(68K) Windows | Palm OS® Programmer's API Reference

This chapter provides information about windows by discussing these topics:

No resources are associated with window objects.

The header file Window.h declares the API that this chapter describes. For more information on windows, see the section "Drawing on the Palm Powered Handheld" in the Palm OS Programmer's Companion, vol. I.

Window Data Structures ^TOP^

CustomPatternType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

The CustomPatternType type holds an 8-by-8 bit pattern that is one bit deep. Each byte specifies a row of the pattern. When drawing, a pattern is tiled to fill a specified region. This pattern is used by WinFillLine() and WinFillRectangle().

The PatternType specifies the name of the current pattern.

Prototype

typedef UInt8 CustomPatternType [8];

Compatibility

In pre-3.5 systems, the CustomPatternType is an array of 4 16-bit words. Note the size of this data type has not changed.

DrawStateFlagsType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The DrawStateFlagsType structure defines a set of flags that control how bitmaps and text are scaled. Use WinSetScalingMode() to set these flags, and WinGetScalingMode() to obtain the values of these flags.

WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide backward compatibility for the DrawStateFlagsType structure. Never access its structure members directly, or your code may break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging purposes only.

Prototype

typedef struct DrawStateFlagsType {
  UInt16 unscaledBitmaps:1;
  UInt16 unscaledText:1;
  UInt16 unpaddedText:1;
  UInt16 reserved:13;
} DrawStateFlagsType;

Fields

unscaledBitmaps: If set, low-density bitmaps are used, unscaled.
unscaledText: If set, low density fonts are used, unscaled.
unpaddedText: If set, padding pixels aren't inserted between text glyphs.
reserved: Reserved for future use.

Compatibility

Defined only if the 1.5x Display Feature Set is present.

DrawStateType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The DrawStateType structure defines the current drawing state, which is the Palm OS^® implementation of a pen. This drawing state is saved with WinPushDrawState() and restored with WinPopDrawState().

WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide backward compatibility for the DrawStateType structure. Never access its structure members directly, or your code may break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging purposes only.

Prototype

typedef struct DrawStateType {
  WinDrawOperation transferMode;
  PatternType pattern;
  UnderlineModeType underlineMode;
  FontID fontId;
  FontPtr font;
  CustomPatternType patternData;
  IndexedColorType foreColor;
  IndexedColorType backColor;
  IndexedColorType textColor;
  UInt8 reserved;
  RGBColorType foreColorRGB;
  RGBColorType backColorRGB;
  RGBColorType textColorRGB;
  UInt16 coordinateSystem;
  DrawStateFlagsType flags;
  Fixed16 scale;
  Fixed16 ntvToActiveScale;
  Fixed16 stdToActiveScale;
  Fixed16 activeToStdScale;
} DrawStateType;

Fields

transferMode: The current transfer mode for color drawing. See WinDrawOperation. Use WinSetDrawMode() to set this value.
pattern: The name of the current pattern. See PatternType. If set to customPattern, the patternData field contains the actual pattern. Use WinGetPatternType() and WinSetPatternType() to retrieve and set this value.
underlineMode: The current underline mode. See UnderlineModeType. Use WinSetUnderlineMode() to set this value.
fontId: The ID of the current font. Use FntSetFont() to set this value.
font: A pointer to the current font. Use FntSetFont() to set this value.
patternData: The current pattern being used by the WinFill functions if pattern is customPattern. See CustomPatternType. Use WinGetPattern() and WinSetPattern() to retrieve and set this value.
foreColor: Index of the current color used for the foreground. Use WinSetForeColor() to set this value. This field is only valid for indexed color bitmaps.
backColor: Index of the current color used for the background. Use WinSetBackColor() to set this value. This field is only valid for indexed color bitmaps.
textColor: Index of the current color used for text. Use WinSetTextColor() to set this value. This field is only valid for indexed color bitmaps.
reserved: Reserved for future use.
foreColorRGB: RGB value of the current color used for the foreground. Use WinSetForeColorRGB() to set this value. This field is only valid for Palm OS 4.0 or later, and only valid for direct color bitmaps.
backColorRGB: RGB value of the current color used for the background. Use WinSetBackColorRGB() to set this value. This field is only valid for Palm OS 4.0 or later, and only valid for direct color bitmaps.
textColorRGB: RGB value of the current color used for text. Use WinSetTextColorRGB() to set this value. This field is only valid for Palm OS 4.0 or later, and only valid for direct color bitmaps.
coordinateSystem: Active coordinate system.
flags: A DrawStateFlagsType structure, the contents of which control the scaling of bitmaps and text.
scale: A fixed point value used to convert from the draw window's active coordinate system to native coordinates. This field is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.
ntvToActiveScale: A fixed point value used to convert from the native coordinate system to the draw window's active coordinate system. This field is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.
stdToActiveScale: A fixed point value used to convert from the standard coordinate system to the draw window's active coordinate system. This field is used internally to convert font metrics, which are stored as standard coordinates. This field is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.
activeToStdScale: The inverse of stdToActive; the active-to-standard scaling factor. This field is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

