Dialog System User Guide

Index

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ActiveX Controls 10.2
define properties 10.2.2.2
customizing 10.2.2.3
Dialog System properties 10.2.1
entry point 10.2.2.4.5
event handler 10.2.2.4.6
event handling code 10.2.2.4.6
event registration 10.2.2.4.5
events 10.2.2.3 , 10.2.2.4.3
general properties 10.2.1
GET 10.2.2.3
methods 10.2.2.3
methods and properties 10.2.2.4.1
Programming Assistant 10.2.2.3
programming assistant 10.2.2.3
properties 10.2.2.3
property pages 10.2.1
selecting 10.2.2.1
SET 10.2.2.3
starting the programming assistant 10.2.2.4
sub-objects 10.2.2.4.2
Add
menu choice 15.4 , 15.4
ADD-MORE-SALES-INFO 17.6
Alignment 5.3 , 12.3
Alignment toolbar 5.3
ANY-OTHER-EVENT 6.1.3.1.1
Application
creating 2.3
steps to create 2.3
Asterisk character 3.2.2
Auto properties 18.1.2
Auto-insert property Ch16

B

Bitmap Ch23 , 23.2
256-color Ch16
for push buttons 5.1.2.1
handle 23.2
BITMAP-EVENT 23.2
Bitmaps
defining 5.5.1
using 5.5
Border 4.2
BRANCH-TO-PROCEDURE 6.1.3.3 , 6.3.6 , 17.2.2
BUTTON-SELECTED 6.3.3 , 17.1.1 , 17.2.1 , 17.3.1

C

Call Interface
basic call to Dialog System 7.1.2
sample programs 17.7
Call interface
structure 7.1.2
Calling program 1.2
Change
menu choice 15.4 , 15.4
Check box
attaching to data item 5.1.4
selection 1.3.6
Class library
features 8.2.3
Client area 4.2
Client/Server Binder
controlling the number of clients 14.5
Client/Server Binding 14.1
Client/Server binding
animating 14.8
Client/Server Binding
audit trail 14.10.1
authorization passwords 14.9.2
communications link 14.3.3
configuration file 14.4.2
Client/Server binding
configuration file entries 14.4.2.1
configuration file locating 14.4.2.3
configuration file minimum entries 14.4.2.2
connecting to mfclient 14.5
Client/Server Binding
enabling server override 14.9.4
Client/Server binding
file management 14.10.5
in-line configuration facility 14.10.3
Client/Server Binding
limitations 14.13
Client/Server binding
managing the server 14.9
Client/Server Binding
maximum number of clients 14.9.3
Client/Server binding
mfclient 14.3.1
mfclisrv.cpy 14.4.1
running an application 14.7
Client/server binding
process 14.2
Clients
re-routing to another server 14.10.2
Clipboard 5.1.1.4
Clipping 4.4
CLOSED-WINDOW 6.3.2.10
Color
setting A.2
Comments 6.1.1
Compatibility
chart 12.5 , 12.6
Computational 3.2.4.2 , 3.2.4.2
Configuration file
overriding entries 14.10.2
Connecting to generic modules 14.3
Context menus 4.8.3
$CONTROL 6.2 , 17.2.1
Control Block 7.1.2 , 7.1.3.1 , 13.3 , 19.2
copyfile 7.1.2
Control group
defining 18.1.3
Control object
using 5.1.11
Control programs 5.1.11 , Ch20 , Ch21
Registering events 20.5
Controlled loop Ch16
Controls 1.3.5 , 5.1 , 18.1.3
tabbing order Ch16
alignment 5.3
dialog 6.1.2.1
grouping 5.2
COPY-file 1.2
COPY-PAGE 17.6
Copyfile
Control Block 7.1.2
Data Block 7.1.2
copyfile 1.2
CREATE-WINDOW 6.3.2.1
Customizing status bar control program 20.6

