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Dialog Director 0.7 Dictionary

Copyright © 1996-1998 Christopher E. Hyde. All rights reserved.

Index

1. Dialog Director Suite
   • Classes:
     1. check box
     2. color picker
     3. dialog
     4. dialog item
     5. dummy
     6. font spec
     7. gauge
     8. generic control
     9. group box
     10. icon
     11. icon list box
     12. icon push button
     13. icon radio button
     14. icon sticky button
     15. icon toggle button
     16. list box
     17. movie controller
     18. password field
     19. pict
     20. poly push button
     21. poly radio button
     22. poly sticky button
     23. poly toggle button
     24. pop up
     25. push button
     26. radio button
     27. radio group
     28. static text
     29. text field
   • Events:
     1. dd auto dialog
     2. dd calc dialog bounds
     3. dd count dialogs
     4. dd delete
     5. dd get
     6. dd install
     7. dd interact with user
     8. dd make
     9. dd make dialog
     10. dd set
     11. dd uninstall

Dialog Director Suite: Copyright © 1996-1998 Christopher E. Hyde.
All rights reserved.
www.hylight.demon.co.uk
drjekyll@hylight.demon.co.uk

Classes:

Class check box: a checkbox item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

value boolean -- is checked initially?

Class color picker: a colour picking item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

value RGB color -- initial colour

flags integer -- color picker flags

Class dialog: record used to create a dialog

Elements:

dialog item by numeric index

Properties:

size point -- size of window

bounds rectangle -- bounds of window

style standard window/standard dialog/movable dialog/plain dialog/shadowed dialog/standard palette/sideways palette -- window kind

closeable boolean -- does the window have a close box?

name international text -- title of window

help international text -- help string

timeout after integer -- seconds after which window closes automatically

default item integer -- index of default item

contents a list of dialog item -- the dialog items

Class dialog item: a dialog item

Plural form:

dialog items

Properties:

class type class -- class of this item

bounds rectangle -- bounds of this item

font integer -- the index of this item’s font

help international text -- help string

enabled boolean -- is this item enabled?

Class dummy: a dummy dialog item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

Class font spec: a text font specification

Properties:

name international text -- the name of the font

size integer -- the font size in points

style a list of scrap styles -- the text style(s)

color RGB color -- the colour of the text

Class gauge: a barber pole or progress bar

Properties:

inherits dialog item

value integer -- initial value

max value integer -- maximum value of gauge

Class generic control: a generic control

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

style integer -- proc ID of control

value integer -- initial value

min value integer -- minimum value of gauge

max value integer -- maximum value of gauge

flags integer -- initial refCon value

Class group box: an optionally labelled group box/frame item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- group label

style primary group/secondary group/tertiary group -- style of frame

Class icon: an icon item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

contents anything -- colour or b&w icon or id of 'cicn' or 'ICON' resource

Class icon list box: a scrolling, labeled, icon list

Properties:

inherits list box

Class icon push button: a push button with an icon & a bevelled edge

Properties:

inherits dialog item

style integer -- button appearance style

contents integer -- family id of icon resources

Class icon radio button: a radio button with an icon & a bevelled edge

Properties:

inherits icon push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class icon sticky button: a sticky button with an icon & a bevelled edge

Properties:

inherits icon push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class icon toggle button: a toggle button with an icon & a bevelled edge

Properties:

inherits icon push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class list box: a scrolling, text list

Properties:

inherits dialog item

value integer -- initial selection

flags integer -- selection flags

action integer -- value returned when double-clicked

column widths a list of integer -- widths of the tab columns

contents a list of international text -- the list items

Class movie controller: a QuickTime movie controller

Properties:

inherits dialog item

contents alias -- the movie file

flags integer -- movie controller flags

Class password field: an opaque editable text item

Properties:

inherits text field

Class pict: a picture item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

contents anything -- Quickdraw picture or id of 'PICT' resource

Class poly push button: a clickable polygon area

Properties:

inherits dialog item

contents a list of integer -- the coordinates of the vertices

Class poly radio button: an exclusive polygon area

Properties:

inherits poly push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class poly sticky button: a sticky polygon area

Properties:

inherits poly push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class poly toggle button: a toggling polygon area

Properties:

inherits poly push button

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class pop up: a pop-up menu item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

name width integer -- width of title

value integer -- initial selection

text field integer -- type-in field index

contents a list of international text -- the menu items

Class push button: a push button item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

action anything -- button action when pressed

Class radio button: a single radio button item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

value boolean -- is on initially?

Class radio group: a group of radio buttons

Properties:

inherits dialog item

value integer -- initial on button

button offset point -- offset of next button

max down integer -- maximum buttons in vertical direction

contents a list of international text -- the button list

Class static text: a static text item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

contents international text -- text of item

justification flush default/left/center/right -- justification of the text

Class text field: an optionally labelled editable text item

Properties:

inherits dialog item

name international text -- title of item

name bounds rectangle -- bounds of title

value international text -- initial text of item

Events:

dd auto dialog: Create, display and interact with a dialog window

dd auto dialog record -- the dialog description

[with fonts list] -- global font table

[grayscale boolean] -- Apple greyscale appearance(ish)

[float above app] -- the application above which windows should float

Result: list -- the final item values

dd calc dialog bounds: Calculate the bounding rectangle of a dialog window

dd calc dialog bounds point -- the dialog size

Result: rectangle -- the calculated rectangle

dd count dialogs: Return the number of open dialogs

dd count dialogs

Result: integer -- the number of dialogs

dd delete: Delete the specified objects

dd delete reference -- the dialog or dialog items to delete

dd get: Retrieve properties from objects

dd get reference -- the property to be returned

Result: anything -- the data from the object(s)

dd install: Create and initialise the Dialog Director environment

dd install

[with fonts list] -- global font table

[grayscale boolean] -- Apple greyscale appearance(ish)

[float above app] -- the application above which windows should float

dd interact with user: Interact with the front dialog window

dd interact with user

[for max ticks integer] -- maximum ticks before returning

Result: anything -- the index of the dialog item clicked or null

dd make: Create one or more dialog items

dd make a list of dialog item -- the dialog item record(s)

at location reference -- the location at which to insert the item(s)

dd make dialog: Create and display a dialog window

dd make dialog record -- the dialog description

Result: reference -- reference to the new dialog

dd set: Set properties of objects

dd set reference -- the property and objects to change

to anything -- the new property value(s)

dd uninstall: Clean up and remove the Dialog Director environment

dd uninstall

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