Book in Greek for VisualFBEditor and MyFBFramework

[demosthenesk]

hello,
i will write a book in Greek for your projects, it will be ready about 2-3 months.
Here is the page of the book
https://freebasicbook.wordpress.com/visual-freebasic-with-visual-fbeditor/

It will be a free pdf and sold print book in color.
I would like to assist me about questions and issues i will have while exploring the two projects.

Have a nice day!

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Thank you very much, I am ready for any questions and suggestions.

[demosthenesk]

About Text and Caption properties.

What is the difference about Text and Caption Properties of a Form?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

No difference

[demosthenesk]

About Text and Caption properties.

What is the difference about Text and Caption Properties of a Form?

No difference

.Text = "Form11"
.Caption = "Form 12"

.Text = "Form11"
seems has no effect on caption

[XusinboyBekchanov]

The two properties do the same thing. The last action affects the result.

[demosthenesk]

i see these 2 events at some controls, OnMouseHover and OnMouseOver.
What is the difference?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: MouseOver event to Controls in Windows:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@367f19e
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@4855e8b

The MouseOver event occurs when the cursor enters the client area of the window.

The MouseHover event occurs when the cursor is over the client area of the window for a period of time.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

We can even change OnMouseOver to OnMouseEnter

[XusinboyBekchanov]

The OnMouseHover event is not available on Linux.

[demosthenesk]

About Form Properties

What are Accelerator and ActiveControl properties do?

[demosthenesk]

10. SubClass ?

[demosthenesk]

6. Gets or sets the MainMenu that is displayed in the form (Windows, Linux)
Is there an example of how to create a Menu and assign Menu property to Form ?
9. Gets or sets the form that owns this form (Windows, Linux)
What does it mean that a form owns another form?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

10. When set to true, a second handler is added, I don’t know the initial benefit now. This is the continuation of Nastas Eodor's FreeBasic Windows GUI ToolKit. Some information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/subclassing-overview

[XusinboyBekchanov]

6. https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/VisualFBEditor/blob/b6299a32a55e6ca9023649c7b2fa26056765ff73/Projects/Untitled.bas
7. Remarks
   To make a form owned by another form, assign its Owner property a reference to the form that will be the owner.

When a form is owned by another form, it is closed or hidden with the owner form. For example, consider a form named Form2 that is owned by a form named Form1. If Form1 is closed or minimized, Form2 is also closed or hidden.Owned forms are also never displayed behind their owner form. You can use owned forms for windows such as find and replace windows, which should not disappear when the owner form is selected.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

In Linux now, you can only use this:

        Form2.Show Form1
	Or
	Form2.ShowModal Form1

[demosthenesk]

About Form Events

When are they triggered:

1. OnActivate
2. OnActivateApp
3. OnActiveControlChange
4. OnClick
5. OnClose
6. OnCreate
7. OnDblClick
8. OnDeactivate
9. OnDeactivateApp
10. OnDestroy
11. OnDropFile
12. OnFree
13. OnGotFocus
14. OnHide
15. OnKeyDown
16. OnKeyPress
17. OnKeyUp
18. OnLostFocus
19. OnMessage
20. OnMouseDown
21. OnMouseHover
22. OnMouseLeave
23. OnMouseMove
24. OnMouseOver
25. OnMouseUp
26. OnMouseWheel
27. OnPaint
28. OnResize
29. OnScroll
30. OnShow
31. OnSize
32. OnTimer
33. OnUpdate

*)Which of them are implemented in linux/windows ?

[W98X]

That list of event meanings is very useful.

I always wondered what the difference between "OnMouseEnter" and "OnMouseHover" were. I wrongly thought they were the same thing.

It would be useful to put this list in the wiki, or even better to put the descriptions in the text box below the event grid: (as pointed to by the red arrow in the picture below). Much more descriptive than the current description of "raises mouse hover event".

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Yes, right.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Improved: Form and Control help info:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@3849d05

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added to wiki:
https://github.com/XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework/wiki/Form

[W98X]

Wow, that was quick!

It's now like having a help file built right into the event grid. It's making the information available right at the place where it is needed. 😀

All VFBE users from today onwards will forever know what the difference between "OnMouseEnter" and "OnMouseHover" is!

[demosthenesk]

CommandButton Properties

What are:
Default
TabIndex

Not mention all properties. Some properties are described in Form Properties above.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Default - Returns/sets a value indicating whether the button control is the default button.
TabIndex - Returns/sets the tab order of an object within its parent form.

[demosthenesk]

CommandButton Events

What are:
OnDraw

What is the difference with OnPaint

[XusinboyBekchanov]

The difference is:
OnPaint - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/gdi/wm-paint
OnDraw - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/wm-drawitem

[demosthenesk]

OnPaint - It is to draw on a control, form
OnDraw - It is the control to change its draw- appearance on a container
Are these right?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Yes.