D

Data
definition 3.2 , 18.1.1 , 18.1.1
groups 3.2.5
items 3.2.4.2
model 3.1.1
types 3.2.4.2
validation 3.2.7
Data Access Ch9
Data access
defining query 8.2.4
Data Block 7.1.2 , 7.1.3 , 13.3 , 18.1.1 , 19.2
copyfile 7.1.2
generating 7.1.1 , 19.1
Data block 2.2.3
helpdemo 15.6.2
Data definition
creating 3.2
Data entry 5.1.1.2.1
Data items
occurrences 3.2.5
Data transfer facility
reduced 14.10.4
Database access
screenset 8.2.3
Date
validation 3.2.7.1
DBCS 3.2.4.2 , 3.2.4.2 , 3.2.4.2
Debugging 7.1.4 , 19.3
Default
property values 18.1.2
Define
data 1.2 , 3.2 , 18.1.1
dialog 18.1.7
Defining data items, in control programs 20.2.1 , 21.2.1
Defining menu bar and toolbar, in control programs 21.2.2
Defining status bar, in control programs 20.2.2
Delete
menu choice 15.4
DELETE-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
DELETE-OCCURRENCE 17.4.1
DELETE-PAGE 17.6
DELETE-WINDOW 6.3.2.6 , 7.3.3
Dependencies 3.2.6
Design
goals 2.2.1
Desktop 4.3.1
mode 12.1.1
desktop 1.3.2 , 4.3
Developing large applications 11.2.2
Dialog 2.1
comments 6.1.1
controls 6.1.2.1
defining 7.1.4.2
definition 18.1.7
dialog boxes 4.6
disabling choices 6.3.4.1
enabling choices 6.3.4.1
global 6.1.2.3
helpdemo 15.6.3
menu bar 6.3.4
modifying menus 15.4
moving text 17.1.2.2
object 18.1.7
optimal searching 7.3.2
order of search 6.1.3.1.1 , 7.1.4.2 , 7.3.2
push buttons 17.2
regaining control 6.3.8
return to calling program 6.3.7
table 6.1.2
using procedures 6.3.6
window 6.1.2.2 , 6.3.2
Dialog box 1.3.2 , 1.3.3 , 4.6 , 4.8.1
application modal 4.6.1
dialog 4.6
modal Ch16
modeless 4.6.1
number of objects 4.6
parent modal 4.6.1
vs windows 4.6.2
Dialog System
applications 7.4 , 19.4
starting 2.3
with Panels V2 Ch13
Dialog System extension 7.2
Dsdir 15.3
Disable
menu choice 15.4
objects 17.2.1
DISABLE-OBJECT 6.3.1 , 17.2.1
Display only entry fields 5.1.1.2.3
ds-ancestor 13.3.2
ds-descendant 13.3.2
ds-no-name-info 7.3.6
ds-session-id 13.4.1
ds.icn 4.9
Dsdir 15.3
DSFNTENV environment variable 15.1.3
Dsonline 7.2
Dsrunner 11.1 , 17.7.1
reserving Data Block fields 11.1.2.2
applications 11.1.2
architecture 11.1.1 , 11.1.9
calling from a program 11.1.7
Data Block fields 11.1.2.2
Data Block header 11.1.2.2
error handling code 17.7.1
function code 11.1.2.2
function performing 11.1.2.2
functions 11.1.3
global dialog 11.1.2.2
launching an application 11.1.9
operation 11.1.2
programs 11.1.3
return code 11.1.2.2
screenset requirements 11.1.2.2
screensets 11.1.2.2
signature 11.1.2.2
signature set up 11.1.2.2
starting from a command line 11.1.5
starting in NetExpress IDE 11.1.6
termination processing 11.1.2.2
using functions 11.1.4
dssysinf.cpy 13.3.2
Duplicated items in dropdown list Ch16
Dynamic menu handling 15.4

E

Emulation 12.3
Enable
objects 17.2.1
ENABLE-OBJECT 6.3.1 , 17.2.1
Entry field 5.1.1.2
defining 18.1.3
definition 18.1.1
display only 5.1.1.2.3
refreshing 5.1.1.2
validating 17.1.1
with other controls 5.1.1.2.2
Environment 12.1
Error
Checker Ch16
message definition 3.2.8
Error Message File
alternative 15.2.1
direct access 15.2
Event 6.1 , 6.1.3.1
ANY-OTHER-EVENT 6.1.3.1.1
BITMAP-EVENT 23.2
BUTTON-SELECTED 17.1.1 , 17.2.1 , 17.3.1
CLOSED-WINDOW 6.3.2.10
ITEM-SELECTED 17.4.1
LOST-FOCUS 17.1.1 , 17.1.1
OTHER-SCREENSET 11.2.8
SCREENSET-INITIALIZED 23.2
Sequence 11.2.9
SLIDER-MOVING 17.5.1
SLIDER-RELEASED 17.5.1
trapped by Window Managers 6.4
VAL-ERROR 17.1.1
Event Block 13.3.2
$EVENT-DATA 6.2 , 17.1.1 , 17.5.1
Executable files 7.1.5 , 19.4
EXECUTE-PROCEDURE 6.1.3.3 , 6.3.6

