gui_util

Send commands to the gui client.

Available in:

Apps (win)	Apps (char)	Reportwriter	RPC	Standalone PL
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Syntax

void gui_util(command[,parameter])
int           command
expr          parameter

Description

Sends special commands to the DesignVision client. Commands are defined in dv.h:

Command	Description	Parameter
gui_util_aclist	Sets the autocompletion dictionary. See example below.	List of dictionary words, one word per line.
gui_util_call_parent	Calls the DVJScall function with the supplied parameter.	Parameter to pass to DVJScall().
gui_util_clr_lastact	Clears the last stacked action.	N/A
gui_util_diaper	Sets the tooltip, menu, and context menu popup mode. MS .NET mode (False, default) has a popup memory leak that causes extreme garbage collection processing. Setting True looks in dv.xaml for dv_diaper_list, used for menus, or dv_diaper_text styles, tooltips. If not found the default for dv_diaper_list is foreground DarkBlue, dv_diaper_text foreground Cyan, background DarkBlue. The popup is then built using this style and avoids the memory leak.	True (1) or False (0)
gui_util_garbage	Invokes the garbage collection.	N/A
gui_util_heartbeat	Sets the heartbeat timeout value.	Value in milliseconds
gui_util_help_winname	Sets the help window name.	Window name
gui_util_key_cache	Clears and optionally configures the keystroke stack.	Optional parameter is a string "m [n]". m is the maximum number of keys in the cache stack (default 500). n is the maximum number of consecutive identical keys that will be batched with the count returned in G.aux (default 1).
gui_util_kill_cookie	Removes the DVJS_COOKIE.	N/A
gui_util_killwin_prompt	Sets the kill window prompt. If set, then DVJS will open a prompt box when the user tried to close the window via Alt-F4 or the X. To reset, send the command with no parameter.	String to display in the prompt
gui_util_string	Sends a string to the evSendString handler (WPF)	String to send
gui_util_tooltip	Sets or resets the tooltip associated with the element(WPF). See also field_tooltip.	String with "`element ID` tooltip". If `element ID` is not given, then it defaults to 0. If `element ID` is higher than any matching element ID, then it defaults to the last element. For example, `gui_util(gui_util_tooltip,"This is a tooltip");` sets the first element's tooltip. `gui_util(gui_util_tooltip,"2 This is a tooltip");` sets the third element's tooltip.
gui_util_topmost	Sets or resets the window to be topmost (WPF)	True (1) or False (0)
gui_util_winicon	Sets the name of the image to display as the window icon	String with the imagename, either preloaded or a URI reference

Example

Prompt the user to set the browser heartbeat timeout value:

gui_util(gui_util_heartbeat,prompt("Heartbeat timeout -> "));

Create autocompletion for a field.

1. Set the Auto Complete attribute in the dvApp Define Field dialog.
2. In the field's Validation trigger,

if ((G.key == pev_window) && (G.aux == wev_autocomp))
  load_aclist(upper(parm.0) ^^ "%");

load_aclist:

{
#define max_items 200

list LL;
LL = list_open("select unique city from zipcodes "
               "where upper(city) like &parm.0",max_items+1);
if (list_rows(LL) > 1 && list_rows(LL) <= max_items) {
  clipboard(cb_free);                       /* just in case                   */
  list_file(LL,"clipboard!","as");
  gui_util(gui_util_aclist,clipboard(cb_extract));
  }
list_close(LL);
}