Compatibility

This type is implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present. The scale, ntvToActiveScale, stdToActiveScale, and activeToStdScale fields are defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present. The flags field is defined only if the 1.5x Display Feature Set is present; otherwise, the contents of flags are reserved.

FrameBitsType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The FrameBitsType structure specifies attributes of a window's frame.

WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide backward compatibility for the FrameBitsType bit field. Never access its bit field members directly, or your code may break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging purposes only.

Prototype

typedef union FrameBitsType {
  struct {
    UInt16 cornerDiam  : 8;
    UInt16 reserved_3  : 3;
    UInt16 threeD      : 1;
    UInt16 shadowWidth : 2;
    UInt16 width       : 2;
  } bits;
  UInt16 word;
} FrameBitsType;

Fields

cornerDiam: Corner radius of frame; maximum is 38.
reserved_3: Reserved.
threeD: Set this bit to draw a 3D button. This feature is not currently supported.
shadowWidth: Width of shadow.
width: Frame width.
word: Reserved.

FrameType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

The FrameType type specifies a window frame style.

Prototype

typedef UInt16 FrameType;

The FrameType can be set to one of the defined frame types shown in the table below, or a custom frame type as defined by a FrameBitsType structure.

Constant	Value	Description
`noFrame`	0	No frame
`simpleFrame`	1	Plain rectangular frame
`rectangleFrame`	1	Plain rectangular frame
`simple3DFrame`	0x0012	3D frame with width of 2. This frame type is not supported.
`roundFrame`	0x0401	Round frame with width of 1.
`boldRoundFrame`	0x0702	Round frame with width of 2.
`popupFrame`	0x0205	Popup frame style with slight corner roundness, width of 1 and shadow of 1.
`dialogFrame`	0x0302	Dialog frame style with slight corner roundness and width of 2.
`menuFrame`	`popupFrame`	Same as `popupFrame.`

IndexedColorType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

The IndexedColorType type is used to specify a color by its index value; that is, by its location in a color table. Color tables are defined by the ColorTableType structure, which is declared in Bitmap.h. The IndexedColorType can hold a 1, 2, 4, or 8-bit index.

Prototype

typedef UInt8 IndexedColorType;

Compatibility

This type is implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

PatternType Enum ^TOP^

Purpose

The PatternType enumerated type specifies a pattern for drawing. This type is returned by WinGetPatternType() and is used as a parameter to the WinSetPatternType() function.

Prototype

typedef enum { 
  blackPattern, 
  whitePattern, 
  grayPattern, 
  customPattern,
  lightGrayPattern,
  darkGrayPattern
} PatternType;

Constants

blackPattern: Pattern with all bits on.
whitePattern: Pattern with all bits off.
grayPattern: Pattern with alternating on and off bits.
customPattern: Custom pattern specified by CustomPatternType.
lightGrayPattern: Pattern with one out of four bits in each row turned on. This value is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.
darkGrayPattern: Pattern with one out of four bits in each row turned off. This value is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

These patterns all operate with current foreground and background color instead of black and white. In effect, blackPattern is only black if the current foreground color is black. whitePattern uses the current background color. grayPattern and customPattern uses a combination of background and foreground colors.

