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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ P r o W i n d o w s (tm) L I T E 5.00 │ │ │ │ The Professional Windows Management Library │ │ Documentation │ │ │ │ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing │ │ Licensed Material. All Rights Reserved. │ │ │ │ ╔═══════════════════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ║ │ │ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ │ │ ╚═══════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ DSE Software Publishing │ │ Post Office Box 96 │ │ Willits, CA 95490-0096 │ │ (707) 459-4358 │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Microsoft(R), QuickBASIC(R), and Professional BASIC are trademarks or registered trademarks belonging to Microsoft Corporation. IBM(R) and PC-DOS(R) are registered trademarks belonging to International Business Machines. GEnie(SM) is a registered service mark belonging to GEnie Information Services. ProWindows(tm) and HyperTechs(tm) are trademarks of DSE Software Publishing. Other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of thier respective holders. T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION Disclaimer - Agreement ...................... I What is ProWindows(tm) ...................... II Hardware and Software Requirements .......... III How to obtain Customer Support .............. III Why must I call the Notice() routine ........ IV CHAPTER 1 - THE "EVENT DRIVER" Event Driver Overview ....................... 1.2 GetEvent .................................... 1.4 SetCalendar ................................. 1.4 SetClock .................................... 1.4 SetEventDelay ............................... 1.5 SetUserCoords ............................... 1.5 QuickKey .................................... 1.6 useDrivers .................................. 1.6 Event Codes ................................. 1.7 CHAPTER 2 - THE VIRTUAL WINDOW MANAGER Window Manager Overview ..................... 2.2 AllocVirtualBlock (internal) ................ 2.4 Attr ........................................ 2.4 BinAttr ..................................... 2.4 ClearWindow ................................. 2.5 CloneWindow ................................. 2.5 CloseWindow ................................. 2.5 Copyright ................................... 2.5 DeAllocVirtualBlock (internal) .............. 2.6 DisplayWindow ............................... 2.6 DrawBox ..................................... 2.6 FillScreen .................................. 2.7 ForceWindow ................................. 2.7 FREEWINDOW .................................. 2.8 GetScreen ................................... 2.8 GetVirtualPtr ............................... 2.8 GrabWindow .................................. 2.9 HideWindow .................................. 2.9 HotPrint .................................... 2.9 InitPro ..................................... 2.9 IsBWmode .................................... 2.10 MainWindow .................................. 2.10 MakeWindow .................................. 2.11 ModifyWindow ................................ 2.11 MoveWindow .................................. 2.11 OpenWindow .................................. 2.12 PopWindow ................................... 2.13 PopSound .................................... 2.13 PutScreen ................................... 2.13 PreInit ..................................... 2.13 ReAlignWindow ............................... 2.14 RecycleMode ................................. 2.14 RefreshAllWindows ........................... 2.15 (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing RefreshMain ................................. 2.15 RefreshMode ................................. 2.15 RefreshWindow ............................... 2.16 RemoveSound ................................. 2.13 RemoveWindow ................................ 2.16 ResizeWindow ................................ 2.16 RestoreWindow (internal) .................... 2.17 ScanHandle (internal) ....................... 2.17 ScanVirtualBlock (internal) ................. 2.17 ScreenMode .................................. 2.17 SetBorderColor .............................. 2.18 SetBWmode ................................... 2.18 SetCompressMode (internal) .................. 2.18 SetMonitorColor ............................. 2.18 SetShadow ................................... 2.19 SetWindow ................................... 2.19 SetWindowMinSize ............................ 2.19 SetZoomSpeed ................................ 2.20 SetZoomStyle ................................ 2.20 ShowVLSmemory (internal) .................... 2.21 ShowWindow .................................. 2.21 sprint ...................................... 2.21 StoreWindow (internal) ...................... 2.22 TitleWindow ................................. 2.22 UnAttr ...................................... 2.23 UnBinAttr ................................... 2.23 UpdateScrollBars ............................ 2.23 ValidateWindow (internal) ................... 2.23 VideoBoard .................................. 2.23 VideoPage ................................... 2.24 VideoPageLen ................................ 2.24 vprint ...................................... 2.24 WhatWindow .................................. 2.25 winCLS ...................................... 2.25 winColor .................................... 2.25 winDeleteLine ............................... 2.26 winInsertLine ............................... 2.26 winLocate ................................... 2.26 winPos ...................................... 2.27 winPrint .................................... 2.27 winPrintCR .................................. 2.27 winPrintCRLF ................................ 2.28 winPrintLF .................................. 2.28 winPrintLn .................................. 2.28 winPrintNum ................................. 2.29 wlocate ..................................... 2.29 wprint ...................................... 2.29 wcprint ..................................... 2.29 cwprint ..................................... 2.29 cwcprint .................................... 2.29 CHAPTER 3 - MOUSE ROUTINE FEATURES Mouse Overview .............................. 5.2 CheckMouse .................................. 5.3 DoubleClick ................................. 5.3 GetMouse .................................... 5.3 (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing GetMouseInfo ................................ 5.4 GetMousePress ............................... 5.4 GetMouseRelease ............................. 5.5 Mouse ....................................... 5.5 MouseCursorOff .............................. 5.6 MouseCursorOn ............................... 5.6 MouseKillWindow ............................. 5.6 SetMouse .................................... 5.7 SetMouseMode ................................ 5.7 SetMouseState ............................... 5.7 SetMouseWindow .............................. 5.7 TermMouse ................................... 5.8 CHAPTER 4 - GLOBAL VARIABLES AND DATA TYPES System Constants ............................ 4.1 Data Types .................................. 4.2 Global Variables and Arrays ................. 4.3 (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) Professional I DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT Users of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00." ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user- supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 and continue to use ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 after a 21 day trial period, you must make a registration payment of $25.00 to DSE Software Publishing. The $25.00 registration will license one copy for use by a single user on any one computer at any one time, but may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is NO possibility of it being used at one location while it is being used at another. Commercial users of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 must register and pay for their copies of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 within 21 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site- License arrangements may be made by contacting DSE Software Publishing. Anyone distributing ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 for any kind of remuneration must first contact DSE Software Publishing at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted upon request and such distributors may begin offering ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 immediately (However DSE Software Publishing must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of ProWindows(tm) LITE. You are encouraged to pass a copy of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 system. Registration fees should be paid to: DSE Software Publishing Post Office Box 96 Willits, CA 95490-0096 (707) 459-4358 (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) Professional II WHAT IS PROWINDOWS(tm) ProWindows(tm) is probably the most elaborate, but easy to use, software development systems that money can buy. By utilizing the ProWindows(tm) libraries, development time for creating intricate software packages can be cut significantly. At the very heart of ProWindows(tm) is the "Virtual Window Manager". This special driver manages every subroutine used to create, print to, hide, clear, and the dozen other things you can do to a window. When you create a window, the manager automatically creates storage space for the window's contents. When your window is ready to be displayed, the window manager automatically saves the portion of the screen you are about to place the window on. Then, to make things even nicer, by using a specialized compression algorithm, the old screen is squeezed to sometimes less that 80% it's original size. This is intended to save you plenty of memory space. Also, your compressed screen is stored in "far" memory so you will save that valuable "string space". Once your windows are displayed, you can move, hide, overlap, and re-size them with a simple click of a mouse (or you can add keyboard commands). The window manager can manage up to 128 concurrent windows (memory permitting). Nothing could be easier. (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) Professional III HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS o An IBM(R) PC/XT/AT or true "compatible" running MS-DOS(R) or PC-DOS(R) 2.1 or later. o One high-density floppy-disk drive or one floppy-disk drive and a hard disk drive. o 512K System Memory. o Microsoft(R) QuickBASIC(R) 4.5, or Microsoft BASIC 6.x, or Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.x. o Other requirements may vary with the compiler used. HOW TO OBTAIN CUSTOMER SUPPORT Registered users of ProWindows(tm) are offered almost unlimited support. Listed in order of preference, customer support is offered in the following ways: o GE-Mail (GEnie) messages can be addressed to "DSE.SOFTWARE". 