On 08/04/2011 22:56, Martyn Hill wrote:
Dear list
Whilst I suspect that there is no 'simple' way to make an SBasic job
work with the PE - i.e. able to move #0/1/2 windows and put to sleep
in QPAC2 frame - without going the whole hog of making a PE
compliant application, but none-the-less wondered if someone could
devise and share a basic HowTo on the process.
I think I've read most of the PE documentation out there but I'm
still at a loss to understand just what is required to be able to
manipulate an SBasic Job (0 or daughter SBasic jobs) with the PE.
I run QPC2 with QPAC2 and would invoke my copy of QDT more if I
could tame SBasic windows in this way.
Have I missed something obvious, or is it necessary to develop a
standalone app using the PE tools available just to achieve this?
Thanks for any ideas.
Here are some ideas for using PE with the S*Basic interpreter. I use
the following in my boot program:
ERT HOT_THING('z', 'Button_Sleep')
ALT+z puts the job in focus (including SB) to sleep
ERT HOT_THING('=', 'Button_Pick')
ALT+= picks all the buttons to the top
ERT HOT_CMD(CHR$(245), 'wmov#0')
ALT+CTRL+F4 moves the SB window, but only when it is receiving input.
Ie it is a direct command. OUTLN must be set before first use, I
think. I call the command below to initialise my windows
ERT HOT_KEY('b',
"OUTLN#0,512,242,SCR_XLIM-512,14:
WINDOW#0;512,62,SCR_XLIM-512,194:
BORDER#0;1,255:WINDOW#1;256,178,SCR_XLIM-256,14:
BORDER#1;1,255:WINDOW#2,256,178,SCR_XLIM-512,14:
BORDER#2;1,255:
CLS#0:CLS#1:CLS#2"
&CHR$(10)
)
The above is all one line. It makes ALT+b reset SB's (or an SBASIC
daughter job's) three main windows and move them to the rightmost
corner of the screen( avoiding the pile-up on the left where all
pre-PE programs end up.) It also reduces the hight of the window so as
not to get in the way of the Button Frame.
You can now use WMAN2 colours and features from S*Basic. Checkout the
WM_* keywords in your manual!
Per
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