BBjAPI::getMDI

Description

In BBj 3.0 and higher this method returns a BBjMDI object that represents a SYSGUI window.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

BBjMDI

getMDI()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns a BBjMDI object.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'open the sysGui

sysgui = unt
open(sysgui)"X0"

rem 'retrieve the MDIProxy
mdi! = BBjAPI().getMDI()

rem 'create an MDI Window
rem 'window! = mdi!.makeMDIWindow(50, 50, 800, 600, "MDI Window")
mdi!.createMDIWindow(50, 50, 800, 600, "MDI Window")

rem 'add menu items to the MDI Window
menuBar! = mdi!.addMenuBar()
AMenu! = menuBar!.addMenu(20,"Sample menu")
MenuItem201! = AMenu!.addMenuItem(201, "Set BBj Command line params")
MenuItem202! = AMenu!.addMenuItem(202, "Set Program Command line params")
MenuItem203! = AMenu!.addMenuItem(203, "Run Program")
MenuItem204! = AMenu!.addMenuItem(204, "add toolbars")
MenuItem205! = AMenu!.addMenuItem(205, "Enable MDI WindowsMenu")

rem 'set callbacks
MenuItem201!.setCallback(menuBar!.ON_MENU_ITEM_SELECT, "selected_201")
MenuItem202!.setCallback(menuBar!.ON_MENU_ITEM_SELECT, "selected_202")
MenuItem203!.setCallback(menuBar!.ON_MENU_ITEM_SELECT, "selected_203")
MenuItem204!.setCallback(menuBar!.ON_MENU_ITEM_SELECT, "selected_204")
MenuItem205!.setCallback(menuBar!.ON_MENU_ITEM_SELECT, "selected_205")
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mdi!.MDI_CONTEXT)

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
    mdi!.closeAll(5)
return

selected_201:
    print (0,ERR = doReturn) 'GETS'("","commandLineParams: ", cmdLineParams$)
    read cmdLineParams$
return

selected_202:
    print (0,ERR = doReturn) 'GETS'("","ProgramParams: ", programParams$)
    read programParams$
return

selected_203:
    filename$ = fileopen("choose file","/","","")
    if filename$ <> "::CANCEL::"
        command$ = "bbj " + cmdLineParams$ + " " + filename$ + " - " + programParams$ + " &"
        print "scalling: " , command$
        x = scall(command$)
    endif
return

selected_204:
    tb1! = mdi!.addToolButton(101,0,0,20,20,"1",$4000$)
    tb2! = mdi!.addToolButton(102,0,0,20,20,"2",$4000$)
    tb3! = mdi!.addToolButton(103,0,0,20,20,"3",$4000$)
    tb1!.setCallback(tb1!.ON_TOOL_BUTTON_PUSH,"tb1")
    tb2!.setCallback(tb1!.ON_TOOL_BUTTON_PUSH,"tb2")
    tb3!.setCallback(tb1!.ON_TOOL_BUTTON_PUSH,"tb3")
    menuItem204!.setEnabled( 0 )
return

TB1:
    print "1"
return

TB2:
    print "2"
return

TB3:
    print "3"
return

selected_205:
    mdi!.enableMDIWindowMenu()
    menuItem205!.setEnabled( 0 )
return

doReturn:
return

See Also

BBjAPI

Object Variables

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.