Patterns are expanded to the destination bit depth by the blitter when drawing patterned lines and filled rectangles.

The three standard gray patterns—grayPattern, lightGrayPattern, and darkGrayPattern—are always drawn by the blitter using the screen density to improve the appearance of gray fills. Custom patterns, however, are stretched as appropriate by the blitter based on the destination density.

Compatibility

The lightGrayPattern and darkGrayPattern values are defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

UnderlineModeType Enum ^TOP^

Purpose

The UnderlineModeType enumerated type specifies possible values for the underline mode stored in DrawStateType.

Prototype

typedef enum { noUnderline, grayUnderline,
solidUnderline, colorUnderline }
UnderlineModeType;

Constants

noUnderline: No underline.
grayUnderline: Underline is drawn using a dotted line in the current foreground color.
solidUnderline: Underline is drawn using a solid line in the foreground color.
colorUnderline: Underline is drawn using a solid line in the foreground color.

Compatibility

The solidUnderline and colorUnderline options are only available in Palm OS 3.1 and higher.

WindowFlagsType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The WindowFlagsType specifies different window attributes.

WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide backward compatibility for the WindowFlagsType bit field. Access it only through the functions described below. Never access its bit field members directly, or your code may break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging purposes only.

Prototype

typedef struct WindowFlagsType {
  UInt16 format:1; 
  UInt16 offscreen:1;
  UInt16 modal:1;
  UInt16 focusable:1;
  UInt16 enabled:1;
  UInt16 visible:1;
  UInt16 dialog:1;
  UInt16 freeBitmap:1;
  UInt16 reserved :8;
} WindowFlagsType;

Fields

format: If set, use the genericFormat. If 0, use screenFormat.; Screen format is the native format of the video system; windows in this format can be copied to the display faster. The generic format is device-independent. A window cannot be enabled (that is, accept pen input) unless it uses screen format.
offscreen: If set, the window is offscreen. If 0, the window is onscreen.
modal: If set, the window is modal. If 0, the window is not modal. You set this value when you create the window. This value is returned by WinModal().
focusable: If set, the window can accept the focus. If 0, the window does not accept the focus. You set this value when you create the window.
enabled: If set, the window is enabled. If 0, the window is disabled.
visible: If set, the window is visible if it is onscreen. If 0, the window is not visible.
dialog: If set, the window is a form. If 0, the window is not a form. The FrmInitForm() function sets this value.
freeBitmap: If set, free the bitmap when the window is freed. If 0, retain the bitmap after the window is freed.
reserved: Reserved for future use. Must be 0.

Compatibility

In OS versions previous to 3.5, the freeBitmap flag was not present. Instead, a compressed flag was present, where 0 specified uncompressed and 1 specified compressed. This compressed flag is now part of the BitmapType.

WindowFormatType Enum ^TOP^

Purpose

Use this enumeration to specify the window format when creating an offscreen window with the WinCreateOffscreenWindow() function.

Prototype

typedef enum { 
  screenFormat = 0,
  genericFormat,
  nativeFormat
} WindowFormatType;

Constants

screenFormat: The window's bitmap is allocated using the hardware screen's depth, but for backward compatibility the bitmap associated with the offscreen window is always low density, and the window always uses a coordinate system that directly maps offscreen pixels to coordinates.
genericFormat: Like screenFormat, except that genericFormat offscreen windows do not accept pen input.
nativeFormat: Reflects the actual hardware screen format in all ways, including screen depth, density, and pixel format. Applications must always use the graphic API when drawing to a nativeFormat offscreen window: directly accessing offscreen pixels will produce undefined results. When using this format, the width and height arguments must be specified using the active coordinate system. Like genericFormat, nativeFormat offscreen windows do not accept pen input.

