InspectorWindow Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for InspectorWindow:

[legend]Collaboration diagram for InspectorWindow:


Public Member Functions
void	Constructor ()
boolean	IncludeInZoneWidth ()
boolean	IsLeftAlignedToScreen ()
void	ReceivePaletteResult (,)
Public Attributes
Controls
Canvas	CentreCoordsLabel
RadioButton	CentreCoordsRadio
PushButton	ChoosePictureButton
StaticText	degreesLabel
StaticText	heightLabel
EditField	location
Canvas	LockedLabel
StaticText	noObjText
Canvas	PrintableLabel
Canvas	rotLabel
ADOutlineSwatchCanvas	sBorderColorCanvas
EditField	sBorderWidth
Canvas	sBorderWidthLabel
ADSwatchCanvas	sFillColorCanvas
EditField	sheight
CheckBox	slock
CheckBox	sprint
EditField	srot
EditField	swidth
EditField	sx
EditField	sy
Canvas	TopLeftCoordsLabel
RadioButton	TopLeftCoordsRadio
StaticText	unitsLabel
StaticText	widLabel
StaticText	xLabel
StaticText	yLabel
Protected Member Functions
void	ClosePopups ()
void	CreatePopupsAndSetSwatches (ADOutlineSwatchCanvas inBorders, ADSwatchCanvas inFill, string inBordersTitle, string inFillTitle)
void	HidePopups ()
void	MovePopups ()
void	ResetPopup (FSPopupWindow inPopup)
void	ShowPopups ()
Package Attributes
boolean	mAdjustLayoutWhenResized
ADOutlineSwatchCanvas	mBorderSwatchCanvas
BumperZone	mBumperZone
FSPopupWindow	mFillPopup
ADSwatchCanvas	mFillSwatchCanvas
boolean	mInOpen
FSPopupWindow	mLineColorPopup
FSPopupWindow	mLinePopup
boolean	mMouseDown
boolean	mReactingToResized

Detailed Description

The inspector window is a resonably lightweight implementation even though it can exhibit complex behaviour patterns. The inspector window can only handle the display of simple instance data on its own. For more complex data display it sends messages to relavent shape instances for them to handle the operation. The inspector instance can handle simple operations such as enable and disable of members as well as resizing its display window based upon shape instance requirements.

The inspector window has three main functions to control its operation.

Handleupdate is called to update the inspector window with the current shape instance data.

UpdateInspectorParams is called to push the current shape instances data into the inspector window. This is a three step operation involving hiding all inspector controls, then sending a message to the shape isntance to update its specific controls, and finally update the ADBaseShape member variables which are displayed in the inspector.

UpdateShapeParams is called to push the data from the inspector window into the current shape instance. This is a two step operation which calls a shape instance member function to copy data from the inspector window into its member variables followed by a call to the application to update the document, thus ensuring that any modifications are refreshed for the user.

Many inspector controls send an UpdateShapeParams message when focus is lost so the user can see the changes to the shape parameters immediately. There are a few controls where this is not done, mainly for performance reasons.

Resizing:: (courtesy email from Gary 10 May 2004) You must handle all resizing yourself. The inspector starts off at a defined small size. When a shape send an UpdateInspectorWindow(sp?) call it is actually saying to the inspector window 'whatever size you currently are, add this much more to the width and height please'. Shapes NEVER change the top-left position of the inspector window. They merely ADD to its height and width. Whenever you select a new shape the inspector is reset to its initial small size. Each shapes UpdateInspector call calls its parent first then itself. This means that a picture shape only adds enough extra height to include the image path field. The superclass has already added its bit to allow enough room for the co-ordinate fields.

I do re-position controls somewhat but that is limited to only a couple of shape types. RB does NOT adjust the window size to fully display a control.

Member Function Documentation

void WindowWithPaletteButtons.ClosePopups ( ) [protected, inherited]

void Bumper.Constructor ( ) [inherited]

void WindowWithPaletteButtons.CreatePopupsAndSetSwatches	(	ADOutlineSwatchCanvas	inBorders,
		ADSwatchCanvas	inFill,
		string	inBordersTitle,
		string	inFillTitle
	)			`[protected, inherited]`