[demosthenesk]

TextBox Properties

What are:

1. Alignment
2. CaretPos
3. CharCase
4. Ctl3D
5. HideSelection
6. Lines
7. MaskChar
8. Masked
9. MaxLength
10. Modified
11. Multiline
12. OEMConvert
13. ReadOnly
14. ScrollBars
15. SelEnd
16. SelLenth
17. SelStart
18. SelText
19. TopLine
20. WantReturn
21. WantTab
22. WordWraps

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Alignment - Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the contents of the text box (Windows only).
CaretPos - Gets or sets the caret position of the text box (Windows only).
CharCase - Gets or sets how characters are cased when they are manually entered into the text box (Windows only)
Ctl3D - Gets or sets the window has a border with a sunken edge (Windows only).
HideSelection - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the selected text in the text box control remains highlighted when the control loses focus (Windows only).
Lines - Gets or sets the lines of text in a text box control (Windows only).
MaskChar - Gets or sets the character used to mask characters of a password in a single-line TextBox control (Windows only).
Masked - Gets or sets a value that indicates use mask characters or not (Windows only).
MaxLength - Gets or sets the maximum number of characters the user can type or paste into the text box control (Windows only).
Modified - Gets or sets a value that indicates that the text box control has been modified by the user since the control was created or its contents were last set (Windows only).
Multiline - Gets or sets a value indicating whether this is a multiline TextBox control (Windows, Linux).
OEMConvert - Gets or sets a value indicating convert text to OEM character set entered in the edit control (Windows only).
ReadOnly - Gets or sets a value indicating whether text in the text box is read-only (Windows, Linux).
ScrollBars - Gets or sets which scroll bars should appear in a multiline TextBox control (Windows only).
SelEnd - Gets or sets the end position of selection in the text box. (Windows only).
SelLength - Gets or sets the number of characters selected in the text box (Windows only).
SelStart - Gets or sets the starting point of text selected in the text box (Windows only).
SelText - Gets or sets a value indicating the currently selected text in the control (Windows only).
TopLine - Gets or sets the zero-based index of the uppermost visible line in a multiline edit control (Windows only).
WantReturn - Gets or sets a value indicating whether pressing ENTER in a multiline TextBox control creates a new line of text in the control or activates the default button for the form (Windows only).
WantTab - Gets or sets a value indicating whether pressing the TAB key in a multiline text box control types a TAB character in the control instead of moving the focus to the next control in the tab order (Windows only).
WordWraps - Indicates whether a multiline text box control automatically wraps words to the beginning of the next line when necessary (Windows, Linux).

[demosthenesk]

Should i raise an issue for not implement yet
Alignment
CaretPos
CharCase
Ctl3D
HideSelection
Lines
MaskChar
Masked
MaxLength
Modified
OEMConvert
ScrollBars
SelEnd
SelLength
SelStart
SelText
TopLine
WantReturn
WantTab

[demosthenesk]

TextBox Events

What are:

1. OnChange
2. OnCopy
3. OnCut
4. OnHScroll
5. OnPaste
6. OnResize
7. OnScroll
8. OnUpdate
9. OnVScroll

[demosthenesk]

What is the difference between OnScroll and OnHScroll and OnVScroll ?
What is the difference between OnChange and OnUpdate ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

The difference is:
OnChange - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/en-change
OnUpdate - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/en-update

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Removed: OnHScroll and OnVScroll from TextBox control:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@ce0573e

[XusinboyBekchanov]

OnChange - Occurs when the Text property value changes (Window, Linux).
OnCopy - Occurs when the user copies the content of a TextBox (Window Only).
OnCut - Occurs when the user cuts the content of a TextBox (Window Only).
OnPaste - Occurs when the user pastes some content in a TextBox (Window Only).
OnResize - Occurs when the control is resized (Window, Linux).
OnScroll - Occurs when the scroll box has been moved by either a mouse or keyboard action (Windows only).
OnUpdate - Occurs when an edit control is about to redraw itself (Windows only).

[demosthenesk]

Should i raise an issue for Windows only event an not implement yet in linux?
OnCopy
OnCut
OnPaste
OnScroll
OnUpdate

[demosthenesk]

i will make a pause...waiting to fix the issues about Form, TextBox, ImageBox.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Ok

[demosthenesk]

About Form Methods

What are:

1. Add
2. AddRange
3. BringToFront
4. Cast
5. CenterToParent
6. CenterToScreen
7. ClientToScreen
8. CloseForm
9. CreateWnd
10. DesignMode
11. FreeWnd
12. GetBounds
13. Hide
14. Invalidate
15. Let
16. Maximize
17. Minimize
18. ReadProperty
19. RecreateWnd
20. Remove
21. Repaint
22. RequestAlign
23. ScreenToClient
24. SendToBack
25. SetBounds
26. SetFocus
27. SetMargins
28. Show
29. ToString
30. Update
31. UpdateLock
32. UpdateUnLock
33. WriteProperty

[demosthenesk]

Please edit
#98 (reply in thread)
i removed private methods from question

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Ok

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Removed: Cast and Let operators from Intellisense:
4a2b97d

[XusinboyBekchanov]

SendToBack and BrintToFront were previously added to Linux too.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: BringToFront and SendToBack methods to Control in Linux:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@aed856b

[demosthenesk]

About Form Functions

What are:

1. ClassAncestor
2. ClassName
3. ClientHeight
4. ClientWidth
5. ControlByName
6. ControlCount
7. Focused
8. FullTypeName
9. GetForm
10. GetTextLength
11. GetTopLevel
12. IndexOf
13. Perform
14. RegisterClass
15. SelectNextControl
16. ShowModal
17. TopLevelControl

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. ClassAncestor - Returns the type of the immediate ancestor of a class (Windows only).
2. ClassName - Returns name of the class (Windows, Linux).
3. ClientHeight - Gets the height of the client area of the control (Windows, Linux).
4. ClientWidth - Gets the width of the client area of the control (Windows, Linux).
5. ControlByName - Retrieves the Control object from Control name in the collection (Windows, Linux).
6. ControlCount - Gets the number of controls in the Control collection (Windows, Linux).
7. Focused - Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus (Windows, Linux).
8. FullTypeName - Gets the fully qualified name of the type, including its namespace (Windows, Linux).
9. GetForm - Retrieves the form that the control is on (Windows, Linux).
10. GetTextLength - Determines the length, in characters, of the text associated with a window (Windows, Linux).
11. GetTopLevel - Defines the base class for controls, which are components with visual representation (Windows, Linux).
12. IndexOf - Retrieves the index of a specified Control object in the collection (Windows, Linux).
13. Perform - Sends the specified Windows messages to a window (Windows only).
14. RegisterClass - Registers a window class for a events (Windows, Linux).
15. SelectNextControl - Activates the next control (Windows only).
16. ShowModal - Shows a form as a modal dialog (Windows, Linux).
17. TopLevelControl - Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Forms control (Windows, Linux).

