Miscellaneous UI Functions
Description
Miscellaneous functions for manipulating the UI in a Desktop application.
- Name
- Description
- A5_GET_EXPRESSION Function
The A5_GET_EXPRESSION() function displays the Expression Builder.
- A5_HTML_EDITOR Function
The A5_HTML_EDITOR() function displays the HTML Editor and returns the title of the window that was created.
- a5_quickimport Function
Displays UI to import a file (excel or comma delimited ascii) into the current table.
- DIAL Function
Dial the telephone - uses aplha fives dialer settings.
- UI_BEEP Function
UI_BEEP() plays a system beep sound through your computer's speaker. Sounds are attached to the various types of system beeps through the Windows Control Panel.
- ui_color_name_get Function
Get a name for a color - flags - colorDesc is (N)umber or (R)GB values (H)ex (D)ecimal (O)ctal Output - (W)eb name if available.
- ui_display_monitor_enum Function
Return list of all the monitor names.
- ui_display_monitor_from_window Function
Return the name of the monitor a window is on - xdialog if defined, alpha anywhere main window if not.
- ui_display_monitor_primary Function
Return the name of the primary monitor.
- ui_dock_panel_show Function
Show/hide a panel (if showing, open in a new portal, if hide - close open portal) optional edge overrides the default.
- ui_dock_panel_visible Function
Returns TRUE if dock panel is visible.
- ui_dock_update_void_locks Function
Release any pending user interfaces lock - entering a script modal section.
- UI_EDIT_CODE Function
Prompt for a some Xbasic code. Mode: 0 - don't validate code, 1 - warn if error, 2 - require code to be free of errors
- UI_EMAIL_SETTINGS Function
UI_EMAIL_SETTINGS() displays the Email Settings dialog box in which a user can set their email settings. These settings are used when you send email using the built-in email feature in Alpha Anywhere, rather than the default email client (such as Eudora or Outlook ).
- UI_FREEZE Function
Turns off/on screen repainting.
- UI_HOTSPOT_FROM_MAP Function
Converts an HTML image map to a ui_hotspots list.
- ui_hotspot_get Function
Return a hotspot from a hotspot list based on position.
- UI_HTML_MSG_BOX Function
Display a message box that supports HTML text. Width and Height are in inches by default.
- ui_keycode_normalize Function
Normalize friendly keycodes (all flavors handled by sys_send_keys) into terse form of keycode sent to OnKey events. In other words, this function converts a key code string (e.g. Shift-Ctrl-F12) to the syntax required by the OnKey event in a Form Layout.
- UI_MSG_BOX Function
UI_MSG_BOX() displays several variations of the standard Windows message dialog box. The dialog box variation is determined by the value of the optional Message Type parameter. If you omit the Message_Type, a default message box with a single OK button appears.
- UI_PROMPT_NEW_SET Function
The UI_PROMPT_NEW_SET() function displays the Specify Set Name dialog box, then returns the fully qualified name of the new set.
- UI_PROMPT_NEW_TABLE Function
The UI_PROMPT_NEW_TABLE() function displays the Specify Table Name dialog box, then returns the fully qualified name of the new table.
- UI_REGEX_BUILDER Function
The UI_REGEX_BUILDER() function displays the Regular Expression Tester, which helps you build and test regular expressions.
- UI_RUN_PROGRAM Function
The UI_RUN_PROGRAM() function displays the Run Another Program dialog box.
- UI_SELECT_SCRIPT Function
Displays a picklist of scripts in dialog or toolbar format. Selected script is executed. Mode: 1= script_play_local(), 2=script_play(), 3= script_spwan()
- UI_SELECT_SCRIPT_POPUP Function
The UI_SELECT_SCRIPT_POPUP() function displays one or more script names as menu selections in a pop-up list. If the user selects a script from the pop-up menu, the script is executed.
- UI_SHOW_IMAGE Function
The UI_SHOW_IMAGE() function displays a pop-up dialog displaying a Windows Bitmap (.BMP) or JPEG (.JPG) image. If filename is null, A5 prompts. Stype is 'Best Fit', 'Absolute' or 'Stretch'
- ui_status_info_get Function
Returns Statusbar quickdraw based on selected sections.
- UI_STATUSBAR_DRAW Function
Draw directly to the statusbars first 'pane'- if optional background flag is set, we draw the background for any new status messages. Internal use only
- ui_statusbar_format Function
Sets statuss bar format.
- UI_TOOLBAR Function
The UI_TOOLBAR() function runs a script that in turn displays a toolbar populated with the selections provided in Choice_List and returns the user's selection. Because the script displays the toolbar, the programmer does not receive a pointer to the toolbar.
- UI_YIELD Function
Let windows process messages.