SYSWINDOW Modes
BBj-Specific Information
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Mode |
Description |
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CAPTURE |
In BBj 6.0 and higher, the capture mode forces new character windows in a BBj SysConsole or TermConsole to inherit the contents of underlying character windows just as character windows do in PRO/5 or the Visual PRO/5 SysWindow. The capture mode removes the need to use the 'CAPTURE' terminal device mnemonic to produce this behavior. |
PRO/5-specific Information
Modes are available so that a SYSWINDOW device can be created with the attributes initially desired.
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Mode |
Description |
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COLS= |
Columns (default 80). |
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FONT= |
Sets font family to be used (default platform specific). |
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FONTSIZE= |
Font size in points (default 10). |
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INVERT |
Causes Invert light/dark check box in the Print menu to be initially checked. |
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INVISIBLE |
Causes the SYSWINDOW to be invisible initially. |
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LOCKMODE= |
Chooses the display mode (see the Font/Size Dialog Box section in the Installation and Configuration Guide). Choices are NORMAL, VARYFONTS, and SCROLLBARS. |
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MAXIMIZED |
Window initially maximized. |
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MENU |
Add menu for clipboard operations and screen print. |
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MINIMIZED |
Window initially minimized. |
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ROWS= |
Rows (default 25). |
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TITLE= |
Sets window title (default Visual PRO/5). |
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XPOS= |
Pixels from left (default 100) of the client area. |
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YPOS= |
Pixels from top (default 100) of the client area. |
Many of these are normally restored for the console window from the pro5.ini file, which is used in VPRO/5 1.x. The registry (HKCU/Software/BASIS or HKCU\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ and subkeys) is used for VPRO/5 2.x and above. However, these can be overridden with a mode specifier. MENU can only be used on non-console windows, since the console window always has its own menu.
NOTE: Whenever a SYSWINDOW requires
input, it is automatically made visible, raised, enabled, unminimized,
and focused. Because of this, the "Run Minimized" property and
the INVISIBLE and MINIMIZED modes may not appear to work as expected.
These features work only when no input is required from the SYSWINDOW
console. If you start a program from the command line that does not use
input from the console window, then the "Run Minimized" property
and the INVISIBLE and MINIMIZED modes will function as expected.
Under MS Windows, if a SYSWINDOW is maximized, then minimized, two successive
restores will undo each operation in turn. Otherwise, one restore sets
the window to its normal state and subsequent restores have no effect.
This is not guaranteed behavior on all platforms.