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Changed: Control Perform function access type from Public to Protected:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@f3d55bb

[demosthenesk]

About TextBox Methods

What are:

1. AddLine
2. Clear
3. ClearUndo
4. CopyToClipboard
5. CutToClipboard
6. GetSel
7. InputFilter
8. InsertLine
9. LoadFromFile
10. PasteFromClipboard
11. RemoveLine
12. Remove
13. SaveToFile
14. ScrollToCaret
15. SelectAll
16. SetSel
17. Undo

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. AddLine - Adds a new line to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
2. Clear - Clears all the content from the text box (Windows, Linux).
3. ClearUndo - Clears information about the most recent operation from the undo buffer of the text box (Windows only).
4. CopyToClipboard - Copies the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
5. CutToClipboard - Moves the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
6. GetSel - Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in a text box (Windows, Linux).
7. InputFilter - Sets filter chars to constrain the changes that can be made to text box (Window only).
8. InsertLine - Inserts a new line by line index to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
9. LoadFromFile - This method loads the source document according to a file path you have specified (Windows, Linux).
10. PasteFromClipboard - Replaces the current selection in the text box with the contents of the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
11. RemoveLine - Removes a line by line index from multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
12. Remove - Removes the specified control from the control collection (Windows only).
13. SaveToFile - Save text to the file (Windows, Linux).
14. ScrollToCaret - Scrolls the contents of the control to the current caret position (Windows, Linux).
15. SelectAll - Selects all text in the text box (Windows, Linux).
16. SetSel - Selects a range of characters in a text box (Windows, Linux).
17. Undo - Undoes the last edit operation in the text box (Windows only).

[demosthenesk]

About TextBox Functions

What are:

1. GetCharIndexFromLine
2. GetLineFromCharIndex
3. GetLineLength
4. GetTextLength
5. LinesCount

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. GetCharIndexFromLine - Retrieves the index of the first character of a given line (Windows, Linux).
2. GetLineFromCharIndex - Retrieves the line number from the specified character position within the text of the text box control (Windows, Linux).
3. GetLineLength - Returns the number of characters in the specified line (Windows, Linux).
4. GetTextLength - Determines the length, in characters, of the text associated with a text box (Windows, Linux).
5. LinesCount - Gets the total number of lines in the text box (Windows, Linux).

[demosthenesk]

About ComboBoxEdit and ComboBoxEx

What is the difference ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Yes.

[demosthenesk]

How do i setup a ComboBoxEdit ?

How do i add Items in a ComboBoxEdit?
I tried to enter manually in the Items property the values T1, T2, T3, T4 but it fails.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

AddItem

[demosthenesk]

You mean by code with AddItem.
By design mode... is it possible ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Adding in design mode not yet made.

[demosthenesk]

About ComboBoxEdit Properties

What are:

1. DropDownCount
2. DropDownListWidget
3. DropDownWidget
4. ExtraMargins
5. IntegralHeight
6. Item
7. ItemCount
8. ItemHeight
9. ItemIndex
10. Items
11. Object
12. SelColor
13. Sort

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. DropDownCount - Returns/sets the minimum number of visible items in the drop-down list of a combo box (Windows only).
2. DropDownListWidget - Removed.
3. DropDownWidget - Removed.
4. ExtraMargins - Gets or sets the outer margin of an element (Windows, Linux).
5. IntegralHeight - Sets the size of the combo box so that it does not display partial items (Windows only).
6. Item - Returns/sets the items contained in a control's list portion (Windows, Linux).
7. ItemCount - Returns the number of items in the list portion of a combo box (Windows, Linux).
8. ItemHeight - Gets or sets the height of an item in the combo box (Windows only).
9. ItemIndex - Returns/sets the index of the currently selected item in the combo box (Windows, Linux).
10. Items - Gets an object representing the collection of the items contained in this combo box (Windows, Linux).
11. Object - Returns/sets the objects contained in a control's list portion (Windows, Linux).
12. SelColor - Gets or sets a value indicating selection item color (Windows only).
13. Sort - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the items in the combo box are sorted (Windows only).

[demosthenesk]

Is it possible to implement the "Windows only" properties in linux ?

[demosthenesk]

for example Sort property is very usefull to exist in linux also.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

DropDownCount - not
IntegralHeight - not
ItemHeight - not
SelColor - Impossible, because there is no way to draw in ComboBox items.
Sort - Possible.