Compatibility

WindowFormatType is defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WindowType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The WindowType structure represents a window.

WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide backward compatibility for the WindowType structure. Access it only through the functions described below. Never access its structure members directly, or your code may break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging purposes only.

Prototype

typedef struct WindowType {
  Coord displayWidthV20;
  Coord displayHeightV20;
  void *displayAddrV20;
  WindowFlagsType windowFlags;
  RectangleType windowBounds;
  AbsRectType clippingBounds;
  BitmapPtr bitmapP;
  FrameBitsType frameType;
  DrawStateType *drawStateP;
  struct WindowType *nextWindow;
} WindowType;

Fields

displayWidthV20: Width of the window in pre OS 3.5 devices. In OS 3.5, use WinGetBounds() to return the window width.
displayHeightV20: Height of the window in pre OS 3.5 devices. In OS 3.5, use WinGetBounds() to return the window height.
displayAddrV20: Pointer to the window display memory buffer in pre OS 3.5 devices. In OS 3.5 or later, call WinGetBitmap() and then BmpGetBits() to obtain the window's memory buffer.; Writing directly to screen memory will not be supported in all devices.
windowFlags: Window attributes (see WindowFlagsType).
windowBounds: Display-relative bounds of the window. Use WinGetBounds() and WinSetBounds() to retrieve and set this value.
clippingBounds: Bounds for clipping any drawing within the window. Use WinGetClip() and WinSetClip() to retrieve and set this value.
bitmapP: Pointer to the window bitmap, which holds the window's contents. Use WinGetBitmap() to retrieve this value.
frameType: Frame attributes; see FrameBitsType.
drawStateP: Pointer to a state of the current transfer mode, pattern mode, font, underline mode, and colors. See DrawStateType.; Only one drawing state exists in the system. Each window points to the same structure.
nextWindow: Pointer to the next window in a linked list of windows. This linked list of windows is called the active window list. Do not change this field.

Compatibility

In OS versions previous to 3.5, this structure is slightly different. Specifically, the bitmapP field is instead a viewOrigin field of type PointType and specified the window origin point on the display. The drawStateP was named gstate and was of type GraphicStatePtr. The complete definition is shown below:

typedef struct WinTypeStruct { 
  Word                   displayWidth; 
  Word                   displayHeight; 
  VoidPtr                displayAddr; 
  WindowFlagsType        windowFlags; 
  RectangleType          windowBounds; 
  AbsRectType            clippingBounds; 
  PointType              viewOrigin; 
  FrameBitsType          frameType; 
  GraphicStatePtr        gstate; 
  struct WinTypeStruct     *nextWindow; 
} WindowType;

WinDrawOperation Enum ^TOP^

Purpose

The WinDrawOperation enumerated type specifies the transfer mode for color drawing. This type is used as a parameter to the WinCopyRectangle() and WinSetDrawMode() functions.

Prototype

typedef enum {winPaint, winErase, winMask,
winInvert, winOverlay, winPaintInverse,
winSwap} WinDrawOperation;

Constants

winPaint: Write color-matched source pixels to the destination. If a bitmap's hasTransparency flag is set, winPaint behaves like winOverlay instead.
winErase: Write backColor if the source pixel is transparent.
winMask: Write backColor if the source pixel is not transparent.
winInvert: Bitwise XOR the color-matched source pixel onto the destination. This mode does not honor the transparent color in any way.
winOverlay: Write color-matched source pixel to the destination if the source pixel is not transparent. Transparent pixels are skipped. For a 1-bit display, the "off" bits are considered to be the transparent color. Note that this definition of winOverlay is new for Palm OS Garnet; in Palm OS 4.x, the destination is set (only) where the source pixels are "on."
winPaintInverse: Invert the source pixel color and then proceed as with winPaint.
winSwap: Swap the backColor and foreColor destination colors if the source is a pattern (the type of pattern is disregarded). If the source is a bitmap, then the bitmap is transferred using winPaint mode instead.

