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TABLE OF CONTENTS reqtools.library/rtAllocRequestA reqtools.library/rtChangeReqAttrA reqtools.library/rtCloseWindowSafely reqtools.library/rtEZRequestA reqtools.library/rtFileRequestA reqtools.library/rtFontRequestA reqtools.library/rtFreeFileList reqtools.library/rtFreeReqBuffer reqtools.library/rtFreeRequest reqtools.library/rtGetLongA reqtools.library/rtGetStringA reqtools.library/rtGetVScreenSize reqtools.library/rtLockWindow reqtools.library/rtPaletteRequestA reqtools.library/rtReqHandlerA reqtools.library/rtScreenModeRequestA reqtools.library/rtScreenToFrontSafely reqtools.library/rtSetReqPosition reqtools.library/rtSetWaitPointer reqtools.library/rtSpread reqtools.library/rtUnlockWindow reqtools.library/rtAllocRequestA reqtools.library/rtAllocRequestA NAME rtAllocRequestA() req = rtAllocRequestA (type, taglist); APTR rtAllocRequestA (ULONG, struct TagItem *); D0 D0 A0 req = rtAllocRequest (type, tag1,...); APTR rtAllocRequest (ULONG, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Allocates a requester structure for you in a future compatible manner. This is the only way to properly allocate a rtFileRequester, rtFontRequester, rtReqInfo or rtScreenModeRequester structure. The structure will be initialized for you. Use rtFreeRequest() to free the requester structure when you no longer need it. INPUTS type - type of structure to allocate, currently RT_REQINFO, RT_FILEREQ, RT_FONTREQ or RT_SCREENMODEREQ. taglist - pointer to array of tags (currently always NULL). TAGS no tags defined yet RESULT req - pointer to the requester allocated or NULL if no memory. BUGS none known SEE ALSO rtFreeRequest() reqtools.library/rtChangeReqAttrA reqtools.library/rtChangeReqAttrA NAME rtChangeReqAttrA() [long =] rtChangeReqAttrA (req, taglist); [LONG] rtChangeReqAttrA (APTR, struct TagItem *); A1 A0 [long =] rtChangeReqAttr (req, tag1,...); [LONG] rtChangeReqAttr (APTR, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Change requester attributes with supplied taglist. This is the only correct way to change the attributes listed below. The return code from rtChangeReqAttrA() should be ignored unless stated otherwise. Don't pass the tags listed below to the requester itself (unless documented otherwise). They will not be recognized. INPUTS req - pointer to requester. taglist - pointer to array of tags. TAGS for the file requester: RTFI_Dir - (char *) Name of new directory to position file requester in. The requester's buffer will be deallocated. RTFI_MatchPat - (char *) New pattern string to match files on. RTFI_AddEntry - (BPTR) THIS *MUST* BE THE LAST TAG (just before TAG_END)! Tagdata must hold a lock on a file or directory you want to add to the file requester's buffer. The lock should have been obtained using Lock(), and you must unlock this lock yourself. It is your responsibility to make sure the file or directory is indeed in the directory the file requester is in. If the entry is already in the file requester's buffer it will simply be updated. It is harmless to use this tag if the requester's buffer is not initialized. rtChangeReqAttr() will return a boolean to indicate success or failure (out of memory). RTFI_RemoveEntry - (char *) Name of file or directory you want to remove from the file requester's buffer. It is your responsibility to make sure the file or directory is indeed in the directory the file requester is in. It is harmless use this tag if the requester's buffer is not initialized. for the font requester: RTFO_FontName - (char *) Set the name of the currently selected font. RTFO_FontHeight - (UWORD) Set the fontsize of the currently selected font. RTFO_FontStyle - (UBYTE) Set the style of the current font. RTFO_FontFlags - (UBYTE) Set the flags of the current font. for the screenmode requester [V38]: RTSC_ModeFromScreen - (struct Screen *) Screen to get mode attributes from. NOTE: You must make sure the mode this screen is in will be accepted by the screen mode requester. Otherwise it will auto- matically cancel. For example, you use RTDI_ModeFromScreen on a HAM screen and you haven't set the SCREQF_NONSTDMODES flag. Note that you must use this tag _before_ the four tags below because this tag will set the width, height, depth and autoscroll. RTSC_DisplayID - (ULONG) Set 32-bit mode id of selected mode. The width and height will be set to the default (visible) width and height, and the depth will be set to maximum. Also read note above. Note that you must use this tag _before_ the three tags below because this tag will set the width, height and depth to default values. RTSC_DisplayWidth - (UWORD) Set width of display. Must come after RTSC_DisplayID or RTSC_ModeFromScreen tags. RTSC_DisplayHeight - (UWORD) Set height of display. Must come after RTSC_DisplayID or RTSC_ModeFromScreen tags. RTSC_DisplayDepth - (UWORD) Set depth of display. Must come after RTSC_DisplayID or RTSC_ModeFromScreen tags. RTSC_AutoScroll - (BOOL) Boolean state of autoscroll checkbox. Must come after RTSC_ModeFromScreen tag. RTSC_OverscanType - (ULONG) Set type of overscan. Set to 0 for regular size, otherwise use OSCAN_... constants. See 'intuition/screens.[h|i]'. RESULT none (except when RTFI_AddEntry tag is used, see above) BUGS none known SEE ALSO dos.library/Lock() reqtools.library/rtCloseWindowSafely reqtools.library/rtCloseWindowSafely NAME rtCloseWindowSafely() [V38] rtCloseWindowSafely (window); void rtCloseWindowSafely (struct Window *); A0 DESCRIPTION Closes a window which shares its IDCMP port with another window. All the pending messages (concerning this window) on the port will be removed and the window will be closed. Do not use this function to close windows which have an IDCMP port set up by Intuition. If you do the port will be left in memory! If you intend to open a lot of windows all sharing the same IDCMP port it is easiest if you create a port yourself and open all windows with newwin.IDCMPFlags set to 0 (this tells Intuition to NOT set up an IDCMP port). After opening the window set the win->UserPort to your message port and call ModifyIDCMP() to set your IDCMP flags. When you then receive messages from intuition check the imsg->IDCMPWindow field to find out what window they came from and act upon them. When closing your windows call rtCloseWindowSafely() for all of them and delete your message port. Easy peasy :-) NOTE: Only call rtCloseWindowSafely() for windows with a shared IDCMP port. Do *NOT* call it for windows with an IDCMP port created by Intuition! INPUTS window - pointer to the window to be closed. RESULT none NOTE This function is for the advanced ReqTools user. BUGS none known SEE ALSO intuition.library/CloseWindow() reqtools.library/rtEZRequestA reqtools.library/rtEZRequestA NAME rtEZRequestA() ret = rtEZRequestA (bodyfmt, gadfmt, reqinfo, argarray, taglist); ULONG rtEZRequestA (char *, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, APTR, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A0 ret = rtEZRequest (bodyfmt, gadfmt, reqinfo, taglist, arg1, arg2,...); ULONG rtEZRequest (char *, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, struct TagItem *,...); ret = rtEZRequestTags(bodyfmt, gadfmt, reqinfo, argarray, tag1,...); ULONG rtEZRequestTags(char *, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, APTR, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION This function puts up a requester for you and waits for a response from the user. If the response is positive, this procedure returns TRUE. If the response is negative, this procedure returns FALSE. The function may also return an IDCMP flag or a value corresponding with one of other possible responses (see below). 