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/*
* The following parts are Copyright of the individual authors.
* www - http://harbour-project.org
*
* Copyright 1999 Chen Kedem <niki@actcom.co.il>
* Documentation for: __AtPrompt(), @...PROMPT, __MenuTo(), MENU TO
*
* See COPYING.txt for licensing terms.
*
*/
/* $DOC$
$TEMPLATE$
Function
$NAME$
AChoice()
$CATEGORY$
API
$SUBCATEGORY$
User interface
$ONELINER$
Allows selection of an element from an array
$SYNTAX$
AChoice( <nTop>, <nLeft>, <nBottom>, <nRight>, <acMenuItems>, [<alSelableItems> | <lSelableItems>], [<cUserFunction> | <bUserBlock>], [<nInitialItem>], [<nWindowRow>] ) --> nPosition
$ARGUMENTS$
<nTop> - topmost row used to display array (default 0)
<nLeft> - leftmost row used to display array (default 0)
<nBottom> - bottommost row used to display array (default MaxRow())
<nRight> - rightmost row used to display array (default MaxCol())
<acMenuItems> - the character array of items from which to select
<alSelableItems> - an array of items, either logical or character,
which is used to determine if a particular item
may be selected. If the type of a given item is
character, it is macro evaluated, and the result
is expected to be a logical. A value of .T. means
that the item may be selected, .F. that it may not.
(See next argument: lSelectableItems)
<lSelableItems> - a logical value which is used to apply to all
items in acMenuItems. If .T., all items may be
selected; if .F., none may be selected.
(See previous argument: alSelectableItems)
Default .T.
<cUserFunction> - the name of a function to be called which may
affect special processing of keystrokes. It is
specified without parentheses or parameters.
When it is called, it will be supplied with the
parameters: nMode, nCurElement, and nRowPos.
Default NIL.
<bUserBlock> - a codeblock to be called which may
affect special processing of keystrokes. It
should be specified in the form
{| nMode, nCurElemenet, nRowPos | ;
MyFunc( nMode, nCurElemenet, nRowPos ) }.
Default NIL.
<nInitialItem> - the number of the element to be highlighted as
the current item when the array is initially
displayed. 1 origin. Default 1.
<nWindowRow> - the number of the window row on which the initial
item is to be displayed. 0 origin. Default 0.
$RETURNS$
<nPosition> - the number of the item to be selected, or 0 if the
selection was aborted.
$DESCRIPTION$
Allows selection of an element from an array.
Please see standard CA-Cl*pper documentation for ACHOICE for
additional detail.
$EXAMPLES$
aItems := { "One", "Two", "Three" }
nChoice := AChoice( 10, 10, 20, 20, aItems )
IF nChoice == 0
? "You did not choose an item"
ELSE
? "You chose element " + hb_ntos( nChoice )
?? " which has a value of " + aItems[ nChoice ]
ENDIF
$FILES$
Library is core
$COMPLIANCE$
C
$SEEALSO$
MENU TO
$END$
*/
/* $DOC$
$TEMPLATE$
Function
$NAME$
__AtPrompt()
$CATEGORY$
API
$SUBCATEGORY$
User interface
$ONELINER$
Display a menu item on screen and define a message
$SYNTAX$
__AtPrompt( <nRow>, <nCol>, <cPrompt>, [<xMsg>] ) --> .F.
$ARGUMENTS$
<nRow> is the row number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value could
range from zero to MaxRow().
<nCol> is the column number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value
could range from zero to MaxCol().
<cPrompt> is the menu item character string to display.
<xMsg> define a message to display each time this menu item is
highlighted. <xMsg> could be a character string or code block that
is evaluated to a character string. If <xMsg> is not specified or
of the wrong type, an empty string ("") would be used.
$RETURNS$
__AtPrompt() always return .F.
$DESCRIPTION$
With __AtPrompt() you define and display a menu item, each call to
__AtPrompt() add another item to the menu, to start the menu itself
you should call the __MenuTo() function (MENU TO command). You can
define any row and column combination and they will be displayed at
the order of definition. After each call to __AtPrompt(), the cursor
is placed one column to the right of the last text displayed, and
Row() and Col() are updated.
@...PROMPT command is preprocessed into __AtPrompt() function during
compile time.
