Category: UX/UI Objects

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WINDOW OPEN

Opens a window for use in subsequent window-handling commands. Syntax WINDOW OPEN [window] [AT position] [SIZE winsize] [FOR form] [IN parent] Parameters window Window can be: name The name of the window that you want to open. Zim looks up the name in the currently accessed directories in the usual way. A compiled WINDOW OPEN…
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MENU SET

Modifies the individual attributes of particular menus or menu items. Syntax MENU SET («option») «object» Parameters option Can be [UN]AVAILABLE, [NOT] CHECKED, [IN]VISIBLE,LABEL, [NOT] SUPPRESS, RESETThe above options affect only the indicated attribute; all other attributes are left unchanged. object Object can bemenuThe name of the open menu in the current window.menuitemThe name of a particular…
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FORM INPUT

Shifts the focus to the open form in the current window and puts the application user in control of the interface. Syntax FORM INPUT [PURGE] Parameters PURGE Causes unprocessed input, received before the FORM INPUT command was executed, to be ignored. Eliminates the possible affects of inadvertent keystrokes or mouse actions before the application user…
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FORM CLEAR

Resets form field values to their defaults. Syntax FORM CLEAR object Parameters object   Can be: FormThe name of a currently open form or display, all of whose fields are to be reset. Specify a particular instance of a form in brackets beside the object’s name.formfieldThe name of a particular field that is to be…
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MENU OPEN

Opens a menu in the current window. Syntax MENU OPEN object [NOCLEAR] Parameters object Object can benameThe name of the menu to be opened.(expr )A character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, to be used at run time as the name of the menu. Using expr enables one MENU OPEN command…
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MENU CLEAR

Resets menu item values to their defaults. Syntax MENU CLEAR object Parameters object Can bemenuThe name of a currently open menu, all of whose items are to be cleared.menuitemThe name of a particular menu item to be cleared.([exp1 ],[exp2 ],[exp3 ])Positive integers or expressions that evaluate to positive integers, that identify a particular menu or…
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WINDOW SET CURSOR

Sets the location of the text cursor in the current window. Determines whether the cursor can move outside unprotected fields in the current window. Syntax WINDOW SET CURSOR option Parameters option Option can berow colWhere row and col are integers or expressions that evaluate to integers.Row identifies the character row in which the text cursor…
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WINDOW CLOSE

Closes an open window. Syntax WINDOW CLOSE [window] Parameters window Window can benameThe name of an open window. The software looks up name in the currently accessed directories in the usual way. A compiled command using name contains the unambiguous name of the window (including a reference to an application directory) that was found at…
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WINDOW SIZE

Resizes, maximizes, minimizes, or restores an open window. Syntax WINDOW SIZE [window] size-option Parameters window The name of an open window. Can be a window object name, or (expr), where expr is a character string, or an expression that evaluates to a character string, that is to be used at run time as a window…
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WINDOW CLEAR

Clears the client area of a window. Syntax WINDOW CLEAR [window] Parameters window Window can benameThe name of an open window. The software looks up name in the currently accessed directories in the usual way. A compiled command using name contains the unambiguous name of the window (including a reference to an application directory) that…
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