'gadfmt' may contain several possible responses. Separate these responses by a '|'. For example: "Yes|No", or 'Yes|Maybe|No". The responses should be typed in the same order as they will appear on screen, from left to right. There is no limit to the number of responses other than the width of the screen the requester will appear on. 'bodyfmt' can contain newlines ('\n', ASCII 10). This will cause a new line to be started (surprise, surprise :-). You may also include printf() style formatting codes. The format arguments should be pointed to by 'argarray'. You can use formatting codes in 'gadfmt' as well. The arguments for this format string should follow the ones for 'bodyfmt'. NOTE: The formatting is done by exec.library/RawDoFmt(), so be aware that to display a 32-bit integer argument you must use "%ld", not "%d", since RawDoFmt() is "word-oriented." The second and third function use a variable number of arguments. These functions can be found in 'reqtools[nb].lib'. The second function has the RawDoFmt() arguments as variable args, the third the tags. If you need both this is what you can do: ... { ULONG tags[] = { RTEZ_ReqTitle, (ULONG)"mytitle", TAG_END }; rtEZRequest ("String, num: %s, %ld", "Ok", NULL, (struct TagItem *)tags, "six", 6); } ... You can satisfy the requester with the following keyboard shortcuts: 'Y' or Left Amiga 'V' for a positive response, ESC, 'N', 'R' or Left Amiga 'B' for a negative response. If EZREQF_NORETURNKEY is _not_ set (see RTEZ_Flags below) the RETURN key is also accepted as a shortcut for the positive response (can be changed using RTEZ_DefaultResponse, see below). The response that will be selected when you press RETURN will be printed in bold. The EZREQF_LAMIGAQUAL flag should be used when you put up a requester for a destructive action (e.g. to delete something). When it is set the keyboard shortcuts are limited to Left Amiga 'V' and 'B' so it is harder to accidently select something you will regret. Note that the RETURN and ESC key remain active! To disable the RETURN key use the EZREQF_NORETURNKEY flag. The ESC key cannot be disabled. You may pass a NULL for 'gadfmt', but make sure you know what you are doing. Passing a NULL opens an EZRequester with NO responses, just a body text. This implies the user has no means of "answering" this requester. You must therefore use the RT_IDCMPFlags tag to allow some other events to end the requester (e.g. IDCMP_MOUSEBUTTONS, IDCMP_INACTIVEWINDOW,...) or you must make use of the ReqHandler feature. Using a requester handler you can end the requester by program control. This way you can e.g. put up a requester before you start loading a file and remove it after the file has been loaded. Do not pass an empty string as 'gadfmt'! 'reqinfo' can be used to customize the requester. For greater control use the tags listed below. The advantage of the rtReqInfo structure is that it is global, where tags have to be specified each function call. See libraries/reqtools.[hi] for a description of the rtReqInfo structure. INPUTS bodyfmt - requester body text, can be format string a la RawDoFmt(). gadfmt - text for gadgets (left to right, separated by '|') or NULL. argarray - pointer to array of arguments for format string(s). reqinfo - pointer to a rtReqInfo structure allocated with rtAllocRequest() or NULL. taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - (struct Window *) Window that will be used to find the screen to put the requester on. If you supply this tag ReqTools will see if this window is active. If it is not the requester will also be opened in inactive state. You *MUST* supply this if you are a task calling this function and not a process! This is because tasks don't have a pr_WindowPtr. RT_IDCMPFlags - (ULONG) Extra idcmp flags to return on. If one these IDCMP flags causes the requester to abort the return code will equal the flag in question. RT_ReqPos - (ULONG) One of the following: REQPOS_POINTER - requester appears where the mouse pointer is (default). REQPOS_CENTERSCR - requester is centered on the screen. REQPOS_CENTERWIN - requester is centered in the window (only works if the pr_WindowPtr of your process is valid or if you use RT_Window). If RT_Window is NULL the requester will be centered on the screen. REQPOS_TOPLEFTSCR - requester appears at the top left of the screen. REQPOS_TOPLEFTWIN - requester appears at the top left of the window (only works if the pr_WindowPtr of your process is valid or if you use RT_Window). The requester will always remain in the visible part of the screen, so if you use the Workbench 2.0 ScreenMode preferences editor to enlarge your Workbench screen and you scroll around, the requester will always appear in the part you can see. REQPOS_CENTERSCR and REQPOS_TOPLEFTSCR also apply to the visible part of the screen. So if you use one of these the requester will be appear in the center or the top left off what you can see of the screen as opposed to the entire screen. REQPOS_CENTERWIN and REQPOS_TOPLEFTWIN fall back to REQPOS_CENTERSCR or REQPOS_TOPLEFTSCR respectively when there is no parent window. So you can safely use these without worrying about the existence of a window. RT_LeftOffset - (ULONG) Offset of left edge of requester relative to position specified with RT_ReqPos (does not offset the requester when RT_ReqPos is REQPOS_POINTER). RT_TopOffset - (ULONG) Offset of top edge of requester relative to position specified with RT_ReqPos (does not offset the requester when RT_ReqPos is REQPOS_POINTER). RT_PubScrName - (char *) Name of public screen requester should appear on. When this tag is used the RT_Window tag will be ignored. If the public screen is not found the requester will open on the default public screen. Only works on Kickstart 2.0! reqtools.library does not check this, it is up to you *NOT* to use this tag on Kickstart 1.3 or below! Note that the 1.3 version of reqtools.library also understands and supports this tag (on 2.0). RT_Screen - (struct Screen *) Address of screen to put requester on. You should never use this, use RT_Window or RT_PubScrName. RT_ReqHandler - (struct rtHandlerInfo **) Using this tag you can start an "asynchronous" requester. ti_TagData of the tag must hold the address of a pointer variable to a rtHandlerInfo structure. The requester will initialize this pointer and will return immediately after its normal initialization. The return code will not be what you would normally expect. If the return code is _not_ equal to CALL_HANDLER an error occurred and you should take appropriate steps. If the return code was CALL_HANDLER everything went ok and the requester will still be up! See the explanation for rtReqHandlerA() below for the following steps you have to take. RT_WaitPointer - (BOOL) If this is TRUE the window calling the requester will get a standard wait pointer set while the requester is up. This will happen if you used the RT_Window tag or if your process's pr_WindowPtr is valid. Note that after the requester has finished your window will be ClearPointer()-ed. If you used a custom pointer in your window you will have to re-set it, or not use the RT_WaitPointer tag and put up a wait pointer yourself. If your program requires ReqTools V38 it is advised you use RT_LockWindow instead. Defaults to FALSE. RT_LockWindow - (BOOL) [V38] If this is TRUE the window calling the requester will get locked. It will no longer accept any user input and it will get standard wait pointer set. This will happen only if you used the RT_Window tag or if your process's pr_WindowPtr is valid. RT_LockWindow will restore a custom pointer if you have used one (unlike RT_WaitPointer). So you do not have to worry about having to restore it yourself. It is advised you use this tag as much as possible. Defaults to FALSE. Under Kickstart V39 the original window pointer will not be restored if it was set using SetWindowPointer(). You will have to restore the pointer yourself in this case. RT_ScreenToFront - (BOOL) [V38] Boolean indicating whether to pop the screen the requester will appear on to the front. Default is TRUE. RT_ShareIDCMP - (BOOL) [V38] Boolean indicating whether to share the IDCMP port of the parent window. Use this tag together with the RT_Window tag to indicate the window to share IDCMP with. Sharing the IDCMP port produces less overhead, so it is advised you use this tag. Defaults to FALSE. RT_Locale - (struct Locale *) [V38] Locale to determine what language to use for the requester text. If this tag is not used or its data is NULL, the system's current default locale will be used. Default NULL. RT_IntuiMsgFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] The requester will call this hook for each IDCMP message it gets that doesn't belong to its window. Only applies if you used the RT_ShareIDCMP tag to share the IDCMP port with the parent window. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtReqInfo *) your requester info A1 - (struct IntuiMessage *) the message After you have finished examining the message and your hook returns, ReqTools will reply the message. So do not reply the message yourself! RT_Underscore - (char) [V38] Indicates the symbol that precedes the character in the gadget label to be underscored. This is to define a keyboard shortcut for this gadget. Example: to define the key 'Q' as a keyboard shortcut for "Quit" and 'N' for "Oh, No!" you would use the tag RT_Underscore, '_' and pass as gadfmt "_Quit|Oh, _No!". Do not use the symbol '%' as it is used for string formatting. The usual character to use is '_' like in the example. IMPORTANT: the shortcuts defined using RT_Underscore take precedence of the default shortcuts! It is for example not wise to use a 'N' for a positive response! Pick your shortcuts carefully! RT_TextAttr - (struct TextAttr *) [V38] Use this font for the requester. Default is to use the screen font. Note that the font must already be opened by you. ReqTools will call OpenFont() on this TextAttr, _not_ OpenDiskFont()! If the font cannot be opened using OpenFont() the default screen font will be used. RTEZ_ReqTitle - (char *) Title of requester window, default is "Request" unless the requester has less than 2 responses, then the default title is "Information". RTEZ_Flags - (ULONG) Flags for rtEZRequestA(): EZREQF_NORETURNKEY - turn off the RETURN key as shortcut for positive response. EZREQF_LAMIGAQUAL - keyboard shortcuts are limited to Left Amiga 'V' and 'B', ESC and RETURN. EZREQF_CENTERTEXT - centers each line of body text in the requester window. Useful for about requesters. RTEZ_DefaultResponse - (ULONG) Response value that will be returned when the user presses the return key. Will be ignored if the EZREQF_NORETURNKEY flag is set. The text for this response will be printed in bold. Default is 1. RESULT ret - 1 (TRUE) for leftmost (positive) response, then each consecutive response will return 1 more, the rightmost (false) response will return 0 (FALSE), so 1,2,3,...,num-1,0 -- or idcmp flag. NOTE Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. rtEZRequestA() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. BUGS none known SEE ALSO exec.library/RawDoFmt(), rtReqHandlerA() reqtools.library/rtFileRequestA reqtools.library/rtFileRequestA NAME rtFileRequestA() ret = rtFileRequestA (filereq, filename, title, taglist); APTR rtFileRequestA (struct rtFileRequester *, char *, char *, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 A2 A3 A0 ret = rtFileRequest (filereq, filename, title, tag1,...); APTR rtFileRequest (struct rtFileRequester *, char *, char *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Get a directory and filename(s), or just a directory from the user. 'filename' should point to an array of at least 108 chars. The filename already in 'filename' will be displayed in the requester when it comes up. When the requester returns 'filename' will probably have changed. Using certain tags may result in the calling of a caller-supplied hook. The hook will be called with A0 holding the address of your hook structure (you may use the h_Data field to your own liking), A2 a pointer to the requester structure calling the hook ('req') and A1 a pointer to an object. The object is variable and depends on what your hook is for. This is an example of a hook suitable to be used with the RTFI_FilterFunc tag: SAS/C users can define their function thus: BOOL __asm __saveds filterfunc (register __a0 struct Hook *filterhook, register __a2 struct rtFileRequester *req, register __a1 struct FileInfoBlock *fib) { BOOL accepted = TRUE; /* examine fib to decide if you want this file in the requester */ ... return (accepted); } Your hook structure should then be initialized like this: filterhook->h_Entry = filterfunc; /* in this case no need to initialize hook->h_SubEntry */ filterhook->h_Data = your_userdata_if_needed; You can also use a stub written in machine code to call your function. (see 'utility/hooks.h') INPUTS filereq - pointer to a struct rtFileRequester allocated with rtAllocRequestA(). filename - pointer to an array of chars (must be 108 bytes big). title - pointer to requester window title (null terminated). taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LockWindow - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] The requester will call this hook for each IDCMP message it gets that doesn't belong to its window. Only applies if you used the RT_ShareIDCMP tag to share the IDCMP port with the parent window. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtFileRequester *) your requester A1 - (struct IntuiMessage *) the message After you have finished examining the message and your hook returns, ReqTools will reply the message. So do not reply the message yourself! RT_Underscore - (char) [V38] Indicates the symbol that precedes the character in a gadget's label to be underscored. This will also define the keyboard shortcut for this gadget. Currently only needed for RTFI_OkText. Usually set to '_'. RT_DefaultFont - (struct TextFont *) This tag allows you to specify the font to be used in the requester when the screen font is proportional. Default is GfxBase->DefaultFont. This tag is obsolete in ReqTools 2.2 and higher. RT_TextAttr - (struct TextAttr *) [V38] Use this font for the requester. Default is to use the screen font. Note that the font must already be opened by you. ReqTools will call OpenFont() on this TextAttr, _not_ OpenDiskFont()! If the font cannot be opened using OpenFont() or if the font is proportional the default screen font will be used (or the font set with RT_DefaultFont). RTFI_Flags - (ULONG) Several flags: FREQF_NOBUFFER - do _not_ use a buffer to remember directory contents for the next time the file requester is used. FREQF_MULTISELECT - allow multiple files to be selected. rtFileRequest() will return a pointer to an rtFileList structure which will contain all selected files. Use rtFreeFileList() to free the memory used by this file list. FREQF_SELECTDIRS - set this flag if you wish to enable the selecting of dirs as well as files. You *must* also set FREQF_MULTISELECT. Directories will be returned together with files in rtFileList, but