2 to 24 hour response time. o Voice support is available Monday through Friday, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Pacific) at (707) 459-4358. o US Mail is by far the slowest (allow 1 to 3 weeks) but may be addressed to: Post-sales Support DSE Software Publishing Post Office Box 96 Willits, CA 95490-0096 Enclose (or have available) the following information: a). Product's serial number, and release number. b). Registered user's full name. c). Registered user's full address. If you are having technical problems, also have available a complete description of your computer configuration, including Brand of computer, DOS version, TSRs or Device Drivers loaded, Amount of memory, add-on boards, Monitor and adaptor card installed. (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) Professional IV WHY MUST I CALL THE Notice() ROUTINE? The "evaluation" copy of ProWindows(tm) LITE 5.00 contains an additional routine that you MUST call in order to make use of this package. ================================================================== Notice - SUB ACTION Displays a "registration encouragement" message. SYNTAX Notice REMARKS You are required to call this routine within one (1) minute of displaying your first window. The purpose of this routine is to remind you that the version you now possess is an "evaluation" copy of ProWindows(tm) LITE and as stated elsewhere, you are permitted 21 days to evaluate the product before you are required to pay for it. When called, ProWindows(tm) displays a window containing a "registration encouragement" message. This window works just like any other window and can be moved, re- sized, hidden, etc. When displayed, the global variable CurrentWindow% contains the handle of displayed window. SEE ALSO OpenWindow and CloseWindow ================================================================== (c) Copyright 1988-1991 DSE Software Publishing ##### ## ## ### ###### ###### ###### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ###### ## ##### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ##### ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## # ## ##### ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ###### (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.2 SECTION 1 - EVENT DRIVER OVERVIEW ================================================================= The ProWindows GetEvent() function is the programmer's interface to most library functions. Ideally, GetEvent() should periodically take control of your program to determine if any event needs to be processed. When an event occurs, GetEvent() dispatches control to the appropriate handler. When an event has been completed, GetEvent() returns a unique number indicating what type of event took place, and then control is returned to the application. By providing the returned value back to GetEvent(), you can further determine the handle of the window or menu or form that was effected. As an example, if GetEvent(0) returns the value 5, it indicates that a window's hide icon was clicked, and then GetEvent(5) returns the handle of the window that was actually closed. GetEvent() is also responsible for maintaining the resident clock and calendar. To make use of any function outlined in this chapter, you must add the following line to your program code: REM $INCLUDE : 'LITE.BI' (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.3 SECTION 2 - ROUTINE DESCRIPTIONS ================================================================= GetEvent% - Function ACTION Queries the event manager. SYNTAX variablename% = GetEvent%(info%) REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- info% Type of information to retrieve This routine actually performs two functions. First, it takes control the program for a specified amount time (see SetEventDelay). During this time, it waits to see if a window, menu or form is manipulated. If an event takes place, GetEvent%() returns a code indicating the type of event that took place. If nothing happens, a value of 17 is returned indicating a "time out". Second, depending on the type of event that takes place, you can pass the returned value back to GetEvent%() to get the handle of the window, menu, or form control that was manipulated. SEE ALSO Section 3 of this chapter. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetCalendar - SUB ACTION Installs resident calendar in the specified window. SYNTAX SetCalendar Handle%, row%, col%, Attrib%, status% REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% If 0, the calendar is displayed in coordinates relative to the physical screen, otherwise the coordinates are relative to the the defined window. row%, col% Screen/window coordinates of calendar. attrib% Video attribute of calendar. status% If false, calendar is disabled. Displays a perpetual calendar at the supplied coordinates. The display format is: "MM/DD/YYYY". If the calendar is within a window, it is only updated when it is in the top most window. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetClock - SUB (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.4 ACTION Installs resident clock in specified window. SYNTAX SetClock Handle%, row%, col%, Attrib%, status% REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% If 0, the clock is displayed in coordinates relative to the physical screen, otherwise the coordinates are relative to the defined window. row%, col% Screen/window coordinates of clock. attrib% Video attribute of clock. status% If false, clock is disabled. Displays a perpetual clock at the supplied coordinates. The display format is: "HH:MM:SS". If the clock is within a window, it is only updated when it is in top most window. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetEventDelay - SUB ACTION Sets maximum amount time for GetEvent() control. SYNTAX SetEventDelay ticks% REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- ticks% Maximum clock ticks for control. This function determines the maximum amount time that GetEvent() will take control of the program. Resolution is measured in timer ticks (18.2) milliseconds. A value of 0 returns control immediately if no event is pending. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetUserCoords - SUB ACTION Defines an area as a mouse "hotspot". SYNTAX SetUserCoords Handle%, row%, col%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% An integer between 1 and 64 defining the handle to assign a given "hotspot". row%, col% Screen coordinates of block. rows%, cols% Dimensions of block. Defines an area of the screen as a mouse hotspot. When a user clicks or releases the left mouse button while (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.5 within a "hotspot", GetEvent(0) returns 22 or 24, respectively. ------------------------------------------------------------------ QuickKey - SUB ACTION Defines a global "short cut" Key. SYNTAX QuickKey handle%, Keypress$ REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% A unique handle to assign to the keypress. Keypress$ A 1 or 2 byte string to watch for. This function allows trapping of a specific keypress. Keypress$ should be the exact string (same as would be returned by INKEY$) to watch for. When a "hot key" is pressed, the function GetEvent() returns a value of 19. A subsequent call to GetEvent(19) will return the handle of the pressed key. ------------------------------------------------------------------ UseDrivers - SUB ACTION Initializes various external drivers. SYNTAX useDrivers menus%, forms%, cursor% REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- menus% NOT AVAILABLE IN LITE VERSION forms% NOT AVAILABLE IN LITE VERSION cursor% Set to '1' if your program will use any "winPrint" style function calls. This function helps solve various QuickBASIC quirks by enabling or disabling access to certain functions and variables. To make calls to the listed function types, you must pass a value of '1' to the particular parameter. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.6 SECTION 3 - GETEVENT%() RETURN CODES ================================================================= Argument Ret. Code Description --------- --------- ----------------------------------------- 0 0 No Event to process. 1 Can not process keystroke. The variable KeyBuffer$ holds the keystroke. 2 A new window was selected. 3 A window was re-sized. 4 A window was moved. 5 A window was closed. 6 Mouse was clicked on the current window's vertical scroll bar. 7 Mouse was clicked on the current window's vertical UP button. 8 Mouse was clicked on the current window's vertical DOWN button. 9 Mouse was clicked on the current window's horizontal scroll bar. 10 Mouse was clicked on the current window's horizontal LEFT button. 11 Mouse was clicked on the current window's horizontal RIGHT button. 12 A Button selected. 13 Moved to new button. 14 A menu item was selected. 15 <CR> was pressed. 16 <ESC> was pressed. 17 Time out. Means nothing happened. 18 F1 was pressed. GlobalScreen% holds the help screen queued for display. 19 A quick key was pressed. 20 Changed button position. 21 Internal 22 User defined mouse click event occurred. 23 Internal 24 User defined mouse release event occurred. 30 Mouse was clicked on a form's vertical scroll bar. 31 Mouse was clicked on a form's vertical UP button. 32 Mouse was clicked on a form's vertical DOWN button. 33 Mouse was clicked on a form's horizontal scroll bar. 34 Mouse was clicked on a form's horizontal LEFT button. 35 Mouse was clicked on a form's horizontal RIGHT button. 36 Changed position within a pick list. 37 Clicked pick list item. 101 Left Arrow key was pressed. 102 Right Arrow key was pressed. 103 Up Arrow key was pressed. 104 Down Arrow key was pressed. 105 PgUp key was pressed. 