moved to the
new position.  If the Parent field is also changed, be careful about where the
window will be relative to that window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 46. CX Size Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The CX size field gives the width of the current window in pels.

Changing this field and clicking Set will cause the window to be resized to the
new size.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 47. CY Size Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The CY size field gives the height of the current window in pels.

Changing this field and clicking Set will cause the window to be resized to the
new size.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 48. Style Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Style field shows a list of the style flags for the current window.  The
list is made up of all the WS_... flags and any class specific flags known to
PMTREE.  All those currently set are selected.  Any unknown flags are presented
in the Unknown field.

Changing the selected flags and clicking Set will change the style of the
window.  For many flags this will result in a corresponding change in
behaviour, but some are not checked by controls except at the time of window
creation.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 49. Set Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Set button causes all current values in the fields to be applied to the
window.  The dialog is not dismissed and selecting Refresh followed by Set
again will restore the window to its original state.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 50. Refresh Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Refresh button refreshes all fields with the original values as displayed
when the dialog was created.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 51. Exit Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Exit button dismisses the dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 52. Messages Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Messages Dialog is a display allowing the user to send or post various
messages to a selected window.

The messages available are those defined for the system with the exception of
some messages that require pointers to structures or arrays in their message
parameters.  The All Messages option causes all supported messages to be
included in the list.  If this option is not selected, the list will be limited
to those that are known to be handled by the class of the target window.

The user can select a message for the given window, and will be provided with
fields in which to enter the data for the message parameters.  The data may be
entered in hexadecimal or decimal format.  At any stage all fields in the
dialog are displayed in the same format.  Messages may be sent or posted or
broadcast to immediate children or all descendents of the given window.

The result of the message call is displayed in the Result field.  This will
either be a simple boolean value giving the success or failure of the call (for
WinPostMsg and WinBroadcastMsg) or the MRESULT returned by the window (for
WinSendMsg).

The entry fields need to receive data in certain predefined formats. Braces
('{' and '}') may be used to help delimit fields within structure definitions.
These characters are ignored.  The formats are as follows:

SHORT, LONG and PLONG fields
     Numbers entered as hexadecimal or decimal values depending on the current
     selection.  Alternatively some PM constant names may be used. If the
     logical combination of several such constants is required, they should be
     concatenated with vertical bars ('|') as separators and no blanks (e.g.
     KC_CHAR|KC_CTRL). To enter a character to be treated as a short value,
     enter the character inside single quotation marks (e.g. 'a').

CHAR fields
     Either a character enclosed within single quotation marks or just the
     character itself or the numeric value of the character.

PSZ fields
     The text string to be passed.

APSZ fields
     The set of text string to be passed, each separated from the last by a
     comma.

POINTL fields
     Two numeric values in the current format separated by a comma and with no
     blanks, e.g. 10,10 (x and y respectively).

RECTL fields
     Four numeric values in the current format separated by commas and with no
     blanks, e.g. 10,10,50,75 (x, y, cx and cy respectively).

MENUITEM fields
     Six numeric values in the current format separated by commas and with no
     blanks, constant names being usable as for SHORT and LONG fields, e.g.
     2,MIS_TEXT,0,1000,0,0 (position, style, attribute, id, hwndSubmenu and
     item handle respectively).

QMSG fields
     Seven numeric values in the current format separated by commas and with no
     blanks, constant names being usable as for SHORT and LONG fields, e.g.
     21698,WM_CHAR,KC_CTRL|KC_CHAR,'a',0,0,0 (hwnd, msg, mp1, mp2, time, ptl.x
     and ptl.y respectively).

SWP fields
     Seven numeric values in the current format separated by commas and with no
     blanks, constant names being usable as for SHORT and LONG fields, e.g.
     SWP_MOVE|SWP_SIZE,10,10,50,75,NULL,21698 (fs, x, y, cx, cy,
     hwndInsertBehind and hwnd respectively).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 53. Message Id Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Message Id field contains the message id to be passed to the window.  The
field is modified whenever the user selects from the listbox, but a value can
also be entered directly in the current decimal/hexadecimal mode.