with StrLen equal to -1. If you need the length of the directory's name use strlen(). FREQF_SAVE - Set this if you are using the requester to save or delete something. Double-clicking will be disabled so it is harder to make a mistake and select the wrong file. If the user enters a non-existent directory in the drawer string gadget, a requester will appear asking if the directory should be created. FREQF_NOFILES - Set this if you want to use the requester to allow the user to select a directory rather than a file. Ideal for getting a destination dir. May be used with FREQF_MULTISELECT and FREQF_SELECTDIRS. FREQF_PATGAD - When this is set a pattern gadget will be added to the requester. RTFI_Height - (ULONG) Suggested height of file requester window. RTFI_OkText - (char *) Replacement text for "Ok" gadget, max 6 chars long. RTFI_VolumeRequest - (ULONG) [V38] The presence of this tag turns the file requester into a volume/assign disk requester. This requester can be used to get a device name ("DF0:", "DH1:",..) or an assign ("C:", "FONTS:",...) from the user. The result of this requester can be found in the filereq->Dir field. The volume can also be changed with rtChangeReqAttrA() and the RTFI_Dir tag. Note that the user may edit the disk/assign names, or enter a new one. Note also that the real device name is returned, not the name of the volume in the device. For example "DH1:", not "Hard1:". The tag data (ULONG) is used to set following flags: VREQF_NOASSIGNS - Do not include the assigns in the list, only the real devices. VREQF_NODISKS - Do not include devices, just show the assigns. VREQF_ALLDISKS - Show _all_ devices. Default behavior is to show only those devices which have valid disks inserted into them. So if you have no disk in drive DF0: it will not show up. Set this flag if you do want these devices included. NOTE: Do *NOT* use { RTFI_VolumeRequest, TRUE }! You are then setting the VREQF_NOASSIGNS flag! Use { RTFI_VolumeRequest, 0 } for a normal volume requester. NOTE: If you use the RTFI_FilterFunc described below the third parameter will be a pointer to a rtVolumeEntry structure rather than a pointer to a FileInfoBlock structure! Tech note: the DOS device list has been unlocked, so it is safe to e.g. Lock() this device and call Info() on this lock. NOTE: A file requester structure allocated with rtAllocRequest() should not be used for both a file and a volume requester. Allocate two requester structures if you need both a file and a volume requester in your program! RTFI_FilterFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] Call this hook for each file and directory in the directory being read (or for each entry in the volume requester). Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtFileRequester *) your filereq A1 - (struct FileInfoBlock *) fib of file OR (struct rtVolumeEntry *) device or assign in case of a volume requester. If your hook returns TRUE the file will be accepted. If it returns FALSE the file will be skipped and will not appear in the requester. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you change your hook's behavior you _MUST_ purge the requester's buffer (using rtFreeReqBuffer())! IMPORTANT NOTE: When this callback hook is called from a volume requester the pr_WindowPtr of your process will be set to -1 so *no* DOS requesters will appear when an error occurs! RTFI_AllowEmpty - (BOOL) [V38] If RTFI_AllowEmpty is TRUE an empty file string will also be accepted and returned. Defaults to FALSE, meaning that if the user enters no filename the requester will be canceled. You should use this tag as little as possible! RESULT ret - TRUE if the user selected a file (check 'filereq->Dir' for the directory and 'filename' for the filename) or FALSE if the requester was canceled -- or a pointer to a struct rtFileList (if FREQF_MULTISELECT was used). NOTE You CANNOT call the file requester from a task because it uses DOS calls! Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. If the requester got too big for the screen because of a very large font, the topaz.font will be used. rtFileRequest() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtFontRequestA reqtools.library/rtFontRequestA NAME rtFontRequestA() bool = rtFontRequestA (fontreq, title, taglist); BOOL rtFontRequestA (struct rtFontRequester *, char *, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 A3 A0 bool = rtFontRequest (fontreq, title, tag1,...); BOOL rtFontRequest (struct rtFontRequester *, char *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Let the user select a font and a style (optional). INPUTS fontreq - pointer to a struct rtFontRequester allocated with rtAllocRequestA(). title - pointer to requester window title (null terminated). taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LockWindow - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] The requester will call this hook for each IDCMP message it gets that doesn't belong to its window. Only applies if you used the RT_ShareIDCMP tag to share the IDCMP port with the parent window. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtFontRequester *) your requester A1 - (struct IntuiMessage *) the message After you have finished examining the message and your hook returns, ReqTools will reply the message. So do not reply the message yourself! RT_Underscore - (char) [V38] Indicates the symbol that precedes the character in a gadget's label to be underscored. This will also define the keyboard shortcut for this gadget. Currently only needed for RTFO_OkText. Usually set to '_'. RT_DefaultFont - (struct TextFont *) This tag allows you to specify the font to be used in the requester when the screen font is proportional. Default is GfxBase->DefaultFont. This tag is obsolete in ReqTools 2.2 and higher. RT_TextAttr - [V38] see rtFileRequestA() RTFO_Flags - (ULONG) Several flags: FREQF_NOBUFFER - do not buffer the font list for subsequent calls to rtFontRequestA(). FREQF_FIXEDWIDTH - only show fixed-width fonts. FREQF_COLORFONTS - show color fonts also. FREQF_CHANGEPALETTE - change the screen's palette to match that of a selected color font. FREQF_LEAVEPALETTE - leave the palette as it is when exiting rtFontRequestA() Useful in combination with FREQF_CHANGEPALETTE. FREQF_SCALE - allow fonts to be scaled when they don't exist in the requested size. (works on Kickstart 2.0 only, has no effect on 1.2/1.3). FREQF_STYLE - include gadgets so the user may select the font's style. RTFO_Height - (ULONG) Suggested height of font requester window. RTFO_OkText - (char *) Replacement text for "Ok" gadget. Maximum 6 chars. (7 is still ok, but not esthetically pleasing) RTFO_SampleHeight - (ULONG) Height of font sample display in pixels (default 24). RTFO_MinHeight - (ULONG) Minimum font size displayed. RTFO_MaxHeight - (ULONG) Maximum font size displayed. RTFO_FilterFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] Call this hook for each available font. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtFontRequester *) your filereq A1 - (struct TextAttr *) textattr of font If your hook returns TRUE the font will be accepted. If it returns FALSE the font will be skipped and will not appear in the requester. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you change your hook's behavior you _MUST_ purge the requester's buffer (using rtFreeReqBuffer())! RESULT bool - TRUE if the user selected a font (freq->Attr holds the font), FALSE if the requester was canceled. NOTE You CANNOT call the font requester from a task because it may use DOS calls! Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. If the requester got too big for the screen because of a very large font, the topaz.font will be used. rtFontRequest() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtFreeFileList reqtools.library/rtFreeFileList NAME rtFreeFileList() rtFreeFileList (filelist); void rtFreeFileList (struct rtFileList *); A0 DESCRIPTION Frees a filelist returned by rtFileRequest() when the FREQF_MULTISELECT flag was set. Call this after you have scanned the filelist and you no longer need it. INPUTS filelist - pointer to rtFileList structure, returned by rtFileRequest() (may be NULL). RESULT none BUGS none known SEE ALSO rtFileRequest() reqtools.library/rtFreeReqBuffer reqtools.library/rtFreeReqBuffer NAME rtFreeReqBuffer() rtFreeReqBuffer (req); void rtFreeReqBuffer (APTR); A1 DESCRIPTION Frees the buffer associated with 'req'. In case of a file requester this function will deallocate the directory buffer, in case of a font requester the font list. It is safe to call this function for requesters that have no buffer, so you may call this for all requesters to free as much memory as possible. INPUTS req - pointer to requester. RESULT none BUGS none known SEE ALSO rtFileRequest(), rtFontRequest() reqtools.library/rtFreeRequest reqtools.library/rtFreeRequest NAME rtFreeRequest() rtFreeRequest (req); void rtFreeRequest (APTR); A1 DESCRIPTION Free requester structure previously allocated by rtAllocRequestA(). This will also free all buffers associated with the requester, so there is no need to call rtFreeReqBuffer() first. INPUTS req - pointer to requester (may be NULL). RESULT none BUGS none known SEE ALSO rtAllocRequestA() reqtools.library/rtGetLongA reqtools.library/rtGetLongA NAME rtGetLongA() ret = rtGetLongA (&longvar, title, reqinfo, taglist); ULONG rtGetLongA (ULONG *, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 A2 A3 A0 ret = rtGetLong (&longvar, title, reqinfo, tag1,...); ULONG rtGetLong (ULONG *, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Puts up a requester to get a signed long (32-bit) number from the user. 'reqinfo' can be used to customize the requester. For greater control use the tags listed below. The advantage of the rtReqInfo structure is that it is global, where tags have to be specified each function call. See libraries/reqtools.[hi] for a description of the rtReqInfo structure. INPUTS &longvar - address of long (32 bit!) variable to hold result. title - pointer to null terminated title of requester window. reqinfo - pointer to a rtReqInfo structure allocated with rtAllocRequest() or NULL. taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_IDCMPFlags - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Underscore - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() Only when you also use the RTGL_GadFmt tag. RT_LockWindow - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_TextAttr - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() Note that under 1.2/1.3 the string gadget's font will remain the screen font. RTGL_Min - (ULONG) Minimum allowed value. If the user tries to enter a smaller value the requester will refuse to accept it. RTGL_Max - (ULONG) Maximum allowed value, higher values are refused. RTGL_Width - (ULONG) Width of requester window in pixels. This is only a suggestion. rtGetLongA() will not go below a certain width. RTGL_ShowDefault - (BOOL) If this is TRUE (default) the value already in 'longvar' will be displayed in the requester when it comes up. If set to FALSE the requester will be empty. RTGL_GadFmt - (char *) [V38] Using this tag you can offer the user several responses. See rtEZRequestA() for more information. Note that selecting this gadget is considered a positive response so the integer in the gadget is copied to '&longvar'. RTGL_GadFmtArgs - (APTR) [V38] If you used formatting codes with RTGL_GadFmt use this tag to pass the arguments. RTGL_Invisible - (BOOL) [V38] Using this tag you can switch on invisible typing. Very useful if you need to get something like a code number from the user. It is strongly advised to use { RTGL_ShowDefault, FALSE } or the user may get very confused! Default is FALSE. RTGL_BackFill - (BOOL) [V38] Backfill requester window with pattern. Default TRUE. RTGL_TextFmt - (char *) [V38] Print these lines of text above the gadget in the requester. Very useful to inform the user of what he should enter. Most of the time you will also want to set the GLREQF_CENTERTEXT flag. If you set the RTGL_BackFill tag to FALSE _no_ recessed border will be placed around the text. Formatting codes may be used in the string (see RTGL_TextFmtArgs tag). RTGL_TextFmtArgs - (APTR) [V38] If you used formatting codes with RTGL_TextFmt use this tag to pass the arguments. RTGL_Flags - (ULONG) [V38] GLREQF_CENTERTEXT - centers each line of text above the gadget in the requester window. Should be generally set. GLREQF_HIGHLIGHTTEXT - Highlight text above the gadget. You will normally only want to use this if you also turned off the window backfilling. RESULT ret - TRUE if user entered a number, FALSE if not. If one of your idcmp flags caused the requester to end 'ret' will hold this flag. If you used the RTGL_GadFmt tag the return code will hold the value of the response as with rtEZRequestA(). NOTE 'longvar' will NOT change if the requester is aborted. Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. rtGetLongA() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. If you use the RTGL_GadFmt tag the return value is not always the gadget the user selected. If the integer gadget is empty and the user presses the leftmost gadget (normally 'Ok') rtGetLong() will return 0 (FALSE)! If the integer gadget is empty and the user presses one of the other gadgets rtGetLong() _will_ return its value! Important: &longvar will not be changed in either of these cases. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtGetStringA reqtools.library/rtGetStringA NAME rtGetStringA() ret = rtGetStringA (buffer, maxchars, title, reqinfo, taglist); ULONG rtGetStringA (UBYTE *, ULONG, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 D0 A2 A3 A0 ret = rtGetString (buffer, maxchars, title, reqinfo, tag1,...); ULONG rtGetString (UBYTE *, ULONG, char *, struct rtReqInfo *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Puts up a string requester to get a line of text from the user. The string present in 'buffer' upon entry will be displayed, ready to be edited. 'reqinfo' can be used to customize the requester. For greater control use the tags listed below. The advantage of the rtReqInfo structure is that it is global, where tags have to be specified each function call. See libraries/reqtools.