Note that 2-bit, 4-bit, and 8-bit source bitmaps that don't have a color table inherit the system default color table for their given depth. 1-bit sources (bitmap, text, and patterns) that don't have a color table are given a color table where entry 0 is the backColor and entry 1 is the foreColor (textColor for text).

winSwap is not a color invert operation, although a pair of winSwap operations will restore the original graphics data. This mode is used by the OS to select and deselect areas of the screen. It changes destination pixels matching the foreground color to the background color, and changes destination pixels matching the background color to the foreground color. It is a mode available for rectangles, lines, and pixels, but not text or bitmaps. This mode ignores the current pattern.

The Transparent Color

As of Palm OS 4.0, bitmaps have a hasTransparency flag and may designate a transparent color. These concepts are augmented somewhat in Palm OS Garnet to make the transfer modes more consistent:

Bitmaps that don't specify any transparent color (text, patterns, and version 0 bitmaps) are assumed to have a transparent color of index 0 and the hasTransparency bit is assumed to be false.
When the hasTransparency flag is set and the transfer mode is winPaint, only the non-transparent pixels are copied to the destination. With text and patterns, the Palm OS assumes that the "off" bits are the ones designated as transparent and acts as if the hasTransparency flag is always false. This assumption retains backwards compatibility and unifies the use of transparency across all source data.

Compatibility

This type is implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present. In earlier releases, this type is named ScrOperation and its values begin with the prefix scr rather than win. WinDrawOperation is fully compatible with ScrOperation. Transparency is only available if 4.0 New Feature Set is present, and as mentioned in "The Transparent Color" the behavior of the window drawing modes—winOverlay in particular—changes slightly if 5.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinHandle Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

The WinHandle type is a pointer to a WindowType structure. Note that this may change.

Prototype

typedef WindowType *WinHandle;

WinLineType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

The WinLineType structure defines a line.

Prototype

typedef struct WinLineType {
  Coord x1;
  Coord y1;
  Coord x2;
  Coord y2;
} WinLineType;

Fields

x1: X coordinate of the first endpoint of the line.
y1: Y coordinate of the first endpoint of the line.
x2: X coordinate of the second endpoint of the line.
y2: Y coordinate of the second endpoint of the line.

Compatibility

This type is implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPtr Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

The WinPtr type is a pointer to a WindowType structure.

Prototype

typedef WindowType *WinPtr;

Window Constants ^TOP^

If the 5.0 New Feature Set or the High-Density Display Feature Set are present, the following constants are defined:

Window Coordinate System Constants

Window Coordinate System Constants ^TOP^

These constants specify the coordinate system to be used when drawing within a given window:

Constant	Value	Description
`kCoordinatesNative`	`0`	Use the bitmap's native coordinate system; this enables a 1-to-1 correspondence between coordinates and pixels.
`kCoordinatesStandard`	`72`	The coordinate system used by most handhelds running Palm OS 4.0 and earlier. On a single-density handheld, there is one screen pixel per standard coordinate. On a high-density screen, there is more than one screen pixel per standard coordinate.
`kCoordinatesOneAndAHalf`	`108`	One and a half times the standard coordinate system.
`kCoordinatesDouble`	`144`	Twice the standard coordinate system.
`kCoordinatesTriple`	`216`	Three times the standard coordinate system.
`kCoordinatesQuadruple`	`288`	Four times the standard coordinate system.

IMPORTANT: Not all coordinate systems listed in the above table are supported in this version of the High-Density Display Feature Set. For Palm OS Garnet, only kCoordinatesNative, kCoordinatesStandard, and kCoordinatesDouble are supported.

Pass one of these constants as an argument to WinSetCoordinateSystem(). These values are returned by WinGetCoordinateSystem().

Compatibility

Defined only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

Window Functions ^TOP^

WinClipRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Shrink the rectangle to make it fit within the clipping region of the current draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinClipRectangle (
   RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

↔ rP: Pointer to a structure holding the rectangle to clip. The rectangle returned is the intersection of the rectangle passed and the clipping bounds of the draw window.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function does not change the clipping rectangle of the window. To modify the window's clipping rectangle, use the WinSetClip() and WinResetClip() functions.