$EXAMPLES$
// display a two line menu with status line at the bottom
// let the user select favorite day
SET MESSAGE TO 24 CENTER
@ 10, 2 PROMPT "Sunday" MESSAGE "This is the 1st item"
@ 11, 2 PROMPT "Monday" MESSAGE "Now we're on the 2nd item"
MENU TO nChoice
DO CASE
CASE nChoice == 0 // user press Esc key
QUIT
CASE nChoice == 1 // user select 1st menu item
? "Guess you don't like Mondays"
CASE nChoice == 2 // user select 2nd menu item
? "Just another day for some"
ENDCASE
$STATUS$
R
$COMPLIANCE$
C(menu)
$FILES$
Library is core
$SEEALSO$
AChoice(), MENU TO, SET MESSAGE, SET INTENSITY, SET WRAP, __MenuTo()
$END$
*/
/* $DOC$
$TEMPLATE$
Command
$NAME$
@...PROMPT
$CATEGORY$
Command
$SUBCATEGORY$
User interface
$ONELINER$
Display a menu item on screen and define a message
$SYNTAX$
@ <nRow>, <nCol> PROMPT <cPrompt> [MESSAGE <xMsg>]
$ARGUMENTS$
<nRow> is the row number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value could
range from zero to MaxRow().
<nCol> is the column number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value
could range from zero to MaxCol().
<cPrompt> is the menu item character string to display.
<xMsg> define a message to display each time this menu item is
highlighted. <xMsg> could be a character string or code block that
is evaluated to a character string. If <xMsg> is not specified or
of the wrong type, an empty string ("") would be used.
$DESCRIPTION$
With @...Prompt you define and display a menu item, each call to
@...Prompt add another item to the menu, to start the menu itself
you should call the __MenuTo() function (MENU TO command). You can
define any row and column combination and they will be displayed at
the order of definition. After each call to @...Prompt, the cursor
is placed one column to the right of the last text displayed, and
Row() and Col() are updated.
@...PROMPT command is preprocessed into __AtPrompt() function during
compile time.
$EXAMPLES$
// display a two line menu with status line at the bottom
// let the user select favorite day
SET MESSAGE TO 24 CENTER
@ 10, 2 PROMPT "Sunday" MESSAGE "This is the 1st item"
@ 11, 2 PROMPT "Monday" MESSAGE "Now we're on the 2nd item"
MENU TO nChoice
DO CASE
CASE nChoice == 0 // user press Esc key
QUIT
CASE nChoice == 1 // user select 1st menu item
? "Guess you don't like Mondays"
CASE nChoice == 2 // user select 2nd menu item
? "Just another day for some"
ENDCASE
$STATUS$
R
$COMPLIANCE$
C(menu)
$SEEALSO$
AChoice(), MENU TO, SET MESSAGE, SET INTENSITY, SET WRAP, __MenuTo()
$END$
*/
/* $DOC$
$TEMPLATE$
Function
$NAME$
__MenuTo()
$CATEGORY$
API
$SUBCATEGORY$
User interface
$ONELINER$
Invoked a menu defined by set of @...PROMPT
$SYNTAX$
__MenuTo( <bBlock>, <cVariable> ) --> nChoice
$ARGUMENTS$
<bBlock> is a set/get code block for variable named <cVariable>.
<cVariable> is a character string that contain the name of the
variable to hold the menu choices, if this variable does not exist
a PRIVATE variable with the name <cVariable> would be created to
hold the result.
$RETURNS$
__MenuTo() return the number of select menu item, or 0 if there was
no item to select from or if the user pressed the Esc key.
$DESCRIPTION$
__MenuTo() invoked the menu define by previous __AtPrompt() call
and display a highlight bar that the user can move to select an
option from the menu. If <cVariable> does not exist or not visible,
a PRIVATE variable named <cVariable> is created and hold the current
menu selection. If there is a variable named <cVariable>, its value
is used to select the first highlighted item.
Menu prompts and messages are displayed in current Standard color,
highlighted bar is displayed using current Enhanced color.
Pressing the arrow keys move the highlighted bar. When a menu item
is highlighted the message associated with it is displayed on the
line specified with SET MESSAGE. If SET WRAP is ON and the user
press UP arrow while on the first selection the last menu item is
highlighted, if the user press Down arrow while on the last item,
the first item is highlighted.
