The SalWindow type exposes the following members.
Constructors
| Name | Description | |
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 | SalWindow |
Creates a new instance of SalWindow and saves the control
that is bound to this instance.
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Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddListItem |
Adds a string to the list control.
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| AddMessageActions(Delegate) |
Adds the specified handler to the list of delegates registered
to received the MessageActions event.
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| AddMessageActions(ISalWindow) |
Adds the handlers from the target window to the
list of delegates registered to received the MessageActions event.
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| BringToTop |
Brings a window to the top of all overlapping windows.
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| CanCopy |
Returns true of the selection in the control with the focus can be copied.
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| CanCut |
Returns true of the selection in the control with the focus can be cut.
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| CanPaste |
Returns true if there is the control with the focus can paste the
text in the clipboard.
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| CanUndo |
Returns true if the control with the focus can undo the last edit operation.
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| Center |
Centers a window relative to the parent, or the owner, or the screen.
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| Clear()()()() |
Deletes the selection in the control with the focus.
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| Clear(Control) |
Clears the value from a data field, multiline field, or table window column.
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| ClearCursor |
Clears a window's cursor.
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| ClearList |
Deletes all entries from the list control.
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| Copy |
Copies the selection from the control with the focus to the clipboard.
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| CopyProfile |
Clones the specified profile into the custom profile associated to the specified field.
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| CopyString |
Copies the text to the clipboard.
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| CreateFont |
Creates a Font object from the specified parameters.
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| CreateWindow(String, Control, array<Object>[]()[][]) | |
| CreateWindow(Type, Control, array<Object>[]()[][]) |
Creates modeless dialog boxes, MDI windows, form windows, and top-level table windows
at runtime.
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| CreateWindow(String, Control, Single, Single, Single, Single, Int32) |
Creates a form window, dialog box, or table window as a child of another form window,
dialog box, or toolbar at runtime.
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| CreateWindow(Type, Control, Single, Single, Single, Single, Int32, array<Object>[]()[][]) |
Creates a form window, dialog box, or table window as a child of another form window,
dialog box, or toolbar at runtime.
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| Cut |
Deletes the selected from the control with the focus and places it in the clipboard.
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| DeleteListItem |
Deletes a list box or combo box entry.
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| Destroy |
Destroys a form window, a top-level table window, or a modeless dialog box created
with SalCreateWindow.
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| DisableWindow |
Disables keyboard and mouse input to a window. If the window contains text (for example,
a push button), the text is grayed. If the window is a data field, it cannot
receive the focus.
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| DisableWindowAndLabel |
Disables keyboard and mouse input to a window and grays out its associated label.
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| DragAcceptFiles |
Indicates whether a window can accept a file from Windows' File Manager.
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| DragDropStart()()()() |
Initiates drag-drop mode.
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| DragDropStart(Point, Object) |
Initiates drag-drop mode.
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| DragDropStop |
Aborts drag mode.
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| EnablePostMessageQueueing |
Enables queued version of PostMessage. This must be done per thread having
a message pump.
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| EnableWindow |
Enables keyboard and mouse input to a window.
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| EnableWindowAndLabel |
Enables keyboard and mouse input to a window and enables its associated label as
well. A label is the label control that immediately precedes the window in the
tab order.
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| EndDialog |
Destroys a modal dialog box and returns control to the caller of SalModalDialog.
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| FillDoubleGradient |
Draws a double gradient background.
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| FillGradient |
Draws a gradient background.
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| FindChild(Control, String) |
Finds a child window of a given name in the specified window.
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| FindChild(Control, Type) |
Finds a child window of a given type in the specified window.
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| FindControl |
Finds a member control in the specified control.
Used as a helper functions to resolve unqualified references.
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| FindMember |
Find a member in the specified control.
Used as a helper functions to resolve unqualified references.
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| FormUnitsToPixels |
Computes the number of pixels in the number form units.
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| FromHandle |
Retrieves the control associated with the handle and
casts it to the target type. If the target type is a
second-base class in multiple inheritance tree, uses
reflection to cast the control to the second-base instance.
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| GetClassName |
Return the name of a window's class as a string.
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| GetClientArea |
Returns the SalClientArea panel.
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| GetControlName(Control) |
Gets the name of a control.
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| GetControlName(Control, SalString%) |
Returns the name of the specified control.
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| GetControlType |
Returns the type of control (TYPE_*).
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| GetDataLength |
Returns the maximum length of a data field, multiline text field, or table window
column.
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| GetDataType |
Returns a data field's or table window column's data type (DT_*).
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| GetDefaultButton |
Returns the default push button on a form window or dialog box.