[hi] for a description of the rtReqInfo structure. INPUTS buffer - pointer to buffer to hold characters entered. maxchars - maximum number of characters that fit in buffer (EX-cluding the 0 to terminate the string !). title - pointer to null terminated title of requester window. reqinfo - pointer to a rtReqInfo structure allocated with rtAllocRequest() or NULL. taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_IDCMPFlags - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Underscore - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() Only when you also use the RTGS_GadFmt tag. RT_LockWindow - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_TextAttr - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() Note that under 1.2/1.3 the string gadget's font will remain the screen font. RTGS_Width - (ULONG) Width of requester window in pixels. This is only a suggestion. rtGetStringA() will not go below a certain width. RTGS_AllowEmpty - (BOOL) If RTGS_AllowEmpty is TRUE an empty string will also be accepted and returned. Defaults to FALSE, meaning that if the user enters an empty string the requester will be canceled. RTGS_GadFmt - (char *) [V38] Using this tag you can offer the user several responses. See rtEZRequestA() for more information. Note that selecting this gadget is considered a positive response so the string in the gadget is copied to 'buffer'. RTGS_GadFmtArgs - (APTR) [V38] If you used formatting codes with RTGS_GadFmt use this tag to pass the arguments. RTGS_Invisible - (BOOL) [V38] Using this tag you can switch on invisible typing. Very useful if you need to get something like a password from the user. It is strongly advised to use an empty initial string or the user may get very confused! Default is FALSE. RTGS_BackFill - (BOOL) [V38] Backfill requester window with pattern. Default TRUE. RTGS_TextFmt - (char *) [V38] Print these lines of text above the gadget in the requester. Very useful to inform the user of what he should enter. Most of the time you will also want to set the GSREQF_CENTERTEXT flag. If you set the RTGS_BackFill tag to FALSE _no_ recessed border will be placed around the text. Formatting codes may be used in the string (see RTGS_TextFmtArgs tag). RTGS_TextFmtArgs - (APTR) [V38] If you used formatting codes with RTGS_TextFmt use this tag to pass the arguments. RTGS_Flags - (ULONG) [V38] GSREQF_CENTERTEXT - centers each line of text above the gadget in the requester window. Should be generally set. GSREQF_HIGHLIGHTTEXT - Highlight text above the gadget. You will normally only want to use this if you also turned off the window backfilling. RESULT ret - TRUE if user entered something, FALSE if not. If one of your idcmp flags caused the requester to end 'ret' will hold this flag. If you used the RTGS_GadFmt tag the return code will hold the value of the response as with rtEZRequestA(). NOTE The contents of the buffer will NOT change if the requester is aborted. Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. rtGetStringA() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. If you use the RTGS_GadFmt tag the return value is not always the gadget the user selected. If the string gadget is empty and the user presses the leftmost gadget (normally 'Ok') rtGetString() will return 0 (FALSE)! If the string gadget is empty and the user presses one of the other gadgets rtGetString() _will_ return its value! Important: 'buffer' will not be changed in either of these cases. If you set the RTGS_AllowEmpty tag to TRUE 'buffer' will always be changed of course, and rtGetString() will always return the value of the gadget pressed. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtGetVScreenSize reqtools.library/rtGetVScreenSize NAME rtGetVScreenSize() spacing = rtGetVScreenSize (screen, widthptr, heightptr); ULONG rtGetVScreenSize (struct Screen *, ULONG *, ULONG *); D0 A0 A1 A2 DESCRIPTION Use this function to get the size of the visible portion of a screen. The value returned by rtGetVScreenSize() can be used for vertical spacing. It will be larger for interlaced and productivity screens. Using this number for spacing will assure your requester will look good on an interlaced and a non-interlaced screen. Current return codes are 2 for non-interlaced and 4 for interlaced. These values may change in the future, don't depend on them too much. They will in any case remain of the same magnitude. INPUTS screen - pointer to the screen. widthptr - address of an ULONG variable to hold the width. heightptr - address of an ULONG variable to hold the height. RESULT spacing - vertical spacing for the screen. NOTE This function is for the advanced ReqTools user. BUGS SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtLockWindow reqtools.library/rtLockWindow NAME rtLockWindow() [V38] windowlock = rtLockWindow (window); APTR rtLockWindow (struct Window *); D0 A0 DESCRIPTION Lock a window so it will no longer accept any user input. The only functions left to the user are depth arrangement and window dragging. All gadgets will be un-selectable and the window can not be resized. It will also get the standard wait pointer set. The pointer at the time of locking will be restored when the window is unlocked (this will *not* happen on Kickstart V39 or higher!). You may nest calls to rtLockWindow() and rtUnlockWindow(). Make sure you unlock the window in the correct (opposite) order. See the RT_LockWindow tag for an automatic way of locking your window. Use this function (and rtUnlockWindow()) instead of rtSetWaitPointer(). INPUTS window - pointer to the window to be locked. RESULT windowlock - a pointer to a (private) window lock. You must pass this to rtUnlockWindow() to unlock the window again. Never mind if this is NULL. This means there was not enough memory and the window will not be locked. There is no sense in reporting this, just carry on and pass the NULL window lock to rtUnlockWindow(). NOTE The wait pointer will look exactly like the standard Workbench 2.0 wait pointer. In combination with PointerX, ClockTick or LacePointer the handle will turn. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtPaletteRequestA reqtools.library/rtPaletteRequestA NAME rtPaletteRequestA() color = rtPaletteRequestA (title, reqinfo, taglist); LONG rtPaletteRequestA (char *, struct rtReqInfo *, struct TagItem *); D0 A2 A3 A0 color = rtPaletteRequest (title, reqinfo, tag1,...); LONG rtPaletteRequest (char *, struct rtReqInfo *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION Put up a palette requester so the user can change the screen's colors. The colors are changed in the viewport of the screen the requester will appear on, so that is where you will find them after the palette requester returns. The selected color is returned, so you can also use this requester to let the user select a color. 'reqinfo' can be used to customize the requester. For greater control use the tags listed below. The advantage of the rtReqInfo structure is that it is global, where tags have to be specified each function call. See libraries/reqtools.[hi] for a description of the rtReqInfo structure. INPUTS title - pointer to requester window title (null terminated). reqinfo - pointer to a rtReqInfo structure allocated with rtAllocRequest() or NULL. taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LockWindow - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - [V38] see rtEZRequestA() RT_DefaultFont - (struct TextFont *) This tag allows you to specify the font to be used in the requester when the screen font is proportional. Default is GfxBase->DefaultFont. RT_TextAttr - [V38] see rtFileRequestA() If the font is proportional on Kickstart 2.04 or below ReqTools will use the system default font or the font supplied with RT_DefaultFont. On Kickstart 3.0 or higher the proportional font is used. RTPA_Color - (ULONG) Initially selected color of palette. Default is 1. RESULT color - the color number of the selected color or -1 if the user canceled the requester. NOTE Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. On Kickstart 2.04 or lower, if the screen font is proportional the default font will be used. If the requester got too big for the screen because of a very large font, the topaz.font will be used. rtPaletteRequestA() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtReqHandlerA reqtools.library/rtReqHandlerA NAME rtReqHandlerA() ret = rtReqHandlerA (handlerinfo, sigs, taglist); ULONG rtReqHandlerA (struct rtHandlerInfo *, ULONG, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 D0 A0 ret = rtReqHandler (handlerinfo, sigs, tag1,...); ULONG