Following are active keys that handled by __MenuTo():
<table>
key Meaning
Up Move to previous item
Down Move to next item
Left Move to previous item
Right Move to next item
Home Move to the first item
End Move to the last item
Page-Up Select menu item, return position
Page-Down Select menu item, return position
Enter Select menu item, return position
Esc Abort selection, return 0
First letter Select next menu with the same first letter,
| return this item position.
</table>
upon exit the cursor is placed at MaxRow() - 1, 0
__MenuTo() can be nested without loosing the previous prompts.
MENU TO command is preprocessed into __MenuTo() function during
compile time.
$EXAMPLES$
// display menu item on each screen corner and let user select one
CLS
SET MESSAGE TO MaxRow() / 2 CENTER
SET WRAP ON
@ 0 , 0 PROMPT "1. Upper left" MESSAGE " One "
@ 0 , MaxCol() - 16 PROMPT "2. Upper right" MESSAGE " Two "
@ MaxRow() - 1, MaxCol() - 16 PROMPT "3. Bottom right" MESSAGE "Three"
@ MaxRow() - 1, 0 PROMPT "4. Bottom left" MESSAGE "Four "
MENU TO nChoice
SetPos( MaxRow() / 2, MaxCol() / 2 - 10 )
IF nChoice == 0
?? "Esc was pressed"
ELSE
?? "Selected option is", nChoice
ENDIF
$STATUS$
R
$COMPLIANCE$
C
$FILES$
Library is core
$SEEALSO$
@...PROMPT, AChoice(), SET MESSAGE, SET INTENSITY, SET WRAP, __AtPrompt()
$END$
*/
/* $DOC$
$TEMPLATE$
Command
$NAME$
MENU TO
$CATEGORY$
API
$SUBCATEGORY$
User interface
$ONELINER$
Invoked a menu defined by set of @...PROMPT
$SYNTAX$
MENU TO <cVariable>
$ARGUMENTS$
<cVariable> is a character string that contain the name of the
variable to hold the menu choices, if this variable does not exist
a PRIVATE variable with the name <cVariable> would be created to
hold the result.
$DESCRIPTION$
MENU TO invoked the menu define by previous __AtPrompt() call
and display a highlight bar that the user can move to select an
option from the menu. If <cVariable> does not exist or not visible,
a PRIVATE variable named <cVariable> is created and hold the current
menu selection. If there is a variable named <cVariable>, its value
is used to select the first highlighted item.
Menu prompts and messages are displayed in current Standard color,
highlighted bar is displayed using current Enhanced color.
Pressing the arrow keys move the highlighted bar. When a menu item
is highlighted the message associated with it is displayed on the
line specified with SET MESSAGE. If SET WRAP is ON and the user
press UP arrow while on the first selection the last menu item is
highlighted, if the user press Down arrow while on the last item,
the first item is highlighted.
Following are active keys that handled by MENU TO:
<table>
key Meaning
Up Move to previous item
Down Move to next item
Left Move to previous item
Right Move to next item
Home Move to the first item
End Move to the last item
Page-Up Select menu item, return position
Page-Down Select menu item, return position
Enter Select menu item, return position
Esc Abort selection, return 0
First letter Select next menu with the same first letter,
| return this item position.
</table>
upon exit the cursor is placed at MaxRow() - 1, 0
MENU TO can be nested without loosing the previous prompts.
MENU TO command is preprocessed into __MenuTo() function during
compile time.
$EXAMPLES$
// display menu item on each screen corner and let user select one
CLS
SET MESSAGE TO MaxRow() / 2 CENTER
SET WRAP ON
@ 0 , 0 PROMPT "1. Upper left" MESSAGE " One "
@ 0 , MaxCol() - 16 PROMPT "2. Upper right" MESSAGE " Two "
@ MaxRow() - 1, MaxCol() - 16 PROMPT "3. Bottom right" MESSAGE "Three"
@ MaxRow() - 1, 0 PROMPT "4. Bottom left" MESSAGE "Four "
MENU TO nChoice
SetPos( MaxRow() / 2, MaxCol() / 2 - 10 )
IF nChoice == 0
?? "Esc was pressed"
ELSE
?? "Selected option is", nChoice
ENDIF
$STATUS$
R
$COMPLIANCE$
C
$SEEALSO$
@...PROMPT, AChoice(), SET MESSAGE, SET INTENSITY, SET WRAP, __AtPrompt()
$END$
*/