Norman Dunbar schreef op 16/12/2013 21:22:
Evening François,
On 16/12/13 14:39, François Van Emelen wrote:
A question about the use of 'CSIZE' in Easyptr/Easymenu.
Can CSIZE be used to have larger characters in an 'application window'
created with 'no menu'?
Example:
Short answer: yes.
Longer answer: years ago, I did a tutorial series in Quanta, one of
the example programs was a Calculator, of sorts! It has a large window
for the display.
What I did in the initialisation was:
OPEN #3, "con_"
OPEN #4, "scr_"
CSIZE #4, 2, 0
The menu, designed in EasyMenu, was MDRAW'n on #3. When I needed to
display the result of a calculation, in the first application
sub-window in the menu, I did this:
MWLINK #3, 1, #4
PRINT #4, right_justify(result))
So, there is a way to do it, yes. As used above, MWLINK's parameters are:
#3, where the menu is drawn
1, the application sub-window number
#4, the channel to overlay on the application window.
You have to do the MWLINK each time you intend to write to the
application sub-window as there is the possibility that the user has
moved the menu on screen, if you don't call MWLINK, you can end up
with odd looking results as the menu is in one position and the output
is in another!
You can do a similar thing to print to Info Windows as well. Use:
MWINDOW #3, iw%
You can then set ink, paper, strip colurs and CSIZEs as well in #3,
before printing to #3 whatever text you wish to siaplay in the info
window.
I normally define a couple of procedures iw_print, aw_print to do the
above. I also have an iw_input$ function to return a string that the
user has typed into an information window. I haven't needed aw_input
yet though.
MWLINK needs two channels, in it's parameters while MWINDOW doesn't.
The former sets the second channel to overlay the application window
in the first while the latter simply redefines the given channel,
where the menu is currently displayed, to the given info window.
Consistency? What consistency? ;-)
Have fun!
Cheers,
Norm.
Hi Norman,
Thanks for your reply. I had a look at your 'calc_bas', but this is not
what I am looking for. In your calc_bas the Appl Window is used to
display something.
My question was probably not accurate enough (I am not a native speaker).
What I am looking for is a way to display larger characters in an Appl
window showing sprites and texts in a grid (kind of dropdown menu)
allowing me to select one of the application objects (sprite or text) to
perform something. My program works without any problem (it is my
'launchpad'). My question was: can the size the text in such a grid be
modified?
I have to admit I have never seen larger characters in such a situation.
Thanks for your help.
Have a fine evening.
François Van Emelen
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