rtReqHandler (struct rtHandlerInfo *, ULONG, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION This function should be called if you used the RT_ReqHandler tag with a requester function. The requester you used the tag with will have returned immediately after its initialization and will have initialized a pointer to a rtHandlerInfo structure for you. You should now do the following: Check the DoNotWait field. If it is FALSE you have to wait for the signals in the WaitMask field (plus your own signals if you like). If any of the signals in WaitMask are received or DoNotWait was not FALSE you have to call rtReqHandlerA() and check its return value for one of the following values: CALL_HANDLER - Check DoNotWait again, Wait() if you have to and call rtReqHandlerA() again. In other words, loop. everything else - normal return value, requester has finished. This return value will be the same as if the requester had run normally. You must pass the signals you received to rtReqHandlerA(). NOTE: if you want to wait for your own signals do not do so if DoNotWait is TRUE. Call rtReqHandlerA() and if you must know if one of your signals arrived use SetSignal() to find this out. If you are waiting for a message to arrive at a message port you can simple call GetMsg() and check if it is non-null. DoNotWait will naturally only be TRUE when it absolutely, positively has to be. A multitasking machine as the Amiga should use Wait() as much as possible. This is an example of a "requester loop": ... struct rtHandlerInfo *hinfo; ULONG ret, mymask, sigs; ... /* calculate our mask */ mymask = 1 << win->UserPort->mp_SigBit; /* We use the RT_ReqHandler tag to cause the requester to return after initializing. Check the return value to see if this setup went ok. */ if (rtFontRequest(req, "Font", RT_ReqHandler, &hinfo, TAG_END) == CALL_HANDLER) { do { /* Wait() if we can */ if (!hinfo->DoNotWait) sigs = Wait(hinfo->WaitMask | mymask); /* check our own message port */ while (msg = GetMsg(win->UserPort)) { ... /* here we handle messages received at our windows IDCMP ... port */ ... } /* let the requester do its thing (remember to pass 'sigs') */ ret = rtReqHandler(hinfo, sigs, TAG_END); /* continue this loop as long as the requester is up */ } while (ret == CALL_HANDLER) /* when we get here we know the requester has finished, 'ret' is the return code. */ ... } else notify("Error opening requester!"); ... INPUTS handlerinfo - pointer to handler info structure initialized by using the RT_ReqHandler tag when calling a requester function. sigs - the signals received by previous wait, will be ignored if hinfo->DoNotWait was TRUE. taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RTRH_EndRequest - supplying this tag will end the requester. The return code from rtReqHandlerA() will _not_ be CALL_HANDLER, but the requester return code. If the tagdata of this tag is REQ_CANCEL the requester will be canceled, if it is REQ_OK the requester will be ok-ed. In case of an EZRequest tagdata should be the return code of the requester (TRUE, FALSE or 2,3,4,...). RESULT ret - CALL_HANDLER if you have to call rtReqHandlerA() again, or the normal return value from the requester. BUGS none known SEE ALSO rtEZRequest() (RT_ReqHandler explanation) reqtools.library/rtScreenModeRequestA reqtools.library/rtScreenModeRequestA NAME rtScreenModeRequestA() [V38] ret = rtScreenModeRequestA (screenmodereq, title, taglist); BOOL rtScreenModeRequestA (struct rtScreenModeRequester *, char *, struct TagItem *); D0 A1 A3 A0 ret = rtScreenModeRequest (screenmodereq, title, tag1,...); BOOL rtScreenModeRequest (struct rtScreenModeRequester *, char *, Tag,...); DESCRIPTION *IMPORTANT* THIS REQUESTER IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM KICKSTART 2.0 ONWARDS! The 1.3 version of ReqTools also contains the screenmode requester, but unless you are running 2.0 or higher it will not come up. So what you essentially have to do is NOT call rtScreenModeRequestA() if your program is running on a machine with Kickstart 1.2/1.3. You can safely call rtScreenModeRequestA() if you are running on a 2.0 machine, even if the user has installed the 1.3 version of ReqTools. Get a screen mode from the user. The user will be able to pick a screen mode by name, enter the size and the number of colors (bitplane depth). rtScreenModeRequestA() will call the appropriate 2.0 functions to get all the mode's information. If no name has been assigned to the mode one will be constructed automatically. INPUTS screenmodereq - pointer to a struct rtScreenModeRequester allocated with rtAllocRequestA(). title - pointer to requester window title (null terminated). taglist - pointer to a TagItem array. TAGS RT_Window - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqPos - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LeftOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_TopOffset - see rtEZRequestA() RT_PubScrName - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Screen - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ReqHandler - see rtEZRequestA() RT_WaitPointer - see rtEZRequestA() RT_LockWindow - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ScreenToFront - see rtEZRequestA() RT_ShareIDCMP - see rtEZRequestA() RT_Locale - see rtEZRequestA() RT_IntuiMsgFunc - (struct Hook *) [V38] The requester will call this hook for each IDCMP message it gets that doesn't belong to its window. Only applies if you used the RT_ShareIDCMP tag to share the IDCMP port with the parent window. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtScreenModeRequester *) your req A1 - (struct IntuiMessage *) the message After you have finished examining the message and your hook returns, ReqTools will reply the message. So do not reply the message yourself! RT_Underscore - (char) [V38] Indicates the symbol that precedes the character in a gadget's label to be underscored. This will also define the keyboard shortcut for this gadget. Currently only needed for RTSC_OkText. Usually set to '_'. RT_DefaultFont - (struct TextFont *) This tag allows you to specify the font to be used in the requester when the screen font is proportional. Default is GfxBase->DefaultFont. This tag is obsolete in ReqTools 2.2 and higher. RT_TextAttr - [V38] see rtFileRequestA() RTSC_Flags - (ULONG) Several flags: SCREQF_OVERSCANGAD - Add an overscan cycle gadget to the requester. After the requester returns you may read the overscan type in 'rq->OverscanType' If this is 0 no overscan is selected (Regular Size), if non-zero it holds one of the OSCAN_... values defined in the include file 'intuition/screens.