[demosthenesk]

About ComboBoxEdit Events

What are:

1. OnChange
2. OnCloseUp
3. OnDrawItem
4. OnDropDown
5. OnMeasureItem
6. OnSelectCanceled
7. OnSelected

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. OnChange - Occurs when the contents of the specified control change (Windows, Linux).
2. OnCloseUp - Occurs when the drop-down list of the combo box closes (Windows, Linux).
3. OnDrawItem - Occurs when a visual aspect of an owner-drawn ComboBox changes (Windows only).
4. OnDropDown - Occurs when the drop-down portion of a ComboBox is shown (Windows, Linux).
5. OnMeasureItem - Occurs each time an owner-drawn ComboBox item needs to be drawn and when the sizes of the list items are determined (Windows only).
6. OnSelectCanceled - Occurs when the user selects an item, but then selects another control or closes the dialog box (Windows only).
7. OnSelected - Occurs when the user selects a list item, or selects an item and then closes the list (Windows, Linux).

[demosthenesk]

Is it possible to implement the "Windows only" events in linux ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

OnDrawItem, OnMeasureItem, OnSelectCanceled events are not possible in Linux, but draw list items controls gtk and not event to SelectCanceled event in the GtkComboBox.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

SelectCanceled can be caught when opening and closing DropDown in Linux.

[demosthenesk]

About Grid Properties

What are:

1. AllowColumnReorder
2. ColumnHeaderHidden
3. Columns
4. FullRowSelect
5. GridLines
6. GroupHeaderImages
7. HoverSelection
8. HoverTime
9. Images
10. Rows
11. SelectedColumn
12. SelectedImages
13. SelectedRow
14. SelectedRowIndex
15. SingleClickActivate
16. SmallImages
17. StateImages

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. AllowColumnReorder - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can drag column headers to reorder columns in the control (Windows, Linux).
2. ColumnHeaderHidden - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the column header is displayed in grid or not (Windows, Linux).
3. Columns - Gets the collection of all column headers that appear in the control (Windows, Linux).
4. FullRowSelect - Gets or sets a value indicating whether clicking an item selects all its subitems (Windows only).
5. GridLines - Gets or sets a value indicating whether grid lines appear between the rows and columns containing the items and subitems in the control (Windows, Linux).
6. GroupHeaderImages - Removed.
7. HoverSelection - Gets or sets a value indicating whether an item is automatically selected when the mouse pointer remains over the row for a few seconds (Window, Linux).
8. HoverTime - Sets the amount of time which the mouse cursor must hover over an item before it is selected (Windows only).
9. Images - Gets or sets the ImageList to use when displaying items as normal icons in the control (Windows only).
10. Rows - Gets a collection containing all rows in the control (Windows, Linux).
11. SelectedColumn - Gets the column that is selected in the control (Windows only).
12. SelectedImages - Gets or sets the ImageList that contains the Image objects that are used by the selected rows (Windows, Linux).
13. SelectedRow - Gets or sets the row that is selected in the control (Windows, Linux).
14. SelectedRowIndex - Gets or sets the index of the selected row in the control (Windows, Linux).
15. SingleClickActivate - Gets or sets a value indicating the user must single-click to activate rows or not (Windows, Linux).
16. SmallImages - Removed.
17. StateImages - Gets or sets the ImageList associated with application-defined states in the control (Windows only).

[demosthenesk]

About Grid Events

What are:

1. OnBeginScroll
2. OnCellEdited
3. OnEndScroll
4. OnRowActivate
5. OnRowClick
6. OnRowDblClick
7. OnRowKeyDown
8. OnSelectedRowChanged
9. OnSelectedRowChanging

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. OnBeginScroll - Occurs when a scrolling operation starts (Windows only).
2. OnCellEdited - Occurs when a cell edited (Linux only).
3. OnEndScroll - Occurs when a scrolling operation ends (Windows, Linux).
4. OnRowActivate - Occurs when the user activates an item (Windows, Linux).
5. OnRowClick - Occurs when the row is clicked (Windows, Linux).
6. OnRowDblClick - Occurs when the row is double-clicked (Windows, Linux).
7. OnRowKeyDown - Occurs when a key is pressed while the row has focus (Windows, Linux).
8. OnSelectedRowChanged - Occurs when a row has changed (Windows, Linux).
9. OnSelectedRowChanging - Occurs when a row is changing (Windows, Linux).

[demosthenesk]

About a Grid Example

How do i fill a grid control with two Columns ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Here:

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
	'#Compile "Form1.rc"
#endif
'#Region "Form"
	#include once "mff/Form.bi"
	#include once "mff/Grid.bi"
	
	Using My.Sys.Forms
	
	Type Form1Type Extends Form
		Declare Constructor
		
		Dim As Grid Grid1
	End Type
	
	Constructor Form1Type
		' Form1
		With This
			.Name = "Form1"
			.Text = "Form1"
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 350, 300
		End With
		' Grid1
		With Grid1
			.Name = "Grid1"
			.Text = "Grid1"
			.TabIndex = 0
			.Align = DockStyle.alClient
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 334, 261
			.Parent = @This
			.Columns.Add "Column 1", , 150
			.Columns.Add "Column 2", , 150
			.Rows.Add "Row 1 Column 1"
			.Rows.Add "Row 2 Column 1"
			.Rows.Item(0)->Text(1) = "Row 1 Column 2"
			.Rows.Item(1)->Text(1) = "Row 2 Column 2"
		End With
	End Constructor
	
	Dim Shared Form1 As Form1Type
	
	#ifndef _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		#define _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		
		Form1.Show
		
		App.Run
	#endif
'#End Region

[demosthenesk]

i will make a break for a few days from writing the book... just to inform i am here, i have not quit.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Ok

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Header example

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
	'#Compile "Form1.rc"
#endif
'#Region "Form"
	#define __USE_GTK3__
	#include once "mff/Form.bi"
	#include once "mff/Header.bi"
	#include once "mff/ImageList.bi"
	