The user may type the name of a PM message into this field or the numeric value
to be used for his message.  This can therefore include privately defined
messages.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 54. Hexadecimal Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Hexadecimal button causes all fields in the dialog to be updated to display
their values in hexadecimal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 55. Send Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Send button causes subsequent messages issued when the OK button is clicked
to be sent (synchronous). The value in the result field will represent the
MRESULT returned by the window procedure for the window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 56. Post Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Post button causes subsequent messages issued when the OK button is clicked
to be posted (asynchronous).  The value in the result field will only indicate
whether the message was successfully placed on the message queue for the
window.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 57. Decimal Mode ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Decimal button causes all fields in the dialog to be updated to display
their values in decimal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 58. Broadcast To Children ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Broadcast to Children flag causes subsequent messages issued when the OK
button is clicked to be broadcast to children of the given window.  The Send
and Post modes are honoured.  If the Include all descendents flag is also
selected, all descendents will be included.  Otherwise only immediate children
will receive the message.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 59. Message List Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Message List field contains a list of all the message ids that are
supported for the dialog.  As ids are selected fields are displayed for
entering the message parameters for the message.  The id can be over-ridden by
typing an id in the entryfield below the listbox.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 60. Include All Descendents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Include all descendents flag causes broadcast messages issued when the OK
button is clicked to be broadcast to all descendents of the given window rather
than just its immediate children.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 61. Message Parameter Type ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Message Parameter Type fields allow the user to override the expected form
of the message parameters for a message.  This is useful expecially for
user-defined messages.  In this case the user may enter the numeric message id
in the message field and then select a type for each message parameter.  The
entry fields will be updated to allow the user to enter the corresponding data.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 62. All Messages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The All messages flag causes the dialog to display all known messages in the
list.  Otherwise only those messages known to be supported by the class of the
window are displayed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 63. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button processes the dialog with the current settings.  The dialog is
not dismissed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 64. Exit Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Exit button dismisses the dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 65. Select Window Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Select Window Dialog is a display allowing the user to select from a number
of different windows which should become head of the tree hierarchy or should
be used for settings in the Window Details Dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 66. Window List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Window List field contains a list of windows for the user to select.
Double-clicking on an item or selecting an item and clicking OK will cause the
dialog to end with the given selection.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 67. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button ends the dialog with the current selection.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 68. Cancel Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Cancel button dismisses the dialog without making a change.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 69. Select Highlight Style Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Select Highlight Style Dialog is a display allowing the user to select any
of the PM window styles.  All windows with the selected style will subsequently
be represented in reverse colors in the main display.  The setting will be
preserved across invocations of PMTREE.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 70. Style List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Style List field contains a list of PM window styles for the user to
select.  Double-clicking on an item or selecting an item and clicking OK will
cause the dialog to end with the given selection.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 71. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button ends the dialog with the current selection.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 72. Cancel Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Cancel button dismisses the dialog without making a change.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 73. Window Representation Width Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Window Representation Width Dialog allows the user to alter the width
occupied by window representations in the main display.  A width may be
assigned in the range 10-99, and the representations will then be sized to
occupy a width equal to the corresponding multiple of the character cell height
for the current font.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 74. Width ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Width field gives the width of a window representation in units of the
character cell height for the current font.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 75. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button ends the dialog and causes the hierarchy to be redrawn with
representations of the given width.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 76. Cancel Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Cancel button dismisses the dialog without making a change.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 77. Print Options Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Print Options Dialog allows the user to control the way in which the
hierarchy is printed on the local default printer.

The application determines whether the whole display will fit on a single page.
If not the user is offered the option of only printing the top left page (the
head of the tree), or all the leftmost pages (to include all the immediate
descendents of the head of the tree), or all pages (including any that are to
the right of the main series.

It is almost impossible at this stage to determine whether a page might be
empty, so the last of these options should be used with caution - it may result
in wasted paper.

An option is also provided allowing the user to specify whether to print any
representations at the boundary of two pages on both those pages to help make
interpretation easier.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 78. Print only top left page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Print only top left page option restricts printed output to one page
containing the head of the hierarchy and as much else as fits on that page.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 79. Print all pages on left ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Print all pages on left option restricts printed output to those pages that
correspond to the display with the horizontal scrollbar set to the left, i.e.
the head of the hierarchy and its immediate descendents with as much else as
will fit on those pages.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 80. Print all pages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Print all pages option causes the whole display to be printed including any
sections for which extra pages to the right are required.  These pages will be
printed whether or not there are any window representations in those parts of
the output.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 81. Overlap pages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Overlap pages option causes the last representations horizintally and
vertically to be repeated on the next pages if any are selected.  This may aid
interpretation of the output.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 82. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button ends the dialog and initiates printing with the selected options.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 83. Cancel Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Cancel button dismisses the dialog and cancels the print job.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 84. Enter Metafile Name Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Enter Metafile Name Dialog allows the user to specify a name under which to
save the current tree hierarchy as a metafile.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 85. Name ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Name field should contain the name for the output metafile.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 86. OK Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The OK button ends the dialog and causes the hierarchy to be saved to a
metafile of the given name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 87. Cancel Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Cancel button dismisses the dialog without saving the hierarchy.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 88. Switch to PMTREE window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Switch to PMTREE window option switches focus back to the main PMTREE
window without dismissing the dialog.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 89. Help for Key Assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The list of keys is arranged in groups.

