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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{FrameWork}}
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\stmodindex{FrameWork}
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\label{module-FrameWork}
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The \code{FrameWork} module contains classes that together provide a
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framework for an interactive Macintosh application. The programmer
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builds an application by creating subclasses that override various
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methods of the bases classes, thereby implementing the functionality
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wanted. Overriding functionality can often be done on various
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different levels, i.e. to handle clicks in a single dialog window in a
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non-standard way it is not necessary to override the complete event
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handling.
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The \code{FrameWork} is still very much work-in-progress, and the
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documentation describes only the most important functionality, and not
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in the most logical manner at that. Examine the source or the examples
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for more details.
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The \code{FrameWork} module defines the following functions:
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\setindexsubitem{(in module FrameWork)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{Application}{}
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An object representing the complete application. See below for a
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description of the methods. The default \code{__init__} routine
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creates an empty window dictionary and a menu bar with an apple menu.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{MenuBar}{}
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An object representing the menubar. This object is usually not created
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by the user.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{Menu}{bar, title\optional{, after}}
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An object representing a menu. Upon creation you pass the
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\code{MenuBar} the menu appears in, the \var{title} string and a
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position (1-based) \var{after} where the menu should appear (default:
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at the end).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{MenuItem}{menu, title\optional{, shortcut, callback}}
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Create a menu item object. The arguments are the menu to crate the
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item it, the item title string and optionally the keyboard shortcut
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and a callback routine. The callback is called with the arguments
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menu-id, item number within menu (1-based), current front window and
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the event record.
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In stead of a callable object the callback can also be a string. In
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this case menu selection causes the lookup of a method in the topmost
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window and the application. The method name is the callback string
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with \code{'domenu_'} prepended.
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Calling the \code{MenuBar} \code{fixmenudimstate} method sets the
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correct dimming for all menu items based on the current front window.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{Separator}{menu}
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Add a separator to the end of a menu.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{SubMenu}{menu, label}
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Create a submenu named \var{label} under menu \var{menu}. The menu
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object is returned.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{Window}{parent}
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Creates a (modeless) window. \var{Parent} is the application object to
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which the window belongs. The window is not displayed until later.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{DialogWindow}{parent}
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Creates a modeless dialog window.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{windowbounds}{width, height}
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Return a \code{(left, top, right, bottom)} tuple suitable for creation
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of a window of given width and height. The window will be staggered
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with respect to previous windows, and an attempt is made to keep the
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whole window on-screen. The window will however always be exact the
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size given, so parts may be offscreen.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{setwatchcursor}{}
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Set the mouse cursor to a watch.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{setarrowcursor}{}
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Set the mouse cursor to an arrow.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Application objects}
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Application objects have the following methods, among others:
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\setindexsubitem{(Application method)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{makeusermenus}{}
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Override this method if you need menus in your application. Append the
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menus to \code{self.menubar}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{getabouttext}{}
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Override this method to return a text string describing your
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application. Alternatively, override the \code{do_about} method for
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more elaborate about messages.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{mainloop}{\optional{mask, wait}}
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This routine is the main event loop, call it to set your application
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rolling. \var{Mask} is the mask of events you want to handle,
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\var{wait} is the number of ticks you want to leave to other
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concurrent application (default 0, which is probably not a good
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idea). While raising \code{self} to exit the mainloop is still
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supported it is not recommended, call \code{self._quit} instead.
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The event loop is split into many small parts, each of which can be
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overridden. The default methods take care of dispatching events to
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windows and dialogs, handling drags and resizes, Apple Events, events
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for non-FrameWork windows, etc.
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In general, all event handlers should return 1 if the event is fully
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handled and 0 otherwise (because the front window was not a FrameWork
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window, for instance). This is needed so that update events and such
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can be passed on to other windows like the Sioux console window.
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Calling \code{MacOS.HandleEvent} is not allowed within \var{our_dispatch}
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or its callees, since this may result in an infinite loop if the
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code is called through the Python inner-loop event handler.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{asyncevents}{onoff}
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Call this method with a nonzero parameter to enable
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asynchronous event handling. This will tell the inner interpreter loop
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to call the application event handler \var{async_dispatch} whenever events
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are available. This will cause FrameWork window updates and the user
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interface to remain working during long computations, but will slow the
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interpreter down and may cause surprising results in non-reentrant code
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(such as FrameWork itself). By default \var{async_dispatch} will immedeately
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call \var{our_dispatch} but you may override this to handle only certain
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events asynchronously. Events you do not handle will be passed to Sioux
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and such.