F

File selection facility 15.3
Font
setting A.1
system proportional 12.3
Fonts
multiple resolutions 15.1.2
Function 6.1 , 6.1.3.2
BRANCH-TO-PROCEDURE 6.1.3.3 , 6.3.6 , 17.2.2
BUTTON-SELECTED 6.3.3
COPY-PAGE 17.6
CREATE-WINDOW 6.3.2.1
DELETE-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
DELETE-OCCURRENCE 17.4.1
DELETE-PAGE 17.6
DELETE-WINDOW 6.3.2.6 , 7.3.3
DISABLE-OBJECT 6.3.1 , 17.2.1
ENABLE-OBJECT 6.3.1 , 17.2.1
EXECUTE-PROCEDURE 6.1.3.3 , 6.3.6
IF= 6.3.6 , 17.3.1
INCREMENT 17.3.1 , 17.4.1
INSERT-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
INSERT-MANY-LIST-ITEMS 17.4.3
INSERT-OCCURRENCE 17.4.1
INVOKE-MESSAGE-BOX 15.2 , 17.1.1 , 17.1.1
limit 6.1.3.2
MOVE 17.3.1 , 17.5.1
MOVE-OBJECT-HANDLE 13.4.2 , 23.2
MOVE-WINDOW 6.3.2.8
REFRESH-OBJECT 6.3.8 , 17.4.1 , 17.5.1
REPEAT-EVENT 11.2.8
RETC 6.3.7 , 11.2.8 , 23.2
SCREENSET-INITIALIZED 6.3.1
SET-BUTTON-STATE 6.3.1
SET-DATA-GROUP-SIZE 6.3.1 , 17.4.1
SET-DESKTOP-WINDOW 6.3.2.5
SET-FIRST-WINDOW 6.3.2.2
SET-FOCUS 6.3.2.2 , 6.3.2.7 , 17.1.1 , 17.2.2
SET-LIST-ITEM-STATE 17.4.1
SET-OBJECT-LABEL 6.3.2.9 , 17.2.2
SHOW-WINDOW 6.3.2.2 , 6.3.2.3
UNSHOW-WINDOW 6.3.2.4 , 7.3.3
UPDATE-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
VAL-ERROR 6.3.5
VALIDATE 6.3.5 , 17.1.1
XIF= 6.3.6

Icon 1.3.2.1 , Ch23
attaching 4.9
IF= 6.3.6 , 17.3.1
INCREMENT 17.3.1 , 17.4.1
INSERT-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
INSERT-MANY-LIST-ITEMS 17.4.3
INSERT-OCCURRENCE 17.4.1
INSTANCE 6.2
Instance number 17.7.2.1
finding 17.7.1
Interface type
Windows GUI Application Wizard 8.2.2
INVOKE-MESSAGE-BOX 15.2 , 17.1.1 , 17.1.1
ITEM-SELECTED 17.4.1

Linking 7.1.5 , 19.4
List Box
adding items at definition 5.1.5.1
adding items using delimited strings 17.4.3
adding items using dialog 17.4.2
adding items using group item 5.1.5.1
single selection vs multiple selection 5.1.5
List box
defining 18.1.3
selection 1.3.6
List boxes
sample dialog 17.4
LOST-FOCUS 17.1.1 , 17.1.1

M

Maintenance 1.2
Manipulating controls 10.1 , 20.4
Master Field 3.2.6
Master field 2.2.3 , 3.2
bitmap 5.5.1
Maximize 4.2
Memory
screenset Ch16
Menu
pulldown 4.8.1
selection 1.3.6
Menu bar 4.2 , 4.8.1 , 12.4
dialog 6.3.4
main 1.3.2
Menu handling,dynamic 15.4
Menus
context 4.8.3
selecting choices 6.3.4.2
Message box 1.3.4 , 4.7
movable 12.4
push buttons 4.7
types 4.7
Microsoft Windows Ch1
Migrating
containers 12.5.2
notebooks 12.5.1
Minimize 4.2
MLE 5.1.1.3
editing 5.1.1.4
loading text via Clipboard 5.1.1.4
refreshing 5.1.1.5
Modal 4.6.1 , 4.6.1
Modal dialog box Ch16
Modeless 4.6.1
Modify
menu 15.4
Modular design 11.2.2
Mouse
behavior 12.1
Mouse Pointer Ch23
Mouse pointer 1.3.1
changing 23.1
dynamic 23.1.1
I-beam 1.3.1
static 23.1.1
MOVE 17.3.1 , 17.5.1
MOVE-OBJECT-HANDLE 13.4.2 , 23.2
MOVE-WINDOW 6.3.2.8
Moving text
using an application program 17.1.2.1
Multiple
environments, developing for 12.2
instances of screensets 7.1.2.3 , 11.2.5
programs 11.2.2
Multiple Line Entry Field 5.1.1.3
Multiple line entry field
defining 18.1.3
read-only 12.4
Multiple line entry fields
editing 17.1.2
Multiple programs
using 11.2.2
Multiple resolutions 5.1.11 , 15.1
enabling 15.1.1
font mapping 15.1.2
Multiple screensets
controlled loop Ch16