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| GetFirstChild |
Returns the first child window of the specified type.
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| GetFocus |
Returns the handle of the contorl with the focus.
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| GetFont(Font, String%, Single%, Int32%) |
Gets a window's font name, size, and enhancements.
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| GetFont(Control, SalString%, SalNumber%, SalNumber%) |
Gets a window's font name, size, and enhancements.
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| GetFontNames |
Gets the names of the screen or printer fonts.
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| GetFormat |
Gets the format of a data field or table window column.
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| GetFormatCode |
Returns the current format of a data field or table window column.
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| GetFormattedText |
Returns the contents of a data field or table window column.
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| GetInputMask |
Gets the input mask of a data field or table window column.
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| GetLabel |
Finds the Label assigned the specified control.
Labels are assigned at startup using the TabIndex preeceding the control.
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| GetLabelText(Control) |
Retrieves the label text of a control.
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| GetLabelText(Control, Int32) |
Returns the text of the label associated to the specified control.
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| GetLabelText(Control, SalString%, Int32) |
Returns the text of the label associated to the specified control.
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| GetListItemsCount |
Returns the number of list box or combo box entries.
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| GetListItemState |
Determines whether the specified list box or combo box entry is selected.
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| GetListItemText(Control, Int32) |
Returns an entry in the list box or combo box.
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| GetListItemText(Control, Int32, SalString%) |
Returns an entry in the list box or combo box.
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| GetListItemTextLength |
Returns the length of a list box or combo box entry.
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| GetListSelectedFile(Control) |
Fetches the selected directory or file name from a list box or combo box.
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| GetListSelectedFile(Control, SalString%) |
Fetches the selected directory or file name from a list box or combo box.
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| GetListSelectedIndex |
Returns the index of the selected entry in a combo box or single-selection list box.
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| GetListSelectedItems |
Fills the target array with the indexes of the selected entries in the listbox.
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| GetListSelectedItemsCount |
Returns the number of selected entries in a multiple-selection list box.
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| GetLocation |
Returns a window's current position on the X and Y axes.
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| GetMdiClient |
Returns the MDI client area of the MDI container.
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| GetNextChild |
Returns the next child control in the tab order that matches a specified type.
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| GetParent |
Returns the handle of an object's parent window.
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| GetProfile |
Returns the code of the custom profile associated with the specified field.
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| GetProfileParameter(Control, Int32, SalNumber%) |
Returns the requested parameter for the profile associated to the specified field.
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| GetProfileParameter(Control, Int32, SalString%) |
Returns the requested parameter for the profile associated to the specified field.
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| GetProperty(Control, String) |
Gets the value of a named property for a control.
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| GetProperty(Control, String, SalString%) |
Returns the value of the specified custom property.
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| GetSalMessageName |
Returns the name of a SAM message.
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| GetScrollBarPosition |
Returns the current scroll bar value.
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| GetScrollBarRange |
Gets a scroll bar's scroll range, line increment, and page increment.
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| GetSize |
Returns a window's size.
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| GetSortedControls |
Returns the collection of controls sorted by the TabIndex.
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| GetState |
Returns a window's current state.
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| GetStatusBar |
Returns the SalStatusBar control.
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| GetStatusBarText |
Gets the text displayed in the status bar of a top-level or MDI window.
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| GetSysColor |
Gets a system color.
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| GetText(Control) |
Retrieves the text of a control.
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| GetText(Control, Int32) |
Returns the string value of the specified control.
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| GetText(Control, SalString%, Int32) |
Returns the string value of the specified control.
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| GetTextUnmasked |
Returns the unmasked content of a data field or table window column.
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| GetToolBar |
Returns the SalToolbar control.
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| GetWindowColor |
Gets a window's color.
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| HasAccessories |
Returns true if the form has the accessories panels.
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| HideWindow |
Hides a control. Returns false if the control is already hidden.
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| HideWindowAndLabel |
Hides a control and its associated label.
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| InsertListItem |
Inserts an entry into a list box or combo box at a specified position.
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| Invalidate | |
| IsChecked |
Determines whether a radio button is set or a check box is checked.
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| IsDerivedFrom |
Returns true if a control is an instance of the class.
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| IsEmpty |
Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column is null
or empty.
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| IsEnabled |
Determines whether a window is enabled for mouse and keyboard input.
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| IsKeyboardMessage |
Returns true if the message code is a mouse or a keyboard message.
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| IsModified |
Returns the setting of the modified flag for a data field, multiline field, combo
box, table window's context row cell.
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| IsMouseMessage |
Returns true if the message code is a mouse or a keyboard message.
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| IsSalMessage |
Returns true if the message is a known SAM message.