106 PgDn key was pressed. 107 Home key was pressed. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.7 Argument Ret. Code Description --------- --------- ----------------------------------------- 108 End key was pressed. 109 Insert key was pressed. 110 Delete key was pressed. 111 Ctrl-Home was pressed. 112 Ctrl-End was pressed. 200 Right mouse button was clicked. 2 n Returns the handle of the affected window. 3 n " 4 n " 5 n " 6 n Returns new vertical scroll bar position. 7 n " 8 n " 9 n Returns new horizontal scroll bar position 10 n " 11 n " 12 n Returns handle of manipulated button. 13 n " 14 n Returns menu item selected. 19 n Returns hot key pressed. 21 n Returns internal event number. 23 n " 22 n Returns user event number 24 n " 30 n Returns handle of manipulated button. 31 n " 32 n " 33 n " 34 n " 35 n " (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 1.8 SECTION 4 - DATA TYPES ================================================================= The following data types are declared in LITE.BI. TYPEs and Elements Remarks ---------------------------- ----------------------------------- TYPE InkeyRec Length AS INTEGER Length of Keypress$ ShiftState AS INTEGER State of keyboard flags KeyChar AS STRING * 1 Single byte version of Keypress$ KeyValue AS INTEGER ASCII value of Keypress$ AltChar AS STRING * 1 Parsed (assumes ALT was pressed) AltValue AS INTEGER ALT version scancode ExtChar AS STRING * 2 Two byte version of Keypress$ ExtValue AS INTEGER Scan code of Keypress$ END TYPE SELECT GLOBAL VARIABLES AND ARRAYS NAME /DialogData/ Keyboard AS InkeyRec REMARKS The "Keyboard" structure is filled from within the WindowDriver() function. It contains 3 uniquely parsed versions of the global variable KeyBuffer$. ----------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ##### ## ## ### ###### ###### ###### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ###### ## ##### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ###### ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## ## ### ### ## ## ## ## ## ##### (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.2 SECTION 1 - WINDOW MANAGER OVERVIEW ================================================================= The ProWindows(tm) Virtual Window Manager is a set of BASIC callable routines written in BASIC, C, and Assembler. The Window Manager permits you to add sophisticated windowing capabilities to your applications with minimal coding. ProWindows provides two distinct type of window control functions: STACK BASED WINDOWS Stack based window systems are perhaps the easiest to implement, but they are by far the most limited. The concept is simple: Windows are displayed on a last on first off basis. Output is limited to the top most window only. Stack based systems are not virtual, meaning that text displayed with a window is not actually a part of the window, but is only displayed at the same location. PopWindow() and RemoveWindow() are classic examples of stack based window routines. PopWindow() always displays a window at the top of the stack, and RemoveWindow() always removes the window at the top of the stack. HANDLE BASED VIRTUAL WINDOWS Handle based virtual window systems are a more natural form of windowing systems. Each window is referred to by a unique handle and output is directed to the current window handle. Handle based windows can be moved, re-sized, hidden, scrolled, re-displayed and more without affecting the window contents. OpenWindow(), DisplayWindow(), and CloseWindow() are the handle based alternatives to creating windows. OpenWindow() creates a new window and notifies it's presence to the window manager. DisplayWindow() in turn brings the window to the screen. CloseWindow() finally removes the window from the display, and notifies the window manager that the window has been deleted. Other routines exist to hide, move, and perform other tasks to an existing window. One often misunderstood feature of virtual windows is that one does not have to be displayed to be manipulated. It is possible to write to a non-displayed window, and then at some later point bring the window to the foreground. Even though ProWindows is internally designed around a virtual based system, stack based functions can be carefully integrated into the same code. CREATING WINDOW HANDLES The process of opening and closing windows with ProWindows is virtually identical to opening and closing files with BASIC. As with files, windows can be opened with "Explicit" or "Implicit" handles. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.3 "Explicit" handles are determined at compile time. An example of opening a window (or a file) with an Explicit handle would be: OPEN "myfile.dat" FOR INPUT AS #1 OpenWindow 1, 10, 10, attr(7,0), 1, 1, 1, Opts CLOSE #1 CloseWindow 1 With both examples, the handle is 1. "Implicit" handles are determined at run time. An example of opening a window (or a file) with an Implicit handle would be: FileHandle = FREEFILE OPEN "myfile.dat" FOR INPUT AS #FileHandle WinHandle = FREEWINDOW OpenWindow WinHandle, 10, 10, attr(7,0), 1, 1, 1, Opts CLOSE #FileHandle CloseWindow WinHandle FREEFILE is a BASIC function that returns the next available file handle and FREEWINDOW is a ProWindows function that returns the next available window handle. With both windows and files, Explicit handles are usually used only at main level code because it is assumed that the main level code will always know what windows and files are open. "Implicit" handles are usually used in sub modules because they may not have access or knowledge of main level handles. It is good programming practice to close all Implicit handles BEFORE exiting module level code. To make use of any function outlined in this chapter, you must add the following line to your program code: REM $INCLUDE : 'LITE.BI' (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.4 SECTION 2 - ROUTINE DESCRIPTIONS ================================================================= AllocVirtualBlock - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX AllocVirtualBlock (handle%, size%) REMARKS Allocates a portion of the VirMem() array and assigns it to the given handle. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTR% - Function ACTION Calculates and returns an integer value corresponding to supplied Foreground and Background colors. SYNTAX variablename% = ATTR (fore%, back%) REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- fore% Foreground color of video attribute. back% Background color of video attribute. Returns an integer ranging 0 to 255. Valid Foreground ranges are 0 to 31. Valid Background ranges are 0 to 7. SEE ALSO: BASIC COLOR statement. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BINATTR% - Function ACTION Calculates and returns an integer value corresponding to the Foreground and Background arguments and the Highlight and Blink flags. SYNTAX variablename% = BINATTR (fore%, back%, high%, blink%) REMARKS This function accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- fore% Foreground color of video attribute. back% Background color of video attribute. high% Set if Highlighting is to be enabled. blink% Set if Blinking is to be enabled. Returns an unsigned integer ranging 0 to 255. Valid Foreground and Background ranges are 0 to 7. Highlight and Blink are flags that should be set to 0 or 1. Always pass only INTEGER values. SEE ALSO: BASIC COLOR statement. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.5 ClearWindow - SUB ACTION Clears everything within the borders of the current window being displayed. SYNTAX ClearWindow REMARKS Removes entire contents of current window but does not remove window titles. ------------------------------------------------------------------ CloneWindow - SUB ACTION Creates duplicate of a window. SYNTAX CloneWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% Handle of an existing virtual window. Creates an exact duplicate of an existing virtual window and it's contents. The global variable CurrentWindow% is updated to the handle of the new window. The new window is not initially displayed. SEE ALSO OpenWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ CloseWindow - SUB ACTION Removes and closes a virtual window. SYNTAX CloseWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% Handle of an existing virtual window. Completely eradicates an existing window. If the window is being displayed, it is removed. All window memory is released back to the VirMem%() array. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright - SUB ACTION Displays the ProWindows(tm) standard copyright notice. SYNTAX Copyright row%, col% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.6 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to display the copyright message. The ProWindows licensing agreement discusses when you are actually required to call this function. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DeAllocVirtualBlock - SUB ACTION Internal to WLS - DO NOT USE SYNTAX DeAllocVirtualBlock (handle%) REMARKS Deallocates portion of the VirMem() array allocated by the AllocVirtualBlock() sub. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DisplayWindow - SUB ACTION Displays a virtual window. SYNTAX DisplayWindow handle%, row%, col%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window to display. row%, col% Absolute screen position to display the window. A 0 value will automatically center the window. rows%, cols% Dimension of the window. Displays a virtual window. If the window is already on the display, it is brought to the top. If the rows% and cols% are less that the actual physical dimensions of the window, the displayed contents will be truncated. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DrawBox - SUB ACTION Draws a box within a virtual window. SYNTAX DrawBox handle%, row%, col%, rows%, cols%, attrib%, border% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to draw box in. row%, col% Window position to start box. rows%, cols% Dimensions of box. attrib% Video attribute of box. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.7 border% Border style of box (1 thru 12) Draws a single box within the specified virtual window. If the window is being displayed, it is NOT automatically refreshed. Refreshing should be done AFTER all boxes have been placed. SEE ALSO RefreshMain, RefreshAllWindows and RefreshWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ FillScreen - SUB ACTION Fills an area with specified attribute and character. SYNTAX FillScreen row%, col%, rows%, cols%, attrib%, char%, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to start the fill. rows%, cols% Dimensions of fill area. attrib% Video attribute to fill with. char% ASCII character to fill with. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% Similar to the subroutine MakeWindow(). Fills the indicated area with an ASCII character using the indicated attribute. The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW% which determines whether snow suppression will be used when filling the area. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ForceWindow - SUB ACTION Fast set of the Current Window SYNTAX ForceWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to set. Makes the specified window the main window. All ProWindows print statements will be diverted to this window. ForceWindow does NOT attempt to determine if the window actually exists, so use with caution. SetWindow() is the preferred method. SEE ALSO SetWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.8 FREEWINDOW% - FUNCTION ACTION Returns next available window handle SYNTAX variablename% = FREEWINDOW REMARKS Like BASIC's FREEFILE function, this function returns the next available window handle for a subsequent call to OpenWindow(). ----------------------------------------------------------------- GetScreen - SUB ACTION Saves an area of the screen to memory. SYNTAX GetScreen row%, col%, rows%, cols%, DataSeg%, DataOff%, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to start copy. rows%, cols% Dimensions of copy area. DataSeg% Segment address of the storage array. DataOff% Offset address of the storage array. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% This subroutine bypasses the WLS and grabs a portion of the current screen at the coordinates supplied and stores it in memory. You are responsible to allocate enough memory to store each screen. To determine the amount of memory required, use the formula: arraysize% = (rows% * cols%) * 2 The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW%. SEE ALSO: PutScreen, BASIC Statements VARSEG and VARPTR. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GetVirtualPtr% - FUNCTION ACTION Returns offset address of virtual window. SYNTAX variablename = GetVirtualPtr (handle%) REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window. Returns an integer indicating the subscript within the global array VirMem%() where the contents of the (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.9 specified window is stored. This can then be used with BASIC's VARSEG and VARPTR functions to determine it's location within RAM. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GrabWindow - SUB ACTION Take snap shot of window and stores in window memory. SYNTAX GrabWindow Handle% REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window. GrabWindow() was added for those die-hard programmers who insist (with good cause) on using the BASIC's built- in PRINT statement. Text can be PRINTed on a window and GrabWindow() will store the image to the window's memory. ------------------------------------------------------------------ HideWindow - SUB ACTION Hide a virtual window. SYNTAX HideWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window to hide. Removes the specified virtual window from the screen. The window is NOT destroyed, and can be re-displayed using the many WLS functions. SEE ALSO CloseWindow, DisplayWindow, MainWindow and ShowWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ HotPrint - SUB ACTION Prints text and highlighted text. SYNTAX HotPrint row%, col%, attrib1%, text1$, attrib2%, text2$ REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Window position to display text. attrib1% Main text video attribute. text1$ Main text to display. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.10 attrib2% Sub-text video attribute. text2$ Sub-text to display. Displays a line of text, with a specific portion highlighted. It's purpose is for displaying key words, and highlighting it's selector letter. Text2$ should be a sub-string of Text1$. ------------------------------------------------------------------ IsBWmode% - FUNCTION ACTION Determines color characteristic of video card SYNTAX variablename% = IsBWmode% REMARKS IsBWmode%() is a function that returns a true condition if the video adaptor is an MDA adaptor, a color adaptor in BW mode, or if the function SetBWmode() has been called. ------------------------------------------------------------------ InitPro - SUB ACTION Initializes the Virtual Window Logic System. SYNTAX InitPro REMARKS Initializes all features of the Window Manager. It should be the first executable statement within all ProWindows applications. Failure to do so may cause your system to lock up. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MainWindow - SUB ACTION Make virtual window top most window. SYNTAX MainWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% Handle of virtual window. Places the specified virtual window on top of all displayed windows. If the window is not presently being displayed, it is displayed using the last (or default) window dimensions. The global variable CurrentWindow% is set to Handle%. ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.11 MakeWindow - SUB ACTION Displays a non-removable window. SYNTAX MakeWindow Row%, Col%, Rows%, Cols%, Attr%, Border%, Shadow%, Zoom%, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to display the window. rows%, cols% Dimensions of window. Attrib% Video attribute of new window. Border% Border style of new window. Shadow% Shadow style of new window. Zoom% Zoom style of new window. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% MakeWindow() is functionally identical to PopWindow() except that it completely bypasses the WLS so that your existing screen is NOT saved, and can NOT be restored, and all window printing routines are NOT referenced to this screen. All printing to this screen must be accomplished with the standard BASIC statements and/or the ProWindows functions vprint() and sprint(). The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW%. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ModifyWindow - SUB ACTION Change icons available on a window. SYNTAX ModifyWindow handle%, icons% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% Handle of virtual window. icons% Added values of icons to add/delete. Allows you to add/delete icons on an existing window. This function does NOT automatically refresh the window. SEE ALSO OpenWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ MoveWindow - SUB ACTION Move a virtual window. SYNTAX MoveWindow handle%, row%, col% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.12 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Handle% Handle of virtual window. row%, col% Screen position to move the window to. Moves a displayed virtual window to a new location on the screen. The window remains at the same level. ------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenWindow - SUB ACTION Creates a new virtual window. SYNTAX OpenWindow handle%, rows%, cols%, attrib%, border%, shadow%, zoom%, icons% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle to identify window with. rows%, cols% Dimensions of the window. attrib% Video attribute of new window. border% Border style of new window (0-12). shadow% Shadow style of new window (0-4). zoom% Zoom style of new window (0-11). icons Added icon values (see Section 3). Creates a brand new virtual window with the specified characteristics. The window remains invisible until an appropriate display function is called. The global variable CurrentWindow% is set to the new window's handle. SEE ALSO DisplayWindow, FREEWINDOW, PopWindow, and ShowWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ PopSound - SUB RemoveSound - SUB ACTION Generate sound effects. SYNTAX PopSound RemoveSound REMARKS These are the actual subroutines called when the global variable SOUNDMODE% is set during the creation or removal of a pop up window. You may call these same functions at your leisure. Prior to calling either subroutine, set the global variable SOUNDMODE% to: SOUND_MODE = 0 (no sound) SOUND_MODE = 1 (click) SOUND_MODE = 2 (beep) SOUND_MODE = 3 (glisando) (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.13 Both functions are identical with the exception that when SOUNDMODE% is set to GLISANDO, RemoveSound() goes down scale rather than up. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PopWindow - SUB ACTION Creates and displays a new window. SYNTAX PopWindow Row%, Col%, Rows%, Cols%, Attrib, Border%, Shadow%, Zoom% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to display the window. rows%, cols% Dimensions of window. attrib% Video attribute of new window. border% Border style of new window. shadow% Shadow style of new window. zoom% Zoom style of new window. PopWindow() is used when a stack based windowing environment is preferred. For every window created with PopWindow(), there should later be a matching call to RemoveWindow(). The global variable CurrentWindow% holds the handle of the new window. SEE ALSO OpenWindow and RemoveWindow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PreInit - SUB ACTION Pre-initializes all unused arrays SYNTAX PreInit REMARKS This function solves various external variable references in the program code so that you will NOT have to include the $INCLUDE files for functions that are not being used. Got that? PreInit() MUST be called prior to DIMensioning any program variables ------------------------------------------------------------------ PutScreen - SUB ACTION Restores an area of the screen to stored with GetScreen. SYNTAX PutScreen row%, col%, rows%, cols%, DataSeg%, DataOff%, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.14 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to restore copy. rows%, cols% Dimensions of restore area. DataSeg% Segment address of storage array. DataOff% Offset address of storage array. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% This routine restores an area of the screen saved using GetScreen(). Ideally you would restore the screen at the same coordinates you copied if from, but you may place it anywhere on the current screen if you wish. You may also place the same screen several times in different locations as long as you have not modified the original memory. The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW%. SEE ALSO GetScreen ------------------------------------------------------------------ ReAlignWindow - SUB ACTION Adjusts view port within a virtual window. SYNTAX ReAlignWindow handle%, viewrow%, viewcol% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window. vrow%, vcol% Position within the window to view. Adjusts the view port into a virtual window. By adjusting the values, you can permit both vertical and horizontal scrolling of a window. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RecycleMode - SUB ACTION Permit usage of excess video ram as "scratch" buffer. SYNTAX RecycleMode mode% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% 0 to disable video recycling. 1 to enable video recycling. RecycleMode() allows you to utilize unused (in most applications) video display RAM as a scratch buffer for video operations. Enabling "video recycling" will typically free up 24K (kilobytes) of system memory, and (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.15 increase window manipulation speed. Video pages 0 and 1 are left to the user, but pages 2 and above are assigned for use by the Window Manager's internal functions. NOTE Video recycling is not available on monochrome system and is automatically disabled. If the global array VirMem%() is dimensioned large enough, this should not interfere with program operation. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RefreshAllWindows - SUB ACTION Updates all windows currently being displayed. SYNTAX RefreshAllWindows REMARKS Updates the contents of all virtual windows currently being displayed. Their positions are NOT altered. SEE ALSO RefreshMain and RefreshWindow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RefreshMain - SUB ACTION Refreshes the top most window. SYNTAX RefreshMain REMARKS Updates the contents of the top most window. It is considerably faster than all other update functions. SEE ALSO RefreshAllWindows and RefreshWindow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RefreshMode - SUB ACTION Enables immediate updating of displayed windows. SYNTAX RefreshMode mode% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% 0 to disable immediate updating. 1 to enable immediate updating. RefreshMode() allows you to turn off screen updating, and thus save considerable time, when writing large amounts of data to window(s). After all information has been written, you can re-enable the refreshing and call any of window refreshing functions to update the display. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.16 SEE ALSO RefreshMain, RefreshAllWindows, and RefreshWindow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RefreshWindow - SUB ACTION Refreshes the specified window. SYNTAX RefreshWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of virtual window to refresh. Updates the contents of the specified window (and all windows on top of it). SEE ALSO RefreshMain and RefreshAllWindows. ------------------------------------------------------------------ RemoveWindow - SUB ACTION Removes current window being displayed. SYNTAX RemoveWindow REMARKS Removes current window pointed to by a subscript of the global array wcbndx%(), specifically wcbndx%(WI%). The screen is restored to it's original contents. NOTE This function is used for stack based windowing. Each call to RemoveWindow() should correspond to a previous call to PopWindow(). Stack based Windows are removed in reverse order of the way the were created. CloseWindow() is the preferred method of removing windows. SEE ALSO: CloseWindow, HideWindow, OpenWindow and PopWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ ResizeWindow - SUB ACTION Re-sizes displayed portion of a window. SYNTAX ResizeWindow handle%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to re-size. rows%, cols% New dimensions of window. Re-dimensions the viewable portion of a virtual window. The internal contents of the window are NOT affected. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.17 RestoreWindow - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX RestoreWindow REMARKS Removes a window from the internal window stack, frees allocated memory, and updates the display. Its workings are controlled by internal variables and it should never be called. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ScanHandle% - FUNCTION ACTION Determine if a window handle is in use. SYNTAX variablename% = ScanHandle(handle%) REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to detect. Returns handle% if the window exists, or returns 0 if the window does not exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ScanVirtualBlock% - FUNCTION ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX variablename% = ScanVirtualBlock (block%) REMARKS Returns an integer pointing to an internal memory control block (MCB). ------------------------------------------------------------------ ScreenMode% - FUNCTION ACTION Returns current DOS screen mode. SYNTAX variablename% = ScreenMode% REMARKS This function returns the current DOS screen mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SetBorderColor - SUB ACTION Set window border coloring scheme. SYNTAX SetBorderColor mode%, attrib% REMARKS This function accepts the following argument(s): (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.18 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% 0 - Use window color. 1 - Assume window background color. 2 - use attrib%. attrib% Color of border when mode is 2. This routine defines the coloring scheme of window borders. A window's border color by default is the same color as the window itself. This routine will allow you to set a single border color for all windows, or make the border's foreground color match the background color of the window. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SetBWmode - SUB ACTION Puts color adaptors into simulated monochrome mode. SYNTAX SetBWmode mode% REMARKS This function accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% 0 = normal. 1 = simulate monochrome. Instructs all ProWindows functions to assume a simulated monochrome mode. Colors are converted to BW equivalents based on an internal conversion table. This colors are identical across all monitor types. SEE ALSO SetBWmode and SetMonitorColor. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetCompressMode - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX SetCompressMode mode% REMARKS Used by Menu Logic System (MLS) to disable screen compression on menu windows. This causes an increase of memory usage, but speeds up display time considerably. This function is internally controlled and should never be called. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetMonitorColor - SUB ACTION Change color of simulated monochrome mode SYNTAX SetMonitorColor kolor% REMARKS This function accepts the following argument: (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.19 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- kolor% 1 = Blue 2 = Green 3 = Cyan 4 = Red 5 = Magenta 6 = Amber 7 = White Changes the display attribute when in a simulated monochrome mode. SEE ALSO IsBWmode and SetBWmode. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetShadow - SUB ACTION Set window shadow coloring scheme. SYNTAX SetShadow attribute%, char% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- attribute% Value Description ----- ------------------------------- 0 Black shadow. 1-255 Attribute color. -1 Use window foreground color. -2 Use window background color. char% Value Description ----- ------------------------------- 0-255 Use ASCII character. -1 Transparent shadow. This routine defines the coloring scheme of window shadows. A window's shadow color by default is flat black. The routine will allow you to create transparent shadows that match the color of the window, or are inverse from the color of the beneath text. The following produces the most natural looking shadow: SetShadow -2, -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetWindow - SUB ACTION Sets the Current Window SYNTAX SetWindow handle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.20 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to set. Makes the specified window the current window. The global variable CurrentWindow% is set to handle% and all ProWindows print statements will be diverted to this window. If the window does not exist, an error message is displayed and the program halted. SEE ALSO ForceWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetZoomSpeed - SUB ACTION Sets expansion rate of a zoomed window. SYNTAX SetZoomSpeed mseconds% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mseconds% Delay in milli-seconds. Defines the delay time between frames of a zoomed window. This time is constant regardless of CPU type or clock speed. The default speed is 25 milli-seconds. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetZoomStyle - SUB ACTION Sets the virtual paging mode of zoomed windows. SYNTAX SetZoomStyle mode% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% 0 = DO NOT USE 1 = Open Viewport 2 = Wipe Defines how windows look when the are zoomed onto the display. Mode 1 opens the window onto an existing scene (like opening a door). Mode 2 wipe the new window across the existing display. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetWindowMinSize - SUB ACTION Defines the minimum displayable dimensions of a window. SYNTAX SetWindowMinSize handle%, rows%, cols% (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.21 REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- handle% Handle of window to define. rows%, cols% Minimum dimensions of window. Defines the minimum dimensions a window can be set to using the mouse. This function causes self-correction of invalid dimensions. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ShowVLSmemory - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX ShowVLSmemory. REMARKS Displays the number of windows being displayed, and the amounts of window stack memory and virtual window memory being used. Displayed automatically when the global variable CreateMode% is set. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ShowWindow - SUB ACTION Displays the current window. SYNTAX ShowWindow row%, col%, rows%, cols%, vrow%, vcol% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position to display the window. rows%, cols% Dimensions of window. vrow%, vcol% Veiwport position within window. Displays the window pointed to by the global variable CurrentWindow%. SEE ALSO DisplayWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ sprint - SUB ACTION Displays text on the current screen - sideways SYNTAX sprint row%, col%, attrib%, Text$, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position of text to display. attrib% Video attribute of text. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.22 Text$ String literal to display. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% Places text at the specified position on the current screen, vertically rather than horizontally. This subroutine is a low level routine that writes text directly to video memory. The coordinates supplied are the actual screen coordinates and are NOT referenced to any current pop up window being displayed. This routine also provides absolutely NO error correction so you must see that text does not run off the bottom of the page. The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW%. SEE ALSO vprint ------------------------------------------------------------------ StoreWindow - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX StoreWindow row%, col%, rows%, cols%, shadow% REMARKS This is a low level function that saves screen fragments in the window stack. ------------------------------------------------------------------ TitleWindow - SUB ACTION Places specified text at any of eight border locations. SYNTAX TitleWindow titlepos%, Text$ REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- titlepos% window border location to print title. text$ String literal of title to display. A title is placed on the window pointed to by the global variable CurrentWindow%. Foreground and background colors are set to the default for that particular window. The eight permitted title positions are : 1 - Top Left. 2 - Top Center. 3 - Top Right. 4 - Bottom Left. 5 - Bottom Center. 6 - Bottom Right. 7 - Center Left Border. 8 - Center Right Border. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.23 UNATTR - SUB ACTION Separates an integer attribute into its individual components. SYNTAX unattr attribute%, fore%, back% REMARKS The video attribute to be separated is passed in the attribute% argument, and the separated attribute is returned in foreground% and background%. ------------------------------------------------------------------ UNBINATTR - SUB ACTION Separates an integer attribute into its individual components and flags. SYNTAX unbinattr attribute%, fore%, back%, highlight%, blink% REMARKS The video attribute to be separated is passed in the attribute% argument, and the separated attribute is returned in fore%, back%, highlight%, and blink%. ------------------------------------------------------------------ UpdateScrollBars - SUB ACTION Updates a window scroll bars. SYNTAX UpdateScrollBars REMARKS Updates the position of the current windows scrollbars based on the contents of the global array elements vcb().VertPos% and vcb().VertPos%. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ValidateWindow - SUB ACTION Internal to Window Manager - DO NOT USE SYNTAX ValidateWindow row%, col%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This function makes sure that all window coordinates are valid at display time. ------------------------------------------------------------------ VideoBoard% - FUNCTION ACTION Returns current video adapter card type SYNTAX variablename% = VideoBoard% REMARKS This function returns the current video adapter card type. Possible values are: 0 = MDA 1 = CGA (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.24 2 = EGA 3 = MCGA 4 = VGA 5 = VGA Monochrome ----------------------------------------------------------------- VideoPage - FUNCTION ACTION Ruturns the current screen video page. SYNTAX variablename% = VideoPage% REMARKS This function returns the current screen video page and can range from 0 to 7 depending on the adapter type. ----------------------------------------------------------------- VideoPageLen - FUNCTION ACTION Returns the current video page length. SYNTAX variablename% = VideoPageLen% REMARKS This function returns the length (in bytes) of a single video page. This value will vary with the adapter type and the number of displayed lines. Monochrome cards incorrectly return 16384. ----------------------------------------------------------------- vprint - SUB ACTION Displays text on the current screen. SYNTAX vprint row%, col%, attrib%, Text$, SNOW% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Screen position of text to display. attrib% Video attribute of text. Text$ String literal to display. SNOW% The Global Variable SNOW% This subroutine is a low level routine that writes text directly to video memory. The coordinates supplied are the actual screen coordinates and are NOT referenced to any current pop up window being displayed. This routine also provides absolutely NO error correction so you must see that text does not run off the bottom of the page. The final parameter should always be the global variable SNOW%. SEE ALSO sprint ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.25 WhatWindow% - FUNCTION ACTION Returns handle of window at given location. SYNTAX variablename% = WhatWindow(Row, Col) REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Internal position of any window. Returns the handle of the window at the given screen coordinates. ------------------------------------------------------------------ winCLS - SUB ACTION Clears out the contents of the specified window. SYNTAX winCLS REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to clear. This function clears out the contents of the specified virtual window and resets the cursor to the top left position on the window. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winColor - SUB ACTION Changes the current working colors. SYNTAX winColor winHandle%, Fore%, Back% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to change colors. Fore% The foreground color ranging 0 to 31. Back% The background color ranging 0 to 15. This function sets the current working colors to the specified foreground and background attributes. All subsequent winPrint() calls to that window will print with these attributes. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.26 winDeleteLine - SUB ACTION Deletes line at cursor position SYNTAX winDeleteLine winHandle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle where line is. This function deletes the line at the current window position. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ wiInsertLine - SUB ACTION Inserts a blank line at cursor position. SYNTAX winInsertLine winHandle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle where to insert. This function inserts a blank line at the current window position. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winLocate - SUB ACTION Repositions the cursor within a window. SYNTAX winLocate winHandle%, row%, col% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle. row%, col% Window position to move cursor to. This function moves the cursor to the specified location within the virtual window. If the line is within the current window viewport, the cursor is displayed, otherwise it is disabled. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.27 winPos - SUB ACTION Returns the cursor position within a window. SYNTAX winPos winHandle%, row%, col% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle. row%, cols% Current cursor position. This function returns the current cursor position within the specified window. ------------------------------------------------------------------ winPrint - SUB ACTION Prints a line of text at the window cursor position. SYNTAX winPrint winHandle%, Text$ REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. Text$ Text string to print. This function prints a line of text at the current cursor position. The cursor is then advanced to the end of the printed text. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO winColor, winPrintLn, CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winPrintCR - SUB ACTION Sends a carriage return to a window. SYNTAX winPrintCR winHandle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. This function sends a carriage return to the specified virtual window. The cursor then moves to the beginning of the current line. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.28 winPrintCRLF - SUB ACTION Sends a carriage return / linefeed pair to a window. SYNTAX winPrintCRLF winHandle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. This function sends a carriage return / linefeed pair to the specified virtual window. The cursor is advanced to the first column of the next line. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winPrintLF - SUB ACTION Sends a linefeed to a window. SYNTAX winPrintLF winHandle% REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. This function sends a linefeed to the specified virtual window. The cursor advances to the current columns position of the next line. