BBjAPI::postCustomEvent
Description
In BBj 6.0 and higher, this method posts a BBjCustomEvent at the end of the BBj event queue.
Syntax
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postCustomEvent(string eventName, Object payload) |
Parameters
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eventName |
This name identifies the event that is being posted. |
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payload |
This Object will be available from the BBjCustomEvent when it is retrieved from the BBj event queue. |
Return Value
None.
Remarks
An event that is posted using this method will be placed at the end of the event queue.
Example
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REM Demonstrate BBjCustomEvents REM We're going to use custom events to invent a button "double push" event. declare BBjSysGui sysgui! declare BBjTopLevelWindow win! declare BBjStaticText status! declare BBjButton button! declare BBjString CUSTOM_EVENT_NAME$ declare BBjColor GREEN! declare BBjFont FONT! declare BBjNumber buttonPreviouslyPushed declare BBjCustomEvent customEvent! declare BBjString eventName$ declare BBjControl control! declare BBjColor previousColor! CUSTOM_EVENT_NAME$="ON_BUTTON_DOUBLEPUSH" GREEN!=BBjAPI().makeColor("green") buttonPreviouslyPushed=0 sysgui!=BBjAPI().openSysGui("X0") FONT!=sysgui!.makeFont("Arial",14,BBjFont.FONT_BOLD) win!=sysgui!.addWindow(100,100,320,480,"BBjCustomEvent Sample") status!=win!.addStaticText(101,20,20,280,440,"") button!=win!.addButton(102,40,360,240,60,"Double-Push Me!") win!.setCallback(win!.ON_CLOSE,"the_end") button!.setCallback(button!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"button_pushed") REM the custom event callback is set here. BBjAPI().setCustomEventCallback(CUSTOM_EVENT_NAME$,"button_doublepushed") process_events REM Events button_pushed: if (!buttonPreviouslyPushed) then buttonPreviouslyPushed=1 BBjAPI().createTimer("push timeout",.5,"push_timeout") else REM if button has been pushed twice within a half second, REM post the custom event. buttonPreviouslyPushed=0 BBjAPI().postCustomEvent(CUSTOM_EVENT_NAME$,status!) endif return REM The custom event is handled here. button_doublepushed: customEvent!=CAST(BBjCustomEvent,BBjAPI().getLastEvent()) eventName$=customEvent!.getName() control!=CAST(BBjControl,customEvent!.getObject()) previousColor!=control!.getBackColor() control!.setBackColor(GREEN!) control!.setText(eventName$) control!.setFont(FONT!) button!.setEnabled(0) BBjAPI().createTimer("recover from double push",5,"recover_from_double_push") return push_timeout: buttonPreviouslyPushed=0 return recover_from_double_push: control!.setBackColor(previousColor!) control!.setText("") button!.setEnabled(1) return the_end: release |
See Also
BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBjObjects.