BBjControl::setPopupMenu

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method binds a pre-existing popup menu to the BBjControl.

Syntax

ReturnValue	Method
void	setPopupMenu(BBjPopupMenu popupMenu!)

Parameters

Variable	Description
popupmenu	Specifies the popup menu to be bound to this control.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

A single popup menu can be assigned to any number of controls at the same time.

When the owner of the parameter does not match the object on which the methods is being called, an !ERROR=208 Multi Thread results. See Accessing Objects From Different Interpreters.

Example

rem 'Create a popup menu and assign it to a control

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 addWindow param values
X = 100
Y = 100
WIDTH = 200
HEIGHT = 100
TITLE$="BBj Window"

rem 'Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)

rem 'Create a window with a title in the current context
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

rem 'Create a button
myButton! = myWindow!.addButton(1,55,35,90,30,"OK")

rem 'Create a popup menu and associate it with the button
myPopupMenu! = mySysGui!.addPopupMenu()
myButton!.setPopupMenu(myPopupMenu!)

rem 'Add menu items to the popup menu
myItem1! = myPopupMenu!.addMenuItem(-201,"Item 1")
myItem2! = myPopupMenu!.addMenuItem(-202,"Item 2")

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_BUTTON_PUSH,OK,mySysGui!.getContext(),myButton!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_POPUP_ITEM_SELECT,Item1,myPopupMenu!.getID(),myItem1!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_POPUP_ITEM_SELECT,Item2,myPopupMenu!.getID(),myItem2!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine invoked when the user clicks the button
OK:
    i = msgbox("OK Button was selected")
return

rem 'Callback routine invoked when the user selects the first item
Item1:
    i = msgbox("Item 1 was selected")
return

rem 'Callback routine invoked when the user selects the second item
Item2:
    i = msgbox("Item 2 was selected")
return

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