A5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET Function
Syntax
Arguments
- system_mode
One of the values from the Mode column in the table below.
- system_setting
The value from the Setting column, in the table below, that corresponds to the Mode selection.
Description
Set a system mode (i.e. data_entry_style).
Discussion
The A5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET() method sets a configurable aspect of the Alpha Anywhere environment. The various values for Mode and Setting are:
- Mode
- Setting and Description
- code_editor_auto_help
Nocolor, Turns off color coding in the Code Editor.
- interactive_auto_help
Nocomplete, Turns off auto-complete in the Interactive window.
- expression_auto_help
Nohelp, Turns off auto-complete in the Expression Builder.
- data_entry_style
Modal, Sets the default data entry style to "Modal".
- sys_metric_textedit_leftpad
Number, Sets the left padding of Xdialog text edit controls in pixels.
- control_panel_refresh_check
True/False, Enables and disables continuous refresh of the Control Panel.
- Xbasic_error_event_log
t Causes extended debugging information to be written to the standard Windows event log when an Xbasic script error occurs. To view the Windows event log, click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer.
- statusbar_refresh_rate
Number, Sets the status bar refresh rate in seconds. For example ".01" will update the StatusBar every .01 seconds. ".1" will update the StatusBar every .1 seconds.
Setting the Left Padding for Xdialog Text Controls
To set the left padding to 50 pixels.
a5.System_Mode_Set("sys_metric_textedit_leftpad","50")To get the current setting:
? a5.System_Mode_get("sys_metric_textedit_leftpad")
= "3"Control Panel Refresh
Alpha Anywhere's default behavior now disables continuous refresh of the Control Panel. This setting can now be controlled in the Settings dialog box (select View > Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Control Panel ). As a result of this change, there may be some cases where the Control Panel is slow to update and does not immediately reflect some new object that has been added to the database. The Xbasic methods to get and set the Control Panel refresh property are:
a5.System_Mode_set("control_panel_refresh_check","True/False")
a5.System_Mode_get("control_panel_refresh_check")Example
The following script sets different aspect of the Alpha Anywhere environment.
a5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET("code_editor_auto_help","nocolor" )
a5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET("interactive_auto_help","nocomplete" )
a5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET("expression_auto_help","nohelp" )
a5.SYSTEM_MODE_SET("data_entry_style","modal")Limitations
Desktop applications only.
See Also