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| IsValid |
Validates the contents of a data field or table window column using the current profile.
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| IsValidDateTime |
Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains
a valid date/time value.
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| IsValidDecimal |
Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains
a valid decimal value.
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| IsValidEditMask |
Validates the input mask of a data field or table window column.
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| IsValidFormat |
Validates a numeric or date/time picture format.
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| IsValidInteger |
Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains
a valid integer value.
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| IsValidNumber |
Verifies whether a data field, multiline text field, or table window column contains
a valid numeric value..
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| IsVisible |
Determines whether a window is currently visible.
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| KillTimer |
Destroys an control's system timer.
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| ListGetMultiSelect |
Returns an array of index numbers of selected list box entries.
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| MDIArrangeIcons |
Arranges minimized child window icons in an MDI window.
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| MDICascade |
Cascades all non-iconized child windows of an MDI window.
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| MDITile |
Tiles all non-iconized child windows of an MDI window. Windows that are not sizable
will not be tiled.
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| MessageBeep |
Plays a waveform sound that corresponds to a given system alert level.
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| MessageBox |
Displays a message box and returns a number that indicates the user's response.
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| ModalDialog(String, Control, array<Object>[]()[][]) |
Creates a modal dialog box.
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| ModalDialog(Type, Control, array<Object>[]()[][]) |
Creates a modal dialog box.
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| Move |
Moves a window a given number of form units on the X and Y axes relative to its current
position.
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| Paste |
Pastes the text in the clipboard to the control with the focus.
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| PasteString |
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the specified string in text format.
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| PixelsToFormUnits |
Computes the number of form units based on the number of pixels.
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| PopulateList(Control, SalSqlHandle, String) |
Populates a list box or combo box with a result set.
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| PopulateList(Control, SalSqlHandle, String, WhenSqlErrorHandler) |
Populates a list box or combo box with a result set.
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| PopulateListFiles |
Populates a list box or combo box with a directory of files.
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| PostMessage |
Posts the specified message to a window by adding nMsg to handleReceiver's message
queue.
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| PreviewForm |
Prints a form window, table window, or dialog box, including its contents and row
header flags.
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| PrintForm |
Prints a form window, table window, or dialog box, including its contents and row
header flags.
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| ProcessWndProc |
Processes windows messages for SAL controls.
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| RemoveMessageActions |
Removes the specified handler from the list.
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| Scale(Point, Size, Size) |
Scales the specified pixels by converting to form units first and then
back to pixels using the new scaling factor.
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| Scale(Size, Size, Size) |
Scales the specified pixels by converting to form units first and then
back to pixels using the new scaling factor.
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| SendMessage |
Sends the specified message to a window. SalSendMsg does not return until the processing
for the message is complete.
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| SendMessageToChildren |
Sends a message to all child items of a form window, dialog box, table window, or
MDI window.
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| SendMessageToChildrenInternal |
Sends a message to all child items of a form window, dialog box, table window, or
MDI window.
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| SendSalMessage |
Dispatches a Sal messages directly to the control's MessageActions handler.
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| SendValidateMessage |
Sends a SAM_Validate message to the object with the focus.
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| SetContextMenu(Control, String) |
Defines the context menu for a control.
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| SetContextMenu(Control, Type) |
Defines the context menu for a control.
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| SetCursor(Control, array<Byte>[]()[][], Int32) |
Sets a window's cursor from a string variable.
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| SetCursor(Control, Int32, Int32) |
Sets a window's cursor.
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| SetCursor(Control, String, Int32) |
Sets an application-defined cursor for the specified window. Use this function to
set the cursor from an image stored in a file.
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| SetCursor(Control, Cursor, Int32) |
Sets a window's cursor.
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| SetDataLength |
Sets a limit on the number of characters that a user can enter into a data field,
multiline text field, or table window column.
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| SetDefaultButton |
Sets the default push button of a form window or dialog box.
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| SetFocus |
Sets the focus to a specified window.
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| SetFont |
Sets a window's font, font size, and font enhancements.
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| SetFormat |
Sets the picture format of a data field or table window column.
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| SetFormatCode |
Sets a data field's or table window column's format.
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| SetFormattedText |
Copies a formatted string to a data field or table window column.
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| SetInputMask |
Sets the input mask of a data field or table window column.
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| SetLabel |
Changes the Label assigned to the specified control.
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| SetLabelText |
Sets the label text of a control.
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| SetListRedraw | |
| SetListSelectedIndex |
Selects or deselects a combo box or single-selection list box entry.
If the listbox is multiselect using -1 as the index value selects all items, while
using any other invalid index value deselects all items. For normal listbox, using -1
always deselects all items.
