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()

See Also

BBjAPI()

BBj Object Variables

BBj Object Assignment

BBj Object Error Handling

BBj Object Operators

CALLBACK Verb - Register BBj Subroutine

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