HELP KEYS

F1
     Get help

F2
     Get extended help (from within any help window)

Alt+F4
     End help

F9
     Go to a list of keys (from within any help window)

F11
     Go to the help index (from within any help window)

Esc
     Previous Help Panel, or End help if only one panel

Alt+F6
     Go to/from help and programs

Shift+F10
     Get help for help

SYSTEM KEYS

Alt+F6
     Switch to the next windowed program

Alt+Esc
     Switch to the next program, including full-screen programs

Ctrl+Esc
     Switch to the Task List

WINDOW KEYS

Arrow keys, Page Up/Down, Home, End
     Scroll display in main window

Underlined letter
     Move among the choices on the action bar and pull-downs

Ctrl+A
     Toggle automatic refresh option (Automatic refresh...)

Ctrl+B
     Change width of window representations (Symbol Width...)

Ctrl+C
     Make top child of current head window the new head window (Top Child)

Ctrl+D
     Display hierarchy with system desktop window at head (Desktop)

Ctrl+E
     Allow user to select from windows owned by the current head window to make
     one of them the new head window (Select Ownee...)

Ctrl+F
     Change font for window representations (Font...)

Ctrl+G
     Make sibling window immediately above the current head window the new head
     window (Previous Sibling)

Ctrl+H
     Allow user to select from windows in same thread as current head window to
     make one of them the new head window (Windows in same thread...)

Ctrl+I
     Restore display colors to defaults (Default colors)

Ctrl+J
     Toggle display of window style in window representations (Show Window
     Style)

Ctrl+K
     Toggle display of window process and thread in window representations
     (Show Window Process)

Ctrl+L
     Toggle whether hierarchy is displayed in color or mono (Color)

Ctrl+M
     Allow user to send or post messages to current head window (Messages...)

Ctrl+N
     Make owner of current head window the new head window (Owner)

Ctrl+O
     Display hierarchy with system object window at head (Object)

Ctrl+P
     Make parent of current head window the new head window (Parent)

Ctrl+Q
     Toggle display of window id in window representations (Show Window
     Idocess)

Ctrl+R
     Allow user to select from windows in same process as current head window
     to make one of them the new head window (Windows in same process...)

Ctrl+S
     Make sibling window immediately below the current head window the new head
     window (Next Sibling)

Ctrl+T
     Allow user to change characteristics of current head window (Window
     Details...)

Ctrl+U
     Refresh window display (Update Display)

Ctrl+V
     Toggle display of levels deeper than immediate children in window
     hierarchy (Show One Level)

Ctrl+W
     Allow user to select from all windows in system to make one of them the
     new head window (Select Window...)

Ctrl+X
     Toggle display of window text in window representations (Show Window Text)

Ctrl+Y
     Allow user to select a window style to be highlighted in the hierarchy
     (Highlight Style...)

Ctrl+Z
     Save currently displayed hierarchy as a metafile (To Metafile...)

Delete
     Disable any current style highlight selection (No Highlight)

Print Screen
     Print currently displayed tree (Print Tree...)

Alt+F4 or F3
     Close the window

Alt+F5
     Restore the window

Alt+F7
     Move the window

Alt+F8
     Size the window

Alt+F9
     Minimize the window

Alt+F10
     Maximize the window

Shift+Esc or Alt+Spacebar
     Go to/from the system menu

Shift+Esc or Alt
     Go to/from the system menu of a text window

MOUSE ACTIONS

Double click selection button on window representation other than head
     Make selected window head of tree

Double click selection button on head window representation
     Make parent of current head window head of tree

Double click manipulation button on window representation
     Disabled display of descendents of selected window