BBjSlider::getPaintTicks

Description

In BBj 7.0 and higher, this method queries whether to paint ticks on the BBjSlider control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

boolean

getPaintTicks()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns whether ticks are painted on this slider.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Query whether ticks are painted on a BBjSlider

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 = 10
Y = 10
WIDTH = 200
HEIGHT = 200
TITLE$="BBj Window"

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

rem 'Create a window
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

rem 'Add a vertical slider on the window
mySlider! = myWindow!.addVerticalSlider(101,80,0,40,200,$0000$)
mySlider!.setMajorTickSpacing(25)
mySlider!.setMinorTickSpacing(5)
mySlider!.setPaintTicks(1)
print "Major tick spacing is",mySlider!.getMajorTickSpacing()
print "Minor tick spacing is",mySlider!.getMinorTickSpacing()
print "Paint ticks?",mySlider!.getPaintTicks()

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CONTROL_SCROLL,SLIDER_SCROLLED,mySysGui!.getContext(),mySlider!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine called when the slider is used to scroll
SLIDER_SCROLLED:
    rem 'Get the new value of the slider
    VAL = mySlider!.getValue()
    MIN = mySlider!.getMinimum()
    MAX = mySlider!.getMaximum()
return

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

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

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