The draw window is the window to which all drawing functions send their output. It is returned by WinGetDrawWindow().

WinCopyRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Copy a rectangular region from one place to another (either between windows or within a single window).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinCopyRectangle (
   WinHandle srcWin,
   WinHandle dstWin,
   const RectangleType *srcRect,
   Coord destX,
   Coord destY,
   WinDrawOperation mode
)

Parameters

→ srcWin: Window from which the rectangle is copied. If NULL, use the draw window.
→ dstWin: Window to which the rectangle is copied. If NULL, use the draw window.
→ srcRect: Bounds of the region to copy.
→ destX: Left bound of the rectangle in destination window.
→ destY: Top bound of the rectangle in destination window.
→ mode: The method of transfer from the source to the destination window (see WinDrawOperation).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Copies the bits of the window inside the rectangle region.

If the destination bitmap is compressed, the mode parameter must be winPaint, and the destination coordinates must be (0,0). If the width of the destination rectangle is less than 16 pixels or if the destination coordinates are not (0,0), then this function turns off compression for the destination bitmap. Normally, you do not copy to a compressed bitmap. Instead, you copy to an uncompressed bitmap and compress it afterwards.

Compatibility

In OS versions before 3.5, the mode parameter was defined as type ScrOperation. It is defined as type WinDrawOperation only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present. ScrOperation and WinDrawOperation are fully compatible with each other.

In OS versions before 3.5, it was common practice to render a bitmap in an offscreen window and then use WinCopyRectangle to draw it on the screen. In version 3.5 and higher, the preferred method of doing this is to use WinDrawBitmap() or WinPaintBitmap().

WinCreateBitmapWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Create a new offscreen window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinCreateBitmapWindow(
   BitmapType *bitmapP,
   UInt16 *error
)

Parameters

→ bitmapP: Pointer to a bitmap to associate with the window. (See BitmapType.)
← error: Pointer to any error this function encounters.

Returns

Returns the handle of the new window upon success, or NULL if an error occurs. The error parameter contains one of the following:

errNone: No error.
sysErrParamErr: The bitmapP parameter is invalid. The bitmap must be uncompressed and it must have a valid pixel size (1, 2, 4, or 8). It must not be the screen bitmap.
sysErrNoFreeResource: There is not enough memory to allocate a new window structure.

Comments

Use WinCreateBitmapWindow if you want to draw into a previously created bitmap, such as a bitmap created using BmpCreate().

This function generates a window wrapper for the specified bitmap. The newly created window is offscreen, uses the generic format (for device independence), and is added to the active window list. Use WinSetDrawWindow() to make it the draw window, and then use the window drawing functions to modify the bitmap.

When you use this function to create a window and then delete the window with WinDeleteWindow(), the bitmap is not freed when the window is freed.

WinCreateOffscreenWindow() uses this function to create its offscreen window. If you call WinCreateOffscreenWindow instead of using this function, the bitmap is freed when WinDeleteWindow is called.

The bitmap data will not be blitted properly if the depth of the screen is changed using WinScreenMode() and the new window uses a bitmap that does not define the bitmap's color table. See WinScreenMode() for information on how to work around this limitation.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinCreateOffscreenWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Create a new offscreen window and add it to the window list.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinCreateOffscreenWindow (
   Coord width,
   Coord height,
   WindowFormatType format,
   UInt16 *error
)

Parameters

→ width: Width of the window in pixels. The coordinate system you use for this parameter depends upon the value of format.
→ height: Height of the window in pixels. The coordinate system you use for this parameter depends upon the value of format.
→ format: One of the window formats defined by WindowFormatType.
← error: Pointer to any error this function encounters.

Returns

Returns the handle of the new window upon success, or NULL if an error occurs. The error parameter contains one of the following:

errNone: No error.
sysErrParamErr: The width or height parameter is NULL or the current color table is invalid.
sysErrNoFreeResource: There is not enough memory to complete the function.

