BBjSysGui

Description

A BBjSysGui object is an object that represents a SYSGUI channel, which is used to facilitate the creation and manipulation of custom graphical windows and controls in a GUI application.

Creation

BBjAPI > BBjSysGui

The BBjSysGui object is created through the following BBjAPI object method:

Return Value	Method
BBjSysGui	getSysGui()
BBjSysGui	openSysGui()

Methods of BBjSysGui

Return Value	Method
void	addImageList(int id, int width, BBjImage image)
BBjPopupMenu	addPopupMenu()
BBjTopLevelWindow	addWindow(int context, int x, int y, int width, int height, string title) addWindow(int context, int x, int y, int width, int height, string title, byte[] flags) addWindow(int context, int x, int y, int width, int height, string title, byte[] flags, string event_mask) addWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height, string title) addWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height, string title, byte[] flags) addWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height, string title, byte[] flags, byte[] event_mask) addWindow(int context, string title) addWindow(int context, string title, byte[] flags) addWindow(int context, string title, byte[] flags, string event_mask) addWindow(string title) addWindow(string title, byte[] flags) addWindow(string title, byte[] flags, byte[] event_mask)
void	beep()
void	bufferWrites()
BBjPopupMenu	createPopupMenu(int resHandle, int popupMenuID)
BBjRecordSet	createRecordSet(int resHandle, int recordSetID)
BBjWindow	createTopLevelWindow(int resHandle, int windowID)
Object	executeScript(string script)
void	flushEvents()
void	flushWrites()
int	getActiveContext()
BBjWindow	getActiveWindow()
int	getAvailableContext()
int	getChannel()
int	getContext()
int	getDefaultScrollWheelBehavior()
BBjGeolocation	getGeolocation()
BBjImageManager	getImageManager()
BBjEvent	getLastEvent()
byte[]	getLastEventString()
int	getMeasure(String text)
BBjVector	getMeasures(BBjVector vector)
BBjBatch	getMessageBatch()
BBjPopupMenu	getPopupMenu(int ID)
int	getRepaintEnabled()
number	getScaleX()
number	getScaleY()
BBjSystemMetrics	getSystemMetrics()
BBjWindow	getWindow(int contextID) getWindow(string name)
void	injectScript(string script) injectScript(string script, boolean top)
boolean	isTouchSupported()
BBjColor	makeColor(int colorNum) makeColor(int red, int green, int blue) makeColor(int red, int green, int blue, int alpha) makeColor(string colorName)
BBjFont	makeFont(string name, int size, int style)
void	playSoundData(string bytes) playSoundData(string bytes, boolean loop) playSoundData(string bytes, boolean loop, string mime)
void	playSoundFile(string filename) playSoundFile(string filename, boolean loop) playSoundFile(string filename, boolean loop, string mime)
void	playSoundUrl(string url) playSoundUrl(string url, boolean loop) playSoundUrl(string url, boolean loop, string mime)
void	removeImageList(int id)
void	resClose(int handle)
int	resOpen(string filename)
void	setContext(int context)
void	setDefaultScrollWheelBehavior(int mode)
void	setLookAndFeel(string lookAndFeel) –deprecated in BBj 5.0. Use the LF option documented in Running BBj from the Command Line
void	setRepaintEnabled(int mode)
void	setScale(number x, number y)

Events

None.

Remarks

The SYSGUI channel must be open before the getSysGui method will function properly.

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
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:
32027	CUT
32028	COPY
32029	PASTE
Color Constants:
0	BLACK
1	BLUE
2	RED
3	MAGENTA
4	GREEN
5	CYAN
6	YELLOW
7	WHITE
8	DKGRAY
9	GRAY
10	LTGRAY
Scroll Behavior Constants:
0	DEFAULT
1	NEVER
2	FOCUS
3	MOUSE_OVER
4	FOCUS_AND_MOUSE_OVER
5	MOUSE_THEN_FOCUS
6	FOCUS_THEN_MOUSE

Example

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BBjSysGui Example

REM Obtain the instance of the BBjSysGui object

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()