	Using My.Sys.Forms
	
	Type Form1Type Extends Form
		Declare Constructor
		
		Dim As ImageList ImageList1
		Dim As Header Header1
	End Type
	
	Constructor Form1Type
		' Form1
		With This
			.Name = "Form1"
			.Text = "Form1"
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 350, 300
		End With
		' ImageList1
		With ImageList1
			.Name = "ImageList1"
			.SetBounds 40, 120, 36, 46
			.Parent = @This
			.Add "About", "About"
			.Add "Add", "Add"
		End With
		' Header1
		With Header1
			.Name = "Header1"
			.Text = "Header1"
			.Images = @ImageList1
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 350, 90
			.Parent = @This
			.AddSection "Header Section 1", "About", 100
			.AddSection "Header Section 2", "Add", 100
		End With
	End Constructor
	
	Dim Shared Form1 As Form1Type
	
	#ifndef _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		#define _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		
		Form1.Show
		
		App.Run
	#endif
'#End Region

[demosthenesk]

What is a Header Control ?

a short description...
Is it a menu bar ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Header - A header control is a window that is usually positioned above columns of text or numbers.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/header-controls

[demosthenesk]

About Header Properties

what are:

1. Alignments
2. Captions
3. DragReorder
4. ExtraMargins
5. FullDrag
6. Grouped
7. HotTrack
8. ImageIndexes
9. Images
10. Section
11. SectionCount
12. Widths

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. Alignments - Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the contents of the header sections by index (Windows, Linux).
2. Captions - Gets or sets the caption for the header section by index (Windows, Linux).
3. DragReorder - Allows drag-and-drop reordering of header items (Windows, Linux).
4. ExtraMargins - Gets or sets the outer margin of an element (Windows, Linux).
5. FullDrag - Causes the header control to display column contents even while the user resizes a column (Windows only).
6. Grouped - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the the window is the first control of a group of controls (Windows only).
7. HotTrack - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the enabled hot tracking (Windows only).
8. ImageIndexes - The zero-based index of an image within the image list. The specified image will be displayed in the header item (Windows, Linux).
9. Images - Gets or sets the ImageList to use when displaying items as normal icons in the control (Windows, Linux).
10. Section - Returns the header section item by index contained in a header control (Windows, Linux).
11. SectionCount - Gets the number of header sections in the header control (Windows, Linux).
12. Widths - Gets or sets the width of the header section by index (Windows, Linux).

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About Header Methods/Functions

What are:

1. AddRange
2. AddSection
3. AddSections
4. Init
5. Remove
6. RemoveSection
7. Update
8. UpdateItems

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1. AddRange - Adds the specified controls range to the control collection (Windows only).
2. AddSection - Adds a new item into a header control (Windos, Linux).
3. AddSections - Adds the specified items range by caption into a header control (Windows, Linux).
4. Init - Removed.
5. Remove - Removes the specified control from the control collection (Windows only).
6. RemoveSection - Deletes an item from a header control (Windows, Linux).
7. Update - Causes the control to redraw the invalidated regions within its client area (Windows, Linux).
8. UpdateItems - Re-sets values of properties for header sections (Windows only).

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About Header Events

What are:

1. OnBeginTrack
2. OnChange
3. OnChanging
4. OnDividerDblClick
5. OnEndTrack
6. OnScroll
7. OnSectionClick
8. OnSectionDblClick
9. OnTrack

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1. OnBeginTrack - Occurs when the user has begun dragging a divider in the control (Windows only).
2. OnChange - Occurs when the attributes of a header item have changed (Windows, Linux).
3. OnChanging - Occurs when the attributes of a header item are about to change (Windows, Linux).
4. OnDividerDblClick - Occurs when the user double-clicked the divider area of the control (Windows only).
5. OnEndTrack - Occurs when the user has finished dragging a divider (Windows only).
6. OnScroll - Occurs when the scroll box has been moved by either a mouse or keyboard action (Windows, Linux).
7. OnSectionClick - Occurs when the user clicked the control (Windows, Linux).
8. OnSectionDblClick - Occurs when the user double-clicked the control (Windows, Linux).
9. OnTrack - Occurs when the user is dragging a divider in the header control (Windows, Linux).

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Added: OnChanging, OnChanged, OnTrack and OnSectionDblClick events to Header control on Linux:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@a11d178

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: Header Control Height on Linux:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@436dfe2

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: Resizable property to Header Control and HeaderSection:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@de1f63e

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About HotKey

What is a HotKey control ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

HotKey - A hot key control is a window that enables the user to enter a combination of keystrokes to be used as a hot key.

[demosthenesk]

Is this the link for win api ?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/hot-key-controls

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Yes.