The debug ROM gives a warning if you try to draw to a bad window address.

Comments

Windows created with this routine draw to a memory buffer instead of the display. Use this function for temporary drawing operations such as double-buffering or save-behind operations.

The memory buffer has two formats: screen format and generic format. Screen format is the native format of the video system; windows in this format can be copied to the display faster. The generic format is device-independent. A window cannot be enabled (that is, accept pen input) unless it uses screen format.

This function differs from WinCreateBitmapWindow() in the following ways:

WinCreateOffscreenWindow creates a new bitmap in the same depth as the current screen. WinCreateBitmapWindow uses the bitmap you pass in, which may or may not be in the same depth as the current screen.
WinCreateOffscreenWindow uses the screen format you specify. WinCreateBitmapWindow always uses genericFormat for the format argument.
When you delete the window created with WinCreateOffscreenWindow, its bitmap is freed along with the window. The bitmap used in the WinCreateBitmapWindow is not freed when the window is freed.

Note that if you aren't directly accessing the bits of an offscreen window's bitmap but are just using the APIs, you can always pass nativeFormat for the screen format even on pre-Palm OS Garnet handhelds and things will work as expected. If you need direct access to the bits of the offscreen window's bitmap, however, call BmpCreate() and then call WinCreateBitmapWindow. Because you created the bitmap, you know its format and thus can safely manipulate its bits. Calling WinCreateOffscreenWindow with a format argument of nativeFormat can result in a bitmap with an unexpected format: the endianness, number of bits per pixel, and so on would match the screen and therefore be fastest to draw, but your application wouldn't be able to manipulate the pixels directly.

WinCreateWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Create a new window and add it to the window list.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinCreateWindow(
   const RectangleType *bounds,
   FrameType frame,
   Boolean modal,
   Boolean focusable,
   UInt16 *error
)

Parameters

→ bounds: Display-relative bounds of the window.
→ frame: Type of frame around the window (see FrameType).
→ modal: true if the window is modal.
→ focusable: true if the window can be the active window.
← error: Pointer to any error encountered by this function.

Returns

Returns the handle of the new window upon success, or NULL if an error occurs. The error parameter contains one of the following:

errNone: No error.
sysErrNoFreeResource: There is not enough memory to complete the operation.

Comments

Windows created by this routine draw to the display. See WinCreateOffscreenWindow() for information on drawing off screen.

You typically don't call this function directly. Instead, you use FrmInitForm() to create form windows from a resource. Forms are much more flexible and have better system support. All forms are windows, but not all windows are forms.

The window is created with the bounds and frame type that you specify and uses the bitmap and drawing state of the current draw window. Its clipping region is reset according to the bounds you specify.

All window flags are set to 0 except for the modal and focusable flags, which you pass as a parameter to this function. Specifically, newly created windows are disabled and invisible. You must specifically enable the window before the window can accept input. You can do so with WinSetActiveWindow().

WinDeleteWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Remove a window from the window list and free the memory used by the window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDeleteWindow (
   WinHandle winHandle,
   Boolean eraseIt
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of window to delete.
→ eraseIt: If true, the window is erased before it is deleted. If false, the window is not erased.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function frees all memory associated with the window. Windows created using WinCreateOffscreenWindow() have their bitmaps freed; windows created using WinCreateWindow() or WinCreateBitmapWindow() do not.

The eraseIt parameter affects onscreen windows only; offscreen windows are never erased. As a performance optimization, you might set eraseIt to false for an onscreen window if you know that you are going to immediately redraw the area anyway. For example, when the form manager closes a form dialog, it restores the area with the save-behind bits it had stored for that form. For this reason, when the form manager deletes the dialog window, it passes false for eraseIt because the entire area will be redrawn.

