BBjControl

Description

The BBjControl object is the base object for all SysGui controls and it provides methods for manipulating these controls.

Creation

BBjAPI > BBjSysGui > BBjControl

The BBjControl object is obtained with the following BBjWindow object method:

Return Value	Method
BBjControl	getControl(int `id`)
BBjControl	getControl(String `name`)

Methods of BBjControl

Return Value	Method
void	addClass(string `className`)
BBjPopupMenu	addPopupMenu()
boolean	addStyle(string `styleName`)
void	clearCallback(int `eventType`)
void	clearStyles()
void	destroy()
void	focus()
string	getAttribute(string `attribute`)
BBjColor	getBackColor()
boolean	getBeepOnValidationFailure()
boolean	getCausesControlValidation()
boolean	getClientEdge()
BBjVector	getClassList()
Object	getClientProperty(Object `key`)
string	getComputedStyle(string `property`)
int	getContextID()
int	getControlType()
BBjFont	getFont()
BBjColor	getForeColor()
int	getHeight()
int	getID()
string	getLongCue()
string	getName()
boolean	getNoEdge()
BBjWindow	getParentWindow()
BBjPopupMenu	getPopupMenu()
Object	getProperty(String `key`) getProperty(String `key`, Type `type`)
boolean	getRaisedEdge()
int	getScreenX()
int	getScreenY()
string	getShortCue()
string	getStyle(string `property`)
bBjVector	getStyles()
string	getText()
string	getToolTipText()
Object	getUserData()
int	getWidth()
int	getX()
int	getY()
boolean	hasAttribute(string `attribute`)
boolean	isDestroyed()
boolean	isEnabled()
boolean	isGrouped()
boolean	isOpaque()
boolean	isVisible()
void	putClientProperty(Object `key`, Object `value`)
void	removeAttribute(string `attribute`)
void	removeClass(string `className`)
void	removePopupMenu()
boolean	removeStyle(string `styleName`)
void	setAttribute(string `attribute`, string `value`)
void	setBackColor(BBjColor `color!`)
void	setBeepOnValidationFailure(boolean `shouldBeep`)
void	setCallback(int `eventType`, String `subRoutineName`) setCallback(int `eventType`, CustomObject `customObj`, String `methodName`) setCallback(int `eventType`, Object `object`, String `methodName`)
void	setCausesControlValidation(boolean `valid`)
void	setClientEdge(boolean `client`)
void	setCursor(int `cursor`)
void	setEnabled(boolean `enabled`)
void	setFont(BBjFont `font!`)
void	setForeColor(BBjColor `color!`)
void	setGrouped(boolean `grouped`)
void	setLocation(int `x`, int `y`)
void	setLongCue(string `cue`)
void	setName(string `name`)
void	setNoEdge(boolean `noEdge`)
void	setOpaque(boolean `opaque`)
void	setPopupMenu(BBjPopupMenu `popupMenu!`)
void	setProperty(String `key`, Object `value`) setProperty(String `key`, Object `value`, Type `type`)
void	setRaisedEdge(boolean `raised`)
void	setShortCue(string `cue`)
void	setSize(int `width`, int `height`)
void	setSlot(BBjControl `control`) setSlot(String `slot`, BBjControl `control`)
void	setStyle(string `property`, string `value`)
void	setText(string `text`)
void	setToolTipText(string `text`)
void	setUserData(Object `userData`)
void	setVisible(boolean `visible`)
void	showToolTipText() showToolTipText(int `x`, int `y`)
boolean	toggleClass(string `className`)
void	unsetStyle(string `property`)

CSS

The visual appearance of BUI controls is defined using CSS (cascading style sheets) rules. Easily change the default colors, border, and other settings by customizing these rules, all without changing any application code. See CSS API for a high-level overview of BUI CSS.

All BUI windows and controls inherit the BBjControl style. The basic implementation of this style sets the following CSS properties:

.BBjControl
{
    box-sizing: border-box; 
    font: inherit;
}

The box-sizing: border-box setting says that a control defined for a given size will take up precisely that size on the screen, with any padding and borders going inside that defined size. The font: inherit setting initializes the font of each control to the font of its parent. If a custom CSS file defines additional styles for the .BBjControl selector, they'll be applied to every control and every window -- so use this sparingly.