N

$NULL 6.2
Null
validation 3.2.7.1

O

Object 3.2.9 , Ch4
bitmaps 23.2
definition 3.2.9 , 4.1 , 18.1.2
entry fields 5.1.1.2
handle 13.3.2
MLE's 5.1.1.3
naming 7.3.4
scroll bars 5.1.1.2.2 , 5.1.7
selection 1.3.6
text 5.1.1.1
user control 5.1.11
OLE2
availability 12.1
Optimization
ds-no-name-info 7.3.6
minimize object naming 7.3.4
run-time files 7.3.5
UNSHOW-WINDOW vs DELETE-WINDOW 7.3.3
using Path 7.3.1
optimizing a gui application 7.3
OTHER-SCREENSET 11.2.3.2 , 11.2.8

P

pan2link.cpy 13.3.1
Panels V2 Ch13
call interface 13.1
copyfile 13.3.1
functions 13.4.3
Panels2
processing event information 17.7.1
Parent
window 12.4
Path
optimizing 7.3.1
Platform Ch12
Platform resolution
finding 15.1.3
Portability
guidelines 12.3
warnings Ch12 , 12.4
Primary window 4.3.1
relationship to secondary window 4.3.3
Procedure 6.1 , 6.1.3.3 , 15.2
Program
calling Dsrunner 11.1.7
structure 7.1.3 , 19.2
writing 7.1.3 , 19.2
Properties 2.2.1.3
window 4.5.1
Prototyping 1.2 , 7.1.4.1 , 18.1.6
Pulldown
menu 1.3.2 , 4.8.1 , 4.8.2
Push Button
assigning bitmaps dynamically 5.1.2.1
in message box 4.7
Push button
bitmapped 5.6
border 12.4
default border 12.3
defining 18.1.3
selection 1.3.6
Push buttons
changing bitmaps dynamically 17.2.2

Q

No entries

R

Radio button 18.1.3
defining 18.1.3
grouping 5.1.3
selection 1.3.6
Range/Table validation 3.2.7.1
REFRESH-OBJECT 6.3.8 , 17.4.1 , 17.5.1
$REGISTER 6.2 , 17.3.1
Registering events, for control programs 20.5
Registers
$CONTROL 6.2 , 17.2.1
$EVENT-DATA 6.2 , 17.1.1 , 17.5.1
$INSTANCE 6.2
$NULL 6.2
$REGISTER 6.2 , 17.3.1
$WINDOW 6.2
REPEAT-EVENT 11.2.8
Resolution
portability 12.3
RETC 6.3.7 , 11.2.8 , 23.2
Router 11.2.4
active screenset 11.2.3.1
inactive screenset 11.2.3.1
other screenset 11.2.3.2
Run
screenset 7.1.4.1 , 18.1.6
Run-time files 7.3.5