[XusinboyBekchanov]

HotKey Example

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
	'#Compile "Form1.rc"
#endif
'#Region "Form" '...'
	#include once "mff/Form.bi"
	#include once "mff/HotKey.bi"
	
	Using My.Sys.Forms
	
	Type Form1Type Extends Form
		Declare Static Sub HotKey1_Change_(ByRef Sender As HotKey)
		Declare Sub HotKey1_Change(ByRef Sender As HotKey)
		Declare Constructor
		
		Dim As HotKey HotKey1
	End Type
	
	Constructor Form1Type
		' Form1
		With This
			.Name = "Form1"
			.Text = "Form1"
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 350, 300
		End With
		' HotKey1
		With HotKey1
			.Name = "HotKey1"
			.Text = "HotKey1"
			.TabIndex = 0
			.SetBounds 90, 80, 190, 30
			.Designer = @This
			.OnChange = @HotKey1_Change_
			.Parent = @This
		End With
	End Constructor
	
	Dim Shared Form1 As Form1Type
	
	#ifndef _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		#define _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		
		Form1.Show
		
		App.Run
	#endif
'#End Region

Private Sub Form1Type.HotKey1_Change_(ByRef Sender As HotKey)
	*Cast(Form1Type Ptr, Sender.Designer).HotKey1_Change(Sender)
End Sub
Private Sub Form1Type.HotKey1_Change(ByRef Sender As HotKey)
	?HotKey1.Text
End Sub

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OpenFileControl Properties

What are:

1. DefaultExt
2. FileName
3. FileNames
4. FileTitle
5. Filter
6. FilterIndex
7. InitialDir
8. MultiSelect
9. Options
10. Parent

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1. DefaultExt - Gets or sets the default file name extension (Windows, Linux).
2. FileName - Gets or sets a string containing the file name selected in the open file control (Windows, Linux).
3. FileNames - Gets the file names of all selected files in the open file control (Windows, Linux).
4. FileTitle - Gets the file name and extension for the file selected in the open file control. The file name does not include the path (Windows, Linux).
5. Filter - Gets or sets the current file name filter string, which determines the choices that appear in the "Save as file type" or "Files of type" box in the open file control (Windows, Linux).
6. FilterIndex - Gets or sets the index of the filter currently selected in the open file control (Windows, Linux).
7. InitialDir - Gets or sets the initial directory displayed by the open file control (Windows, Linux).
8. MultiSelect - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the open file control allows multiple files to be selected (Windows, Linux).
9. Options - Gets values to initialize the open file control (Windows only).
10. Parent - Gets or sets the parent container of the control (Windows, Linux).

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Fixed: OpenFileControl:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@daa7aa9

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OpenFileControl Events

What are:

1. OnFileActivate
2. OnFolderChange
3. OnSelectionChange
4. OnTypeChange

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. OnFileActivate - Occurs when the user double clicks on the file on an open file control (Windows, Linux).
2. OnFolderChange - Occurs when a new folder is opened (Windows, Linux).
3. OnSelectionChange - Occurs when the selection changes in the list box that displays the contents of the currently opened folder or directory (Windows, Linux).
4. OnTypeChange - Occurs when the user selects a new file type from the file types combo box (Windows only).

[demosthenesk]

Is it possible to be available OnTypeChange for Linux ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

No.

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About RichText Properties

What are:

1. Alignment
2. CaretPos
3. CharCase
4. EditStyle
5. Font
6. HideSelection
7. Lines
8. Margins
9. MaskChar
10. Masked
11. Modified
12. Multiline
13. OEMConvert
14. ReadOnly
15. ScrollBars
16. SelColor
17. SelEnd
18. SelLength
19. SelStart
20. SelText
21. TextRTF
22. TopLine
23. WantReturn
24. WantTab
25. WordWraps
26. Zoom
27. SelAlignment
28. SelBackColor
29. SelColor
30. SelBold
31. SelBullet
32. SelCharOffset
33. SelCharSet
34. SelFontName
35. SelFontSize
36. SelIndent
37. SelItalic
38. SelProtected
39. SelRightIndent
40. SelHangingIndent
41. SelTabCount
42. SelUnderline
43. SelStrikeout

[XusinboyBekchanov]

