Hi Viktor, I've already done something like that but with a changed version of GTWVW and under xHarbour (I hope that someday Przemek will add RMDBFCDX under Harbour also). I've changed GTWVW so when a resize its occurs it resize every win32 control and font size to respect the new window size. Also it resizes all subwindows. Also when I move the main window the subwindows moved also. Even if it's a pseudo modal application (To be truth it's the same clipper with Ctwindow functions application) but recompiled with xHarbour and GTWVW with very few changes (guarded with Ifdef) its possible to resize the application from the main window. Also its possible by the end user to change Columns-Lines of the application and automatically change the the font size. The best font for something like that it's a custom one inspired from lucida console and there is no need to be installed to the system (I'm using win32api addfont resource). I could send to everyone this font but I'm not sure if its ok for other languages also.
Regards Mike Evans -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Szakats Viktor Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 7:40 PM To: Harbour Project Main Developer List. Subject: Re: [Harbour] gtwvt font best setup > I'd like some functionality which lets the users reshape > the window, font size, font type. I reckon this will be > a recurring problem once the app gets to the field. > I could do that inside the app, but that would be far > from intuitive in a CUI application > (think of 'guess -> set -> try -> do it again until okay' > cycle - I'm not sure which setting is realtime). > [ I'm not talking about char screen resolution, because > this would need changing display content on the app > level. ] > > > Another one is what Massimo mentioned once, is the > possibility to control window closing, app shutdown. > In control I mean enable/disable (closing) and catch > it with a callback block. The xhb solution target this, > but it seems to be solved in a not very elegant way > (setkey plus some strange functions). > > Also screen scraping is helpful in ordinary DOS window. >>>>>>>>> > > This all has been implemented in GTWVG long back. In a day or two I > will > show the code. And infact I would like to encapsilate those methods > in core > GTWVT. Hi Pritpal, To make my "wishes" a bit more clear: (I'm talking about pure character display in a graphical window, like GTWVT) 1) In resize, font modify I meant a method which is independent from app code, meaning a custom system menu, and ability to resize the graphical window with the mouse, and change font setup. Optionally some callback to catch the settings to enable the app to save those. This would also need support for a "scale factor" probably. So final layout would depend on: Screen size (not modifiable by this feature) Font name Font style (f.e. bold) Font size Scale factor 2) In "screen scraping" I meant the regular Windows command prompt feature to select parts of the window and copy the content to the clipboard as text. This also fully implemented by the GT, not requiring any application code, except maybe some optional callbacks. I cannot find these in GTWVG, at least not in the demo app. As for 2) it hasn't a meaning in GWTVG, since it's fully graphical. 3) as for disabling 'close', I've actually found it working in GTWVT. It can be enabled by _SET_CANCEL. I'm not sure if this is good this way, as it gives a different meaning for an existing setting, and makes code more difficult to port between Clipper and Harbour. In Clipper I want to use my app with SET_CANCEL = .F., in Harbour + GTWVT I'd like to disable Alt+C still, but I may want to allow window closing, given that I can react to it from the app. These are two different things. So IMO here we should have a HB_GTI_ setting instead, plus a way to specify a callback. Saying all this, what we need IMO is the option to specify a HB_GTI_NOTIFICATION_BLOCK, which gets called with specific event code in the above cases: - HB_GTE_REQUESTED_CLOSE - HB_GTE_REQUESTED_SHUTDOWN - HB_GTE_REQUESTED_SLEEP - HB_GTE_GOT_SCREENCOPY - HB_GTE_GOT_DROP - HB_GTE_GOT_DRAG /* so we can let part of screen dragged to another window */ - HB_GTE_CHANGED_LAYOUT - HB_GTE_CHANGED_OSRESOLUTION /* ~ */ etc... Brgds, Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