S

SALES-INFO-PAGE 17.6
Sample
Data Block 18.1.1
data definition 18.1
Sample dialog:entry fields 17.1
Sample dialog:validating entry fields 17.1.1
Save
screenset 2.3 , 18.1.5
Screen
layout 4.1
Screenset 1.2 , 2.2.3
controlling the use of 7.1.2.1 , 11.2
creating Ch3 , Ch18
Database access 8.2.3
definition order 2.3
Dsrunner 11.1.2
memory Ch16
pushing and popping 7.1.2.2 , 11.2.1
running 7.1.4.1 , 18.1.6
sample Ch3 , Ch18
save 2.3 , 18.1.5
SQL 8.2.4
steps to create Ch3 , Ch18
Switching 11.2.8
using multiple 7.1.2.2 , 11.2.1
using multiple instances 7.1.2.3 , 11.2.5
Screenset alterations 22.1
Screenset Animator 7.1.4.1 , 7.1.4.1.1 , Ch16 , 18.1.6
window 7.1.4.3 , 18.1.8
Screenset Animator window 7.1.4.1.1
Screenset Name
Windows GUI Application Wizard 8.2.1
SCREENSET-INITIALIZED 6.3.1 , 23.2
Screensets
controlling multiple 11.1.2.2
Scroll Bar 4.2
Scroll bar 1.3.7 , 5.1.1.2.2 , 5.1.7
changing properties 5.1.7 , 17.5.2
events 17.5.1
Scroll bars 17.5
Secondary window 4.3.2
relationship to primary window 4.3.3
Select 1.3.6
Selection box
drop-down 5.1.6
drop-down list 5.1.6
selection 1.3.6
simple 5.1.6
Server program
connecting to mfserver 14.6
connecting to mfserver 14.3.2
SET-BUTTON-STATE 6.3.1 , 6.3.3.1
SET-DATA-GROUP-SIZE 6.3.1 , 17.4.1
SET-DESKTOP-WINDOW 6.3.2.5
SET-FIRST-WINDOW 6.3.2.2
SET-FOCUS 6.3.2.2 , 6.3.2.7 , 17.1.1 , 17.2.2
SET-LIST-ITEM-STATE 17.4.1
SET-MOUSE-SHAPE 23.1
SET-OBJECT-LABEL 6.3.2.9 , 17.2.2
SHOW-WINDOW 6.3.2.2 , 6.3.2.3
Side file
changing 23.1.1.1
converting to binary format 15.1.2
SLIDER-MOVING 17.5.1
SLIDER-RELEASED 17.5.1
Status bar, customizing 20.6
Submenus 1.3.2
Subroutine
procedures 6.1
System menu 4.2

T

Tab control 5.1.9
Tab controls 17.6
inserting pages 17.6
Tabbing order Ch16
Terminology Ch1
Testing 1.2 , 7.1.4 , 7.1.4.1 , 18.1.6 , 19.3
screenset 7.1.4.1 , 18.1.6
Text 5.1.1.1
defining 18.1.3
fit 12.3
Text field
adding color Ch16
Title 4.2
bar 12.4
trace dialog execution 7.1.4.1.1

U

UNSHOW-WINDOW 6.3.2.4 , 7.3.3
Update
menu choice 15.4
UPDATE-LIST-ITEM 17.4.2
User control 5.1.11
benefits 5.1.11
User Controls
properties 10.3.1
User interface
defining 2.2.1 , 4.1
design goals 2.2.1
life cycle 1.2
User validation 3.2.7.1
Using CCI 14.1
Using control programs Ch20 , Ch21
Using Dialog System clock ActiveX 22.2
Using the ActiveX control program Ch22

V

VAL-ERROR 6.3.5 , 17.1.1
VALIDATE 6.3.5 , 17.1.1
Validation 3.1.1
criteria 3.2.7.1
date 3.2.7.1
entry fields 17.1.1
null 3.2.7.1
range/table 3.2.7.1
user 3.2.7.1
Validation errors
cancelling Ch16

W

$WINDOW 6.2
Window Ch4
border 4.2
changing parent 6.3.2.5
changing title 6.3.2.9
client area 4.2
clipped 12.1.1 , 12.4
clipping 4.4
closing 1.3.2.1
components 4.2
creating 4.5.2 , 6.3.2.1
current 1.3.2.1
deleting 6.3.2.6
dialog 6.1.2.2 , 6.3.2
handle 13.3.2
menu bar 4.2
minimize/maximize icons 4.2
minimizing 1.3.2.1
moving 1.3.2.1 , 6.3.2.8
moving to another 1.3.2.1
non-clipped 12.4
primary 4.3.1 , 18.1.2
properties 4.5.1
restoring 1.3.2.1
scroll bar 4.2
secondary 1.3.2 , 4.3.2 , 4.8.1
setting focus 6.3.2.7
showing 6.3.2.3
sizing 1.3.2.1
system menu 4.2
title bar 4.2 , 12.4
unshowing 6.3.2.4
vs dialog boxes 4.6.2
Windows GUI Application Wizard Ch8
interface type 8.2.2
output 8.3
starting 8.1
Writing
program 7.1.3 , 19.2