1. Alignment - Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the contents of the text box (Windows, Linux).
2. CaretPos - Gets or sets the caret position of the text box (Windows, Linux).
3. CharCase - Gets or sets how characters are cased when they are manually entered into the text box (Windows only)
4. EditStyle - Gets or sets the current edit style flags for a rich edit control (Windows only).
5. Font - Returns a Font object (Windows, Linux).
6. HideSelection - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the selected text in the text box control remains highlighted when the control loses focus (Windows only).
7. Lines - Gets or sets the lines of text in a text box control (Windows, Linux).
8. Margins - Returns/sets the space between controls (Windows, Linux).
9. MaskChar - Gets or sets the character used to mask characters of a password in a single-line TextBox control (Windows only).
10. Masked - Gets or sets a value that indicates use mask characters or not (Windows only).
11. Modified - Gets or sets a value that indicates that the text box control has been modified by the user since the control was created or its contents were last set (Windows, Linux).
12. Multiline - Gets or sets a value indicating whether this is a multiline TextBox control (Windows, Linux).
13. OEMConvert - Gets or sets a value indicating convert text to OEM character set entered in the edit control (Windows only).
14. ReadOnly - Gets or sets a value indicating whether text in the text box is read-only (Windows, Linux).
15. ScrollBars - Gets or sets which scroll bars should appear in a multiline TextBox control (Windows only).
16. SelEnd - Gets or sets the end position of selection in the text box. (Windows, Linux).
17. SelLength - Gets or sets the number of characters selected in the text box (Windows, Linux).
18. SelStart - Gets or sets the starting point of text selected in the text box (Windows, Linux).
19. SelText - Gets or sets a value indicating the currently selected text in the control (Windows, Linux).
20. TextRTF - Gets or sets the rich text format (RTF) formatted text in the control.
21. TopLine - Gets or sets the zero-based index of the uppermost visible line in a multiline edit control (Windows, Linux).
22. WantReturn - Gets or sets a value indicating whether pressing ENTER in a multiline TextBox control creates a new line of text in the control or activates the default button for the form (Windows, Linux).
23. WantTab - Gets or sets a value indicating whether pressing the TAB key in a multiline text box control types a TAB character in the control instead of moving the focus to the next control in the tab order (Windows, Linux).
24. WordWraps - Indicates whether a multiline text box control automatically wraps words to the beginning of the next line when necessary (Windows, Linux).
25. Zoom - Gets or sets the current zoom level of the RichTextBox (Windows only).
26. SelAlignment - Gets or sets the alignment to apply to the current selection or insertion point (Windows, Linux).
27. SelBackColor - Gets or sets the color of text when the text is selected in a RichTextBox control (Windows, Linux).
28. SelColor - Gets or sets the text color of the current text selection or insertion point (Windows, Linux).
29. SelBold - Gets or sets the bold format of the currently selected text (Windows, Linux).
30. SelBullet - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the bullet style is applied to the current selection or insertion point (Windows, Linux).
31. SelCharOffset - Gets or sets whether text in the control appears on the baseline, as a superscript, or as a subscript below the baseline (Windows, Linux).
32. SelCharSet - Gets or sets the charset format of the currently selected text (Windows, Linux).
33. SelFontName - Gets or sets the font used to display the currently selected text or the character(s) immediately following the insertion point in the RichTextBox control (Windows, Linux).
34. SelFontSize - Gets or sets a value that specifies the size of the font used to display text in a RichTextBox control (Windows, Linux).
35. SelIndent - Gets or sets the length, in pixels, of the indentation of the line where the selection starts (Windows, Linux).
36. SelItalic - Gets or sets the italic format of the currently selected text (Windows, Linux).
37. SelProtected - Gets or sets a value indicating whether the current text selection is protected (Windows, Linux).
38. SelRightIndent - The distance (in pixels) between the right edge of the RichTextBox control and the right edge of the text that is selected or added at the current insertion point (Windows, Linux).
39. SelHangingIndent - Gets or sets the distance between the left edge of the first line of text in the selected paragraph(s) (as specified by the SelIndent property) and the left edge of subsequent lines of text in the same paragraph(s) (Windows, Linux).
40. SelTabCount - Gets or sets the absolute tab stop positions count in a RichTextBox control (Windows, Linux).
41. SelTabs - Gets or sets the absolute tab stop positions in a RichTextBox control (Windows, Linux).
42. SelUnderline - Gets or sets the underline format of the currently selected text (Windows, Linux).
43. SelStrikeout - Gets or sets the strikethru format of the currently selected text (Windows, Linux).

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About RichText Methods/Functions

What are:

1. Add
2. AddLine
3. AddRange
4. BottomLine
5. CanRedo
6. CanUndo
7. Clear
8. ClearUndo
9. ClientToScreen
10. CopyToClipboard
11. CutToClipboard
12. Find
13. FindNext
14. FindPrev
15. Focused
16. FullTypeName
17. GetCharIndexFromLine
18. GetCharIndexFromPos
19. GetForm
20. GetLineFromCharIndex
21. GetLineLength
22. GetSel
23. GetTextLength
24. GetTextRange
25. GetTopLevel
26. InputFilter
27. InsertLine
28. Invalidate
29. LinesCount
30. LoadFromFile
31. PasteFromClipboard
32. ReadProperty
33. Redo
34. Remove
35. RemoveLine
36. SaveToFile
37. ScrollToCaret
38. SelectAll
39. SetSel
40. Undo
41. Update
42. UpdateLock
43. UpdateUnLock