[h|i]'. SCREQF_AUTOSCROLLGAD - Add an autoscroll checkbox gadget to the requester. After the requester returns read 'smreq->AutoScroll' to see if the user prefers autoscroll to be on or off. SCREQF_SIZEGADS - Add width and height gadgets to the requester. If you do not add these gadgets the width and height returned will be the default width and height for the selected overscan type. SCREQF_DEPTHGAD - Add a depth slider gadget to the requester. If you do not add a depth gadget, the depth returned will be the maximum depth this mode can be opened in. SCREQF_NONSTDMODES - Include all modes. Unless this flag is set rtScreenModeRequestA() will exclude nonstandard modes. Nonstandard modes are presently HAM and EHB (ExtraHalfBrite). So unless you are picking a mode to do some rendering in leave this flag unset. Without this flag set the mode returned will be a normal bitplaned mode. SCREQF_GUIMODES - Set this flag if you are getting a screen mode to open a user interface screen in. The modes shown will be standard modes with a high enough resolution (minumum 640 pixels). If this flag is set the SCREQF_NONSTDMODES flag is ignored. RTSC_Height - (ULONG) Suggested height of screenmode requester window. RTSC_OkText - (char *) Replacement text for "Ok" gadget, max 6 chars long. RTSC_MinWidth - (UWORD) The minimum display width allowed. RTSC_MaxWidth - (UWORD) The maximum display width allowed. RTSC_MinHeight - (UWORD) The minimum display height allowed. RTSC_MaxHeight - (UWORD) The maximum display height allowed. RTSC_MinDepth - (UWORD) The minimum display depth allowed. Modes with a minimum display depth lower than this value will not be included in the list. RTSC_MaxDepth - (UWORD) The maximum display depth allowed. RTSC_PropertyFlags - (ULONG) A mode must have these property flags to be included. Only bits set in RTSC_PropertyMask are considered. RTSC_PropertyMask - (ULONG) Mask to apply to RTSC_PropertyFlags to determine which bits to consider. See use of 'newsignals' and 'signalmask' in exec.library/SetSignal(). Default is to consider all bits in RTSC_PropertyFlags as significant. RTSC_FilterFunc - (struct Hook *) Call this hook for each display mode id in the system's list. Parameters are as follows: A0 - (struct Hook *) your hook A2 - (struct rtScreenModeRequester *) your req A1 - (ULONG) 32-bit extended mode id If your hook returns TRUE the mode will be accepted. If it returns FALSE the mode will be skipped and will not appear in the requester. RESULT ret - FALSE if the requester was canceled or TRUE if the user selected a screen mode (check 'smreq->DisplayID' for the 32-bit extended display mode, 'smreq->DisplayWidth' and 'smreq->DisplayHeight' for the display size, 'smreq->DisplayDepth' for the screen's depth). NOTE Automatically adjusts the requester to the screen font. If the requester got too big for the screen because of a very large font, the topaz.font will be used. rtScreenModeRequest() checks the pr_WindowPtr of your process to find the screen to put the requester on. BUGS none known SEE ALSO graphics/GetDisplayInfoData() graphics/displayinfo.h exec.library/SetSignal() Intuition/SA_DisplayID screen tag reqtools.library/rtScreenToFrontSafely reqtools.library/rtScreenToFrontSafely NAME rtScreenToFrontSafely() rtScreenToFrontSafely (screen); void rtScreenToFrontSafely (struct Screen *); A0 DESCRIPTION Brings the specified screen to the front of the display, but only after checking it is still in the list of currently open screens. This function can be used to bring a screen back to the front of the display after bringing another screen to the front. If the first screen closed while you where busy it is harmless to call this function, unlike calling the normal ScreenToFront(). INPUTS screen - pointer to the screen. RESULT none NOTE This function is for the advanced ReqTools user. BUGS none known SEE ALSO intuition.library/ScreenToFront() reqtools.library/rtSetReqPosition reqtools.library/rtSetReqPosition NAME rtSetReqPosition() rtSetReqPosition (reqpos, newwindow, screen, window); void rtSetReqPosition (ULONG, struct NewWindow *, struct Screen *, struct Window *); D0 A0 A1 A2 DESCRIPTION Sets newwindow->LeftEdge and newwindow->TopEdge according to reqpos. Except for the left- and topedge 'newwindow' must already be completely initialized. The newwindow->LeftEdge and newwindow->TopEdge already in the NewWindow structure will be used as offsets to the requested position. If you'd like a window at position (25,18) from the top left of the screen you would fill newwindow->LeftEdge with 25, newwindow->TopEdge with 18 and call rtSetReqPosition() with reqpos equal to REQPOS_TOPLEFTSCR. Don't forget to make sure newwindow->LeftEdge and newwindow->TopEdge are 0 if you don't want to offset your window. In case of REQPOS_POINTER you can use them to point to your window's hotspot, where the pointer should point. If you call rtSetReqPosition() with the left- and topedge equal to 0 you'd get a window appearing with its top- and leftedge equal to the current pointer position. Note that the screen pointer may _NOT_ be NULL. If you have your own window open you can supply yourwindow->WScreen to this function. The window pointer is only required if reqpos is REQPOS_CENTERWIN or REQPOS_TOPLEFTWIN. Even in this case you may call rtSetReqPosition() with a NULL window pointer. The positions will simply fall back to REQPOS_CENTERSCR and REQPOS_TOPLEFTSCR respectively. INPUTS reqpos - one of the REQPOS_... constants usable with RT_ReqPos. newwindow - pointer to your (already initialized) NewWindow structure. screen - pointer to screen the requester will appear on. window - pointer to parent window or NULL. RESULT none NOTE This function is for the advanced ReqTools user. BUGS none known SEE ALSO RT_ReqPos tag reqtools.library/rtSetWaitPointer reqtools.library/rtSetWaitPointer NAME rtSetWaitPointer() rtSetWaitPointer (window); void rtSetWaitPointer (struct Window *); A0 DESCRIPTION Change the window's pointer image to that of a wait pointer. Call this function whenever your program will be busy doing something for a lengthy period of time. It is recommended you call this function before calling any of the requester functions. This way if the user clicks in your window he will know he must respond to the requester before doing anything else. Also see the RT_WaitPointer tag for an automatic way of setting the wait pointer. If you are using ReqTools V38+ check out the RT_LockWindow tag! INPUTS window - pointer to the window to receive the wait pointer. RESULT none NOTE The wait pointer will look exactly like the standard Workbench 2.0 wait pointer. In combination with PointerX, ClockTick or LacePointer the handle will turn. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtSpread reqtools.library/rtSpread NAME rtSpread() rtSpread (posarray, sizearray, totalsize, min, max, num); void rtSpread (ULONG *, ULONG *, ULONG, ULONG, ULONG, ULONG); A0 A1 D0 D1 D2 D3 DESCRIPTION Evenly spread a number of objects over a certain length. Primary use is for arrangement of gadgets in a window. Example: 'sizearray' holds following values: 4, 6, 4, 2 and 8, 'totalsize' is 24 (= 4 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 8), 'min' is 3, 'max' is 43, and finally, 'num' is 5. After calling rtSpread() 'posarray' would hold the following values: 3, 11, 19, 26 and 31. My attempt at a visual representation: | | | | | | | OOOO OOOOOO OOOO OO OOOOOOOO | | | | | | 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5 INPUTS posarray - pointer to array to be filled with positions. sizearray - pointer to array of sizes. totalsize - total size of all objects (sum of all values in sizearray). min - first position to use. max - last position, first _NOT_ to use. num - number of objects (size of posarray and sizearray). RESULT none NOTE This function is for the advanced ReqTools user. BUGS none known SEE ALSO reqtools.library/rtUnlockWindow reqtools.library/rtUnlockWindow NAME rtUnlockWindow() [V38] rtUnlockWindow (window, windowlock); void rtUnlockWindow (struct Window *, APTR); A0 A1 DESCRIPTION Unlock a window previously locked with rtLockWindow(). The window will once again accept user input and will get its original mouse pointer back (default or custom). Under Kickstart V39 or higher the original window pointer will not be restored if it was set using SetWindowPointer(). You will have to restore the pointer yourself in this case. INPUTS window - pointer to the window to be unlocked. windowlock - the windowlock pointer returned by rtLockWindow(), may be NULL. RESULT none BUGS none known SEE ALSO