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winPrintLN - SUB ACTION Prints a line of text at the window cursor position. SYNTAX winPrintLn winHandle%, Text$ REMARKS This sub accepts the following argument: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. Text$ Text string to print. This function prints a line of text at the current window cursor position. The cursor is then advanced to the first column of the next line. If the line is within (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.29 the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO winColor, winPrint, CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ winPrintNum - SUB ACTION Prints formatted numeric data within a window. SYNTAX winPrintNum winHandle%, format$, Value# REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- winHandle% Window handle to print to. format$ Numeric format (See PRINT USING) Value# Numeric value to print. This function prints a formatted numeric value at the current cursor position. The cursor is then advanced to the end of the printed text. If the line is within the current window viewport, the screen is automatically updated. SEE ALSO winPrint, PRINT USING, CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ wlocate - SUB ACTION Relocate cursor within a window SYNTAX wlocate row%, col% REMARKS This sub accepts the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% internal position of current window. Moves the cursor in reference to the internal coordinates of the current window. SEE ALSO CDEMO.BAS ------------------------------------------------------------------ WPRINT - SUB CWPRINT - SUB WCPRINT - SUB CWCPRINT - SUB ACTION Places text in the current window. SYNTAX wprint row%, col%, text$ cwprint row%, col%, attrib%, text$ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 2.30 wcprint row%, text$ cwcprint row%, attrib%, text$ REMARKS These functions accept two or more of the following arguments: Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% internal position of current window. attrib% Video attribute of text to display. Text$ String literal to display. These functions print text to the window pointed to by the global variable CurrentWindow%. The window contents are NOT automatically refreshed unless the window is the top most window AND window refreshing is enabled. wprint assumes that the text is to be displayed in the default colors for that window. cwprint allows you to specify exact colors. wcprint and cwcprint are the same except that the text is automatically centered within the current window so you need not specify a column. SEE ALSO RefreshMode and RefreshWindow. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ##### ## ## ### ###### ###### ###### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ###### ## ##### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ###### ## ## ###### ###### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ###### ##### ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ###### (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.1 SECTION 1 - MOUSE OVERVIEW ================================================================= Typical mouse oriented programs, like the QuickBASIC environment, respond when you click the mouse in certain areas of the screen. Without a good mouse manager, writing a mouse application can be quite an effort. ProWindows makes mouse programming easy. With a single function call you can add complete event-driven mouse support to your windows, menus, and input forms. ProWindows(tm) includes two separate mouse drivers. You can select either one while customizing your library in DESIGNER.EXE. The first is the "text" mouse. The "text" mouse uses standard mouse API calls and will work with all Microsoft compatible mice on any machine. The other is a "graphic" mouse. Call for call it is identical to the "text" mouse, but internally it is larger and quite more complicated. This mouse tricks DOS into thinking that it is in a graphics screen mode and therefore displays a real graphics mouse cursor. It is quite impressive. The only drawback is that you lose ASCII characters 200 to 208 and it only works on EGA/VGA adaptors. If the driver detects it is on a MDA/CGA adapter, it defaults to a text cursor. To make use of any function outlined in this chapter, you must add the following line to your program code: REM $INCLUDE : 'LITE.BI' ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Portions of the graphic mouse cursor driver were written by, │ │ and are copyrighted by, Dave Kirsch. Thank you Mr. Kirsch │ │ for allowing us to use your excellent routines. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.2 SECTION 2 - ROUTINE DESCRIPTIONS ================================================================= CheckMouse% - FUNCTION ACTION Determines if a mouse is installed. SYNTAX variablename% = CheckMouse%(Buttons%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Buttons% Returns number of buttons on the mouse. Determines whether mouse hardware and software are installed. If found, this function will return a non- zero value and the Buttons% parameter will hold the number of buttons on the mouse (2 or 3). When CheckMouse is called, the mouse cursor style defaults to the best available. EGA/VGA adaptors will display a smooth moving Windows(R) style graphics mouse cursor (while in text mode) and CGA/MDA will display a text based mouse cursor. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DoubleClick% - FUNCTION ACTION Determines if a mouse button was clicked twice. SYNTAX variablename% = DoubleClick%(DelayTime%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- DelayTime% Maximum time between clicks. This function can determine if a mouse button was double clicked within a certain number of clock ticks (18.2 ms). The first call sets up the time, and the second call returns a positive value if the same function is called again within the given number of clock ticks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GetMouse - FUNCTION ACTION Retrieves current mouse state and coordinates. SYNTAX variablename% = GetMouse%(Row%, Col%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.3 Row%, Col% Screen coordinates of mouse cursor. This routine retrieves the current mouse state and coordinates. If a mouse button(s) is pressed, this function returns the button number + 1. The two parameter always return the mouse cursor's screen coordinates whether or not a button is pressed. SEE ALSO GetButtonPress, GetButtonRelease, SetMouse ------------------------------------------------------------------ GetMouseInfo - SUB ACTION Retrieve information about the mouse. SYNTAX GetMouseInfo major%, minor%, irq%, mtype% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- major% Mouse driver major version number. minor% " " minor " " irq% IRQ number mouse is installed on. Value Description ----- ------------------------------ 0 PS/2 pointing device 1 not defined 2 IRQ2 3 IRQ3 ... ... 7 IRQ7 mtype% Type of mouse installed. Value Description ----- ------------------------------ 1 bus mouse 2 serial mouse 3 Microsoft InPort 4 IBM PS/2 Pointing Device port 5 Hewlett-Packard mouse This function returns information about the installed mouse driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GetMousePress - FUNCTION ACTION Retrieves mouse button press information. SYNTAX variablename% = GetMousePress% (Button%, Presses%, Row%, Col%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.4 Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Button% Mouse button to check (0-2) Presses% Number of presses since last check. Row%, Col% Screen coordinates of last press. The routine returns the number of times the specified mouse button was pressed since the last time the same routine was called. Button press data is returned in the last 3 parameters. SEE ALSO GetMouseRelease ------------------------------------------------------------------ GetMouseRelease - FUNCTION ACTION Retrieves mouse button release information. SYNTAX variablename% = GetMouseRelease% (Button%, Releases%, Row%, Col%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Button% Mouse button to check (0-2) Releases% Number of Releases since last check. Row%, Col% Screen coordinates of last press. The routine returns the number of times the specified mouse button was released since the last time the same routine was called. Button press data is returned in the last 3 parameters. SEE ALSO GetMousePress ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mouse - FUNCTION ACTION Retrieves mouse button information. SYNTAX variablename% = Mouse% (Button%, Cmd%) REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- Button% Mouse button to check (0-2) Cmd% Information to retrieve. Value Description ----- -------------------------------- 1 Is button currently pressed. 2 Button clicks since last call. 3 Current mouse cursor row. 4 Current mouse cursor column. 5 Last mouse press row. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.5 6 Last mouse press column. 7 Last mouse release row. 8 Last mouse release column. 9 Has the mouse state changed. The routine returns the just about everything you ever wanted to know about your mouse but were afraid to ask. Function number 1 returns a positive value if the mouse is currently pressed. Function 2 can then returns the number of times the button was pressed. Function 9 returns a positive value if the mouse is pressed and if it has been moved since the last call to function 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MouseCursorOff - SUB ACTION Turns off the mouse cursor. SYNTAX MouseCursorOff REMARKS Turns off the mouse cursor. Even though the cursor is not displayed, the cursor is still tracked and it's movement can be read by other mouse functions. SEE ALSO MouseCursorOn ------------------------------------------------------------------ MouseCursorOn - SUB ACTION Turns on the mouse cursor. SYNTAX MouseCursorOn REMARKS Turns on the mouse cursor after an initial call to CheckMouse%() or MouseCursorOff. SEE ALSO CheckMouse, MouseCursorOn ------------------------------------------------------------------ MouseKillWindow - SUB ACTION Hides mouse when out of bounds. SYNTAX MouseKillWindow row%, col%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Top left coordinate of mouse area. rows%, cols% Dimensions of mouse area. This routine automatically hides the mouse cursor when it leaves the defined screen area. NOTE This function not availabe with graphics mouse. (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.6 SEE ALSO SetMouseWindow SetMouse - SUB ACTION Re-positions the mouse cursor. SYNTAX SetMouse row%, col% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, cols% New position for mouse cursor. This routine moves the mouse cursor to a new location on the screen. SEE ALSO GetMouse ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetMouseMode - SUB ACTION Selects the mouse style to use. SYNTAX SetMouseMode mode% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- mode% Select cursor style. This function selects the mouse style to use. Mode 0 selects a text-based mouse cursor, and mode 1 selects a smooth moving Windows(R) style graphics mouse cursor. SEE ALSO CheckMouse SetMouseState - SUB ACTION Turns mouse control OFF/ON SYNTAX SetMouseState state% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- state% New state of the mouse. This routine turns on or off mouse controller. The mouse cursor, software, and hardware remain active, but ProWindows drivers no longer respond to mouse control. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SetMouseWindow - SUB (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 3.7 ACTION Confines the mouse within a given screen area. SYNTAX SetMouseWindow row%, col%, rows%, cols% REMARKS This routine accepts the following argument(s): Argument Description --------------- -------------------------------------- row%, col% Top left coordinate of mouse area. rows%, cols% Dimensions of mouse area. This routine confines all mouse movement to the defined screen area. If the cursor is outside the area when this routine is called, it is relocated to just inside the area. To reset, re-issue this same command with the coordinates of the entire screen. SEE ALSO MouseKillWindow ------------------------------------------------------------------ termMouse - SUB ACTION Un-installed the mouse driver. SYNTAX termMouse REMARKS This function un-installs the mouse driver. NOTE This function MUST be called upon exiting your program or you may get a really funny looking mouse cursor when you move the mouse. No harm should come, it will just look funny. The mouse driver will automatically reset itself if you restart the program from within the environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ##### ## ## ### ###### ###### ###### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ###### ## ##### ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ###### ##### ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ##### ## ## (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 4.1 SYSTEM CONSTANTS ================================================================= The following list of pre-set constants are defined in LITE.BI. These constants can be added "+" and passed as the options% parameter in a call to OpenWindow(). NEVER modify the values of these constants. Pre-Set Constants Value Remark ------------------ ----- ------------------------------------ OFFBUTTON 1 Place Off Icon on window RESIZEBUTTON 2 Place Re-size Icon on window DRAGBAR 4 Place Drag Bar on window HORZSCROLLBAR 8 Place Horiz. Scroll Bar on window VERTSCROLLBAR 16 Place Vert. Scroll Bar on window SELECTABLE 64 Makes window selectable with mouse FLAT 128 Create a borderless Flat window AUTOCLOSE 512 Auto-close window when hidden AUTOSCROLL 8192 Makes window scroll bars adjust window. ----------------------------------------------------------------- USER CONSTANTS This next set of constants can be defined by the user and should be custom tailored to each application. These constants should ALWAYS at the beginning of the main module and before any $INCLUDE files. The minimum value of each constant should NEVER be less than 1. User Set Constants Value Remark ------------------ ----- ------------------------------------ MAXBUTTONS 64 ProWindows(tm) PROFESSIONAL ONLY MAXOPTIONS 24 ProWindows(tm) PROFESSIONAL ONLY MAXMENUS 20 ProWindows(tm) PROFESSIONAL ONLY MAXWINDOWS 30 Maximum number of windows ----------------------------------------------------------------- DATA TYPES The following data types are declared in LITE.BI. TYPEs and Elements Remarks ---------------------------- ----------------------------------- TYPE wincb row AS INTEGER Screen row of window col AS INTEGER Screen column of window rows AS INTEGER Displayed rows of window cols AS INTEGER Displayed columns of window attr AS INTEGER Default attribute of window Border AS INTEGER Border style of window Shadow AS INTEGER Shadow style of window Zoom AS INTEGER Zoom style of window ptr AS INTEGER Index into scrn%() array cbytes AS INTEGER Character bytes of compressed image abytes AS INTEGER Attribute bytes of compressed image END TYPE (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 4.2 TYPE vircb row AS INTEGER Screen row to display window at col AS INTEGER Screen column to display window at rows AS INTEGER Window rows to display cols AS INTEGER Window columns to display vrow AS INTEGER Displayed offset into window vcol AS INTEGER Displayed offset into window vrows AS INTEGER Virtual rows in window vcols AS INTEGER Virtual columns in window attr AS INTEGER Attribute of virtual window Border AS INTEGER Border style of virtual window Shadow AS INTEGER Shadow style of virtual window Zoom AS INTEGER Zoom style of virtual window WI AS INTEGER Index into wcb() array Options AS INTEGER Display options of virtual window TitlePos AS INTEGER Title position of virtual window Title AS STRING * 20 Title of virtual window Buttons AS INTEGER Number of buttons in virtual window LastButton AS INTEGER Last button selected VertPos AS INTEGER Vertical scroll bar position HorzPos AS INTEGER Horizontal scroll bar position END TYPE ----------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT GLOBAL VARIABLES AND ARRAYS NAME /VideoData/ MAXROWS AS INTEGER REMARKS MAXROWS% is filled by the function InitPro(), and holds the number of screen rows in the current display mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VideoData/ MAXCOLS AS INTEGER REMARKS MAXCOLS% is filled by the function InitPro(), and holds the number of screen columns in the current display mode. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VideoData/ VIDEOSEGMENT AS INTEGER REMARKS VIDEOSEGMENT% is filled by the function InitPro(), and holds the segment address of the beginning of display memory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VideoData/ VIDEOOFFSET AS INTEGER REMARKS VIDEOOFFSET% is filled by the function InitPro(), and holds the offset address of the current video page in display memory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 4.3 NAME /WindowData/ wcb() AS wincb REMARKS wcb() is a stack-based array that holds information about the window currently on the screen. The last window displayed is pointed to by: wcb(WI%). ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ scrn() AS INTEGER REMARKS scrn%() is an integer array that holds the individual images of the original portions of the screen where a window is being displayed. The contents on scrn%() are highly compressed and should NEVER be modified. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ WI AS INTEGER REMARKS WI% is used as a pointer into the arrays wcb() and wcbndx%(). WI% holds the internal stack position of the last window displayed. It also queues the next window removed by the function RemoveWindow(). ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ SoundMode AS INTEGER REMARKS SoundMode% is used to turn on sound effects when a window is first displayed or removed. SoundMode accepts the following values: Value Description --------------- -------------------------------------- 0 Disable 1 Click 2 Beep 3 Glissando (chirp) ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ SNOW AS INTEGER REMARKS SNOW% is used to control flicker reduction on older CGA adaptors. SNOW% should ALWAYS be set prior to the initial call to InitPro(). If InitPro() decides that flicker reduction is not needed, it will automatically disable it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ CreateMode AS INTEGER REMARKS Used as a debugging aid, when set, CreateMode% enables the window status display at the lower left portion of the screen. The displayed numbers correspond to the number of windows being displayed, highest subscript of the array scrn%() being used, and the highest subscript (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 4.4 of array VirMem%() being used. CreateMode% should ALWAYS be set during initial program development. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /WindowData/ ERRNO AS INTEGER REMARKS ERRNO% will contain a non-zero value if an error occurred while loading a window, menu, or input form from the disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /wprintData/ WindowSeg AS INTEGER REMARKS DO NOT USE ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /wprintData/ WindowOff AS INTEGER, REMARKS WindowOff% holds the memory offset of the window pointed to by the variable CurrentWindow%. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /wprintData/ WindowSize AS INTEGER REMARKS WindowSize% holds the image width of the window pointed to by the variable CurrentWindow%. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ VirMem() AS INTEGER REMARKS VirMem%() is an integer array that holds the images of individual virtual windows. The contents of a window can be modified by altering the contents of this array. Modify at your own risk. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ vcb() AS vircb REMARKS vcb() is an array that holds information necessary for the management of each virtual window. It's contents should never be modified directly. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ wcbndx() AS INTEGER REMARKS wcbndx%() is a stack-based array that holds the handles of all virtual windows being displayed. WI% is the pointer variable for this array. ----------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing ProWindows(tm) LITE - Version 5.00 4.5 NAME /VLSdata/ CurrentWindow AS INTEGER REMARKS CurrentWindow% holds the handle of the currently selected virtual window. All ProWindows specific print functions are directed to this window. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ UpdateMode AS INTEGER REMARKS UpdateMode% controls whether ProWindows specific print statement are immediately executed or only when one of the Refresh functions are called. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ GlobalOptions AS INTEGER REMARKS GlobalOptions% hold the options used when a window is created with a call to PopWindow(). This variable should be defined prior to the call. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NAME /VLSdata/ FreezeFrame AS INTEGER REMARKS When set, FreezeFrame cancels all mouse actions to any other window than CurrentWindow%. ----------------------------------------------------------------- /VLSdata/ VideoRecycle AS INTEGER REMARKS When set, VideoRecycle% forces the Window Manager to re- use normally unused portions of video ram as a scratch pad buffer. This option can return up to 24K back to the BASIC environment. "Video Recycling" is not available on Monochrome (MDA) adaptors, and will be automatically disabled. VideoRecycle% should be set prior to calling InitPro(). ----------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 1988-1992 DSE Software Publishing