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1. AddLine - Adds a new line to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
2. Clear - Clears all the content from the text box (Windows, Linux).
3. ClearUndo - Clears information about the most recent operation from the undo buffer of the text box (Windows only).
4. CopyToClipboard - Copies the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
5. CutToClipboard - Moves the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
6. GetSel - Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in a text box (Windows, Linux).
7. InputFilter - Sets filter chars to constrain the changes that can be made to text box (Window only).
8. InsertLine - Inserts a new line by line index to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
9. LoadFromFile - This method loads the source document according to a file path you have specified (Windows, Linux).
10. PasteFromClipboard - Replaces the current selection in the text box with the contents of the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
11. RemoveLine - Removes a line by line index from multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
12. Remove - Removes the specified control from the control collection (Windows only).
13. SaveToFile - Save text to the file (Windows, Linux).
14. ScrollToCaret - Scrolls the contents of the control to the current caret position (Windows, Linux).
15. SelectAll - Selects all text in the text box (Windows, Linux).
16. SetSel - Selects a range of characters in a text box (Windows, Linux).
17. Undo - Undoes the last edit operation in the text box (Windows only).
18. Add - Adds the specified control to the control collection (Windows, Linux).
19. AddLine - Adds a new line to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
20. AddRange - Adds the specified controls range to the control collection (Windows, Linux).
21. BottomLine - Gets the zero-based index of the lowest visible line in a multi-line edit control (Windows only).
22. CanRedo - Determines whether there are any actions in the control redo queue (Windows only).
23. CanUndo - Determines whether there are any actions in an edit control's undo queue (Windows only).
24. Clear - Clears all the content from the text box (Windows, Linux).
25. ClearUndo - Clears information about the most recent operation from the undo buffer of the text box (Windows only).
26. ClientToScreen - Converts the client-area coordinates of a specified point to screen coordinates (Windows only).
27. CopyToClipboard - Copies the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
28. CutToClipboard - Moves the current selection in the text box to the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
29. Find - Finds text within a rich edit control (Windows, Linux).
30. FindNext - Finds next text within a rich edit control (Windows, Linux).
31. FindPrev - Finds previous text within a rich edit control (Windows, Linux).
32. Focused - Returns a value indicating whether the control has input focus (Windows, Linux).
33. FullTypeName - Gets the fully qualified name of the type, including its namespace (Windows, Linux).
34. GetCharIndexFromLine - Retrieves the index of the first character of a given line (Windows, Linux).
35. GetCharIndexFromPos - Retrieves the index of the first character of a given pos (Windows, Linux).
36. GetForm - Retrieves the form that the control is on (Windows, Linux).
37. GetLineFromCharIndex - Retrieves the line number from the specified character position within the text of the text box control (Windows, Linux).
38. GetLineLength - Returns the number of characters in the specified line (Windows, Linux).
39. GetSel - Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in a text box (Windows, Linux).
40. GetTextLength - Determines the length, in characters, of the text associated with a text box (Windows, Linux).
41. GetTextRange - Retrieves a specified range of characters from a rich edit control (Windows, Linux).
42. GetTopLevel - Defines the base class for controls, which are components with visual representation (Windows, Linux).
43. InputFilter - Sets filter chars to constrain the changes that can be made to text box (Window only).
44. InsertLine - Inserts a new line by line index to the multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
45. Invalidate - Invalidates a control and causes a paint message to be sent to the control (Windows only).
46. LinesCount - Gets the total number of lines in the text box (Windows, Linux).
47. LoadFromFile - This method loads the source document according to a file path you have specified (Windows, Linux).
48. PasteFromClipboard - Replaces the current selection in the text box with the contents of the Clipboard (Windows, Linux).
49. ReadProperty - Reads value from the name of property (Windows, Linux).
50. Redo - Sends an redo message to a rich edit control to redo the next action in the control's redo queue (Windows only).
51. Remove - Removes the specified control from the control collection (Windows only).
52. RemoveLine - Removes a line by line index from multiline text box (Windows, Linux).
53. SaveToFile - Save text to the file (Windows, Linux).
54. ScrollToCaret - Scrolls the contents of the control to the current caret position (Windows, Linux).
55. SelectAll - Selects all text in the text box (Windows, Linux).
56. SetSel - Selects a range of characters in a text box (Windows, Linux).
57. Undo - Undoes the last edit operation in the text box (Windows only).
58. Update - Causes the control to redraw the invalidated regions within its client area (Windows, Linux).
59. UpdateLock - Disables drawing in the specified window (Windows only).
60. UpdateUnLock - Enables drawing in the specified window (Windows only).

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RichText Example

Is there a richtext example ?
How do i make bold, italics, underline fonts, add picture with richtext box ?

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Added: RichTextBox SelAlignment, SelBackColor, SelColor, SelBold, SelBullet, SelCharOffset, SelCharSet, SelFontName, SelFontSize, SelIndent, SelItalic, SelProtected, SelRightIndent, SelHangingIndent, SelTabCount, SelUnderline, SelStrikeout properties on Windows and Linux, Added: Find, FindNext, FindPrev, GetTextRange functions on Linux, Added: OnProtectChange event on Windows:
XusinboyBekchanov/MyFbFramework@6f570e2

Is there a richtext example ?

#ifdef __FB_WIN32__
	'#Compile "Form1.rc"
#endif
'#Region "Form" '...'
	#include once "mff/Form.bi"
	#include once "mff/RichTextBox.bi"
	
	Using My.Sys.Forms
	
	Type Form1Type Extends Form
		Declare Static Sub Form_Activate_(ByRef Sender As Form)
		Declare Sub Form_Activate(ByRef Sender As Form)
		Declare Static Sub Form_Click_(ByRef Sender As Control)
		Declare Sub Form_Click(ByRef Sender As Control)
		Declare Constructor
		
		Dim As RichTextBox RichTextBox1
	End Type
	
	Constructor Form1Type
		' Form1
		With This
			.Name = "Form1"
			.Text = "Form1"
			.Designer = @This
			.OnActivate = @Form_Activate_
			.OnClick = @Form_Click_
			.SetBounds 0, 0, 350, 300
		End With
		' RichTextBox1
		With RichTextBox1
			.Name = "RichTextBox1"
			.Text = "RichTextBox1"
			.TabIndex = 0
			.SetBounds 30, 30, 200, 70
			.Parent = @This
		End With
	End Constructor
	
	Dim Shared Form1 As Form1Type
	
	#ifndef _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		#define _NOT_AUTORUN_FORMS_
		
		Form1.Show
		
		App.Run
	#endif
'#End Region

Private Sub Form1Type.Form_Activate_(ByRef Sender As Form)
	*Cast(Form1Type Ptr, Sender.Designer).Form_Activate(Sender)
End Sub
Private Sub Form1Type.Form_Activate(ByRef Sender As Form)
	
End Sub

Private Sub Form1Type.Form_Click_(ByRef Sender As Control)
	*Cast(Form1Type Ptr, Sender.Designer).Form_Click(Sender)
End Sub
Private Sub Form1Type.Form_Click(ByRef Sender As Control)
	RichTextBox1.SelStart = 1
	RichTextBox1.SelEnd = 3
	RichTextBox1.SelBold = True
	RichTextBox1.SelColor = RGB(255, 0, 0)
End Sub

How do i make bold, italics, underline fonts, add picture with richtext box ?

With SelBold, SelItalic, SelUnderline.

Add picture not implemented yet.

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Hello,
i will stop writing the book for a long time.
i will let you know when i will be back.
Thanks for the cooperation until now!

[XusinboyBekchanov]

Hello, Ok.