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| SetListSelectedItems |
Selects or deselects a combo box or multiple-selection list box entry.
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| SetListSelectedText | |
| SetListTabStops |
Sets tabs in a list box. List boxes use tabs to align columns of data.
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| SetLocation |
Moves a window to a new position (x, y) on the X and Y axes.
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| SetModified |
Sets or clears the field modified flag for an editable data field, combo box, multiline
text field, table window column.
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| SetProfile |
Changes the custom profile of the specified field.
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| SetProfileParameter(Control, Int32, SalNumber) |
Alters the specified parameter for the custom profile associated to the specified field.
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| SetProfileParameter(Control, Int32, SalString) |
Alters the specified parameter for the custom profile associated to the specified field.
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| SetProperty |
Sets the value of a named property for a control.
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| SetScrollBarPosition |
Sets a scroll bar's position.
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| SetScrollBarRange |
Sets a scroll bar's range, line increment, and page increment.
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| SetSize |
Resizes a window.
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| SetStatusBarText(Control, String) |
Updates the status bar of the top level form that owns the specified control.
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| SetStatusBarText(Menu, String) |
Updates the status bar of the form that owns the menu item.
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| SetText |
Sets the text of a control to a specified string.
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| SetTimer |
Creates a system timer for a given control.
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| SetWindowColor |
Sets a window's color.
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| ShowStatusBar |
Shows or hides the status bar on a top-level or MDI window.
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| ShowToolBar |
Shows or hides the tool bar on a top-level or MDI window.
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| ShowWindow |
Makes a control visible.
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| ShowWindowAndLabel |
Makes a control and its associated label visible.
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| TrackPopupMenu(Control, String, Int32, Point) |
Shows context popup menu at runtime.
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| TrackPopupMenu(Control, Type, Int32, Point) |
Shows context popup menu at runtime.
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| TranslateColor |
Converts .NET colors to the corresponding SAL color constant.
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| TranslateControl |
Translate the parent control into a valid control instance:
- if the ClientArea is passed returns the form
- if a second base visual class is passed, returns the instance
- if a embedded TableWindow control is passed, returns the parent TableWindowForm
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| TranslateProfile |
Translates CTD profile codes to the equivalent .NET CultureInfo.
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| TranslateSalColor |
Converts SAL colors to a .NET Color.
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| Undo |
Undoes the last edit in the control with the focus.
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| Update |
Forces the repaint of a control.
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| UpdateMainMenu |
Updates the form's main menu.
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| WaitCursor |
Displays or removes the hourglass cursor.
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| Validate |
Validates and formats a data field's or table window column's contents.
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| WinHelp |
Starts the Windows help system.
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| Yield |
Processes messages in the message loop.
This function replaces all SalYield* functions.
It must be placed in the loop that block execution.
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Operators
| Name | Description | |
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 | ImplicitWideningImplicitImplicitImplicit(Control to SalWindow) |
Automatically casts a control to a SalWindow instance.
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Fields
| Name | Description | |
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 | m_professionalColors |
Properties
| Name | Description | |
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 | DesignMode |
Returns/Sets the DesignMode flag.
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| DisableMessages |
Enables/Disables the dispatching of Windows messages to the
SAL MessageActions handler.
This is used to suppress message dispatching when there is
a potential recursive loop that will cause a stack overflow.
For example, when setting the cursor .NET causes the WM_SETCURSOR
message to be sent which might cause stack overflow if the
function was originally called in response to WM_SETCURSOR.
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| DragLocation |
Returns the location of the mouse, in client's coordinates, when
the drag-drop mode was initiated.
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| DragSource |
Returns the source control for the drag-drop operations.
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| DropDisabled |
Enables/Disables drag-drop operations.
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| DropLocation |
Returns the location of the mouse (in client's coordinates), when
the mouse was released the drag-drop operation terminated.
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| DropTarget |
Returns the drop target control.
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| ForceSynchronousMode |
Static member used to force the application using synchronous server calls.
Controls like the VisSpinField, having a timer that pumps messages into the message loop,
can make the application to hang if a ongoing asynchronous call is currently being executed.
To fix that, all server calls can during that period be forced to be run synchronously by setting this
member to true.
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| KeepMask |
Enables/Disables keeping the mask when reading the text from a masked edit control.
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| MapEnterToTab |
Enables/Disables the mapping of the enter key to the tab key.
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| NamedProperties |
Returns the collection of named properties.
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| ProfessionalColors |
Returns the shared instance of the ProfesisonalColors table.
This is used by components that want to use colors similar
to WinForms toolstrip controls.
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