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The old on/off value is returned.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{_quit}{}
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Terminate the event \code{mainloop} at the next convenient moment.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_char}{c, event}
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The user typed character \var{c}. The complete details of the event
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can be found in the \var{event} structure. This method can also be
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provided in a \code{Window} object, which overrides the
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application-wide handler if the window is frontmost.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_dialogevent}{event}
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Called early in the event loop to handle modeless dialog events. The
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default method simply dispatches the event to the relevant dialog (not
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through the the \code{DialogWindow} object involved). Override if you
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need special handling of dialog events (keyboard shortcuts, etc).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{idle}{event}
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Called by the main event loop when no events are available. The
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null-event is passed (so you can look at mouse position, etc).
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{Window Objects}
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Window objects have the following methods, among others:
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\setindexsubitem{(Window method)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{open}{}
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Override this method to open a window. Store the MacOS window-id in
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\code{self.wid} and call \code{self.do_postopen} to register the
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window with the parent application.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{close}{}
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Override this method to do any special processing on window
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close. Call \code{self.do_postclose} to cleanup the parent state.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_postresize}{width, height, macoswindowid}
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Called after the window is resized. Override if more needs to be done
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than calling \code{InvalRect}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_contentclick}{local, modifiers, event}
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The user clicked in the content part of a window. The arguments are
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the coordinates (window-relative), the key modifiers and the raw
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event.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_update}{macoswindowid, event}
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An update event for the window was received. Redraw the window.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_activate}{activate, event}
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The window was activated (\code{activate==1}) or deactivated
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(\code{activate==0}). Handle things like focus highlighting, etc.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{ControlsWindow Object}
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ControlsWindow objects have the following methods besides those of
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\code{Window} objects:
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\setindexsubitem{(ControlsWindow method)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_controlhit}{window, control, pcode, event}
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Part \code{pcode} of control \code{control} was hit by the
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user. Tracking and such has already been taken care of.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{ScrolledWindow Object}
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ScrolledWindow objects are ControlsWindow objects with the following
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extra methods:
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\setindexsubitem{(ScrolledWindow method)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{scrollbars}{\optional{wantx, wanty}}
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Create (or destroy) horizontal and vertical scrollbars. The arguments
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specify which you want (default: both). The scrollbars always have
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minimum \code{0} and maximum \code{32767}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{getscrollbarvalues}{}
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You must supply this method. It should return a tuple \code{x, y}
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giving the current position of the scrollbars (between \code{0} and
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\code{32767}). You can return \code{None} for either to indicate the
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whole document is visible in that direction.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{updatescrollbars}{}
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Call this method when the document has changed. It will call
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\code{getscrollbarvalues} and update the scrollbars.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{scrollbar_callback}{which, what, value}
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Supplied by you and called after user interaction. \code{Which} will
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be \code{'x'} or \code{'y'}, \code{what} will be \code{'-'},
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\code{'--'}, \code{'set'}, \code{'++'} or \code{'+'}. For
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\code{'set'}, \code{value} will contain the new scrollbar position.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{scalebarvalues}{absmin, absmax, curmin, curmax}
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Auxiliary method to help you calculate values to return from
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\code{getscrollbarvalues}. You pass document minimum and maximum value
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and topmost (leftmost) and bottommost (rightmost) visible values and
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it returns the correct number or \code{None}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_activate}{onoff, event}
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Takes care of dimming/highlighting scrollbars when a window becomes
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frontmost vv. If you override this method call this one at the end of
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your method.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_postresize}{width, height, window}
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Moves scrollbars to the correct position. Call this method initially
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if you override it.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_controlhit}{window, control, pcode, event}
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Handles scrollbar interaction. If you override it call this method
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first, a nonzero return value indicates the hit was in the scrollbars
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and has been handled.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{DialogWindow Objects}
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DialogWindow objects have the following methods besides those of
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\code{Window} objects:
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\setindexsubitem{(DialogWindow method)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{open}{resid}
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Create the dialog window, from the DLOG resource with id
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\var{resid}. The dialog object is stored in \code{self.wid}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{do_itemhit}{item, event}
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Item number \var{item} was hit. You are responsible for redrawing
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toggle buttons, etc.
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\end{funcdesc}
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