Remarks

All SysGui controls (BBjWindow, BBjGrid, BBjTree, etc.) are also BBjControl objects. All BBjControl object methods, except where otherwise noted, can be used on all controls.

Constants

Value	Control Constant
-1	UNKNOWN_CONTROL
0	WINDOW
1	MAIN_WINDOW
2	CHILD_WINDOW
3	MENU
4	SPECIAL_CONTROL
5	NATIVE_CONTROL
11	PUSHBUTTON_CONTROL
12	RADIOBUTTON_CONTROL
13	CHECKBOX_CONTROL
14	HSCROLL_CONTROL
15	VSCROLL_CONTROL
16	EDIT_CONTROL
17	TEXT_CONTROL
18	LISTBOX_CONTROL
19	LISTBUTTON_CONTROL
20	LISTEDIT_CONTROL
21	GROUPBOX_CONTROL
22	CEDIT_CONTROL
24	LINECHART_CONTROL
25	BARCHART_CONTROL
26	PIECHART_CONTROL
27	HTMLVIEW_CONTROL
28	MENUBUTTON_CONTROL
29	PRINTPREVIEW_CONTROL
30	GENERICCHART_CONTROL
31	WRAPPED_JCOMPONENT_CONTROL
32	WEB_COMPONENT_CONTROL
91	INPUTT_CONTROL
92	INPUTT_SPINNER_CONTROL
99	SPLITTER_CONTROL
100	MENUITEM_CONTROL
101	CHECKABLE_MENUITEM_CONTROL
102	STATUSBAR_CONTROL
103	TOOLBUTTON_CONTROL
104	INPUTE_CONTROL
105	INPUTN_CONTROL
106	TAB_CONTROL
107	GRID_CONTROL
108	IMAGE_CONTROL
109	TREE_CONTROL
110	DATAAWARE_GRID_CONTROL
112	PROGRESS_CONTROL
113	NAVIGATOR_CONTROL
114	INPUTD_CONTROL
115	NAMESPACE_CONTROL
116	GRID_HEADER_CONTROL
117	HSLIDER_CONTROL
118	VSLIDER_CONTROL
119	FILECHOOSER_CONTROL
120	COLORCHOOSER_CONTROL
121	FONTCHOOSER_CONTROL
122	DATABOUND_GRID_CONTROL
123	INPUTD_SPINNER_CONTROL
124	INPUTE_SPINNER_CONTROL
125	INPUTN_SPINNER_CONTROL
126	EDIT_SPINNER_CONTROL
127	HTMLEDIT_CONTROL

Alignment Constants

ALIGN_LEFT

ALIGN_RIGHT

ALIGN_CENTER

Orientation Constants

HORIZONTAL

VERTICAL

Menu Cut/Copy/Paste Constants

Value	Constant
32027	CUT
32028	COPY
32029	PASTE

Color Constants

Value	Constant
0	BLACK
1	BLUE
2	RED
3	MAGENTA
4	GREEN
5	CYAN
6	YELLOW
7	WHITE
8	DKGRAY
9	GRAY
10	LTGRAY

Example

rem 'Get a control from a window

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object
let myAPI! = BBjAPI()

rem 'Open the SysGui device
SYSGUI = UNT
OPEN (SYSGUI) "X0"

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjSysGui object
let mySysGui! = myAPI!.getSysGui()

rem 'Set common addWindow param values
X = 10
Y = 10
WIDTH = 200
HEIGHT = 200

rem 'Create a window with a title in the current context
TITLE$="BBj Window"

rem 'Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

rem 'Add a button on the window using mnemonics
PRINT (SYSGUI)'BUTTON'(101,50,100,90,30,"Button",$$)

rem 'Get the button
myButton! = myWindow!.getControl(101)

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
release

Version History

BBj 24.11: Added setSlot.