User Interaction (UI) Functions
Description
Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for enhancing user interfaces.
- Name
- Description
- Bitmap Functions
Functions for manipulating UI bitmaps.
- Context Functions
Functions for working with the UI context.
- Editor Functions
Functions for manipulating editors.
- GDI Functions
Functions for drawing to the display.
- Menu Functions
Functions for working with menus in a desktop interface.
- Miscellaneous UI Functions
Miscellaneous functions for manipulating the UI in a Desktop application.
- Printer UI Functions
Functions for displaying and setting printer properties.
- UI_GET_* User Interface Functions
Functions that begin with the "UI_GET" prefix.
- uiFreeze Object
The uiFreezeObject object is useful when you want to prevent screen redraw when code is running. Advantages of the UIFreeze object over the UI_FREEZE() function.
- XDialog Commands, Controls, and Functions
Commands, controls, and functions for working with XDialog.
Methods
- uiFreezeObject.create Method
An object that allows you to stop screen redrawing. The UIFreezeObject should beinstantiated using a local variable and not a shared or global variable. When an error occurs, the script stops executing. When the script stops, the local variable frame goes away, and the reference to the UIFreezeObject goes away, and as a result, the screen is no longer frozen.