WinDisplayToWindowPt Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a display-relative coordinate to a window-relative coordinate. The coordinate returned is relative to the display window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDisplayToWindowPt (
   Coord *extentX,
   Coord *extentY
)

Parameters

↔ extentX: Pointer to x coordinate to convert.
↔ extentY: Pointer to y coordinate to convert.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinDrawBitmap Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a bitmap at the given coordinates in winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation for mode details).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawBitmap (
   BitmapPtr bitmapP,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ bitmapP: Pointer to a bitmap.
→ x: The x coordinate of the top-left corner.
→ y: The y coordinate of the top-left corner.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

If the bitmap has multiple depths (is a bitmap family), the closest match less than or equal to the current draw window depth is used. If such a bitmap does not exist, the bitmap with the closest match greater than the draw window depth is used.

If the bitmap has its own color table, color conversion to the draw window color table will be applied (on OS 3.5 or later). This color conversion is slow and not recommended. Instead of including a color table in the bitmap, consider using WinPalette() to change the system color table, draw the bitmap, and then change the system color table back when the bitmap is no longer visible.

This function differs from WinPaintBitmap() in that this function always uses winPaint mode (copy mode) as the transfer mode. WinPaintBitmap uses the current drawing state transfer mode.

WinDrawChar Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw the specified character in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawChar (
   WChar theChar,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ theChar: The character to draw. This may be either a single-byte character or a multi-byte character.
→ x: x coordinate of the location where the character is to be drawn (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the location where the character is to be drawn (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Before calling this function, call WinSetUnderlineMode() and FntSetFont() to set the desired underline and font to draw the characters.

This function differs from WinPaintChar() in that this function always uses winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation). This means the on bits are drawn in the text color, the off bits are in the background color, and underlines are in the foreground color. WinPaintChar uses the current drawing state transfer mode instead of winPaint.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.1 New Feature Set is present. To use this function in code intended to be run on earlier versions of Palm OS, link with the PalmOSGlue library and call WinGlueDrawChar. For more information, see Chapter 80, "PalmOSGlue Library."

NOTE: Though this function is new in the 3.1 New Feature Set, due to a bug in the 3.1 implementation, when running on Palm OS 3.1 you must link with the PalmOSGlue library and call WinGlueDrawChar, rather than calling WinDrawChar.

WinDrawChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw the specified characters in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to draw.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to draw.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to draw (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to draw (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function is useful for printing non-editable status or warning messages on the screen.

Before calling this function, call WinSetUnderlineMode() and FntSetFont() to set the desired underline and font to draw the characters.

This function differs from WinPaintChars() in that this function always uses winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation). This means the on bits are drawn in the text color, the off bits are in the background color, and underlines are in the foreground color. WinPaintChar uses the current drawing state transfer mode instead of winPaint.

WinDrawGrayLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a dashed line in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawGrayLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line start point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line start point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This routine does not draw in the gray color; it draws with alternating foreground and background pixels. That is, it uses the grayPattern pattern type.

WinDrawGrayRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a gray rectangular frame in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawGrayRectangleFrame (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of frame to draw (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This routine does not draw in the gray color; it draws with alternating foreground and background pixels. The standard gray pattern is not used by this routine; rather, the frame is drawn so that the top-left pixel of the frame is always on.

WinDrawInvertedChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw the specified characters inverted (background color) in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawInvertedChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to draw.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to draw.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to draw (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to draw (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This routine draws the on bits and any underline in the background color and the off bits in the text color. (Black and white uses copy NOT mode.) This is the standard function for drawing inverted text.

Before calling this function, consider calling WinSetUnderlineMode() and FntSetFont().

WinDrawLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a line in the draw window using the current foreground color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line start point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line start point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function differs from WinPaintLine() in that it always uses winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation). WinPaintLine uses the current drawing state transfer mode instead of winPaint.

WinDrawPixel Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a pixel in the draw window using the current foreground color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawPixel (
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.

Returns

Returns nothing. May display a fatal error message if the draw window's bitmap is compressed.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinDrawRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangle in the draw window using the current foreground color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   UInt16 cornerDiam
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to draw.
→ cornerDiam: Radius of rounded corners. Specify zero for square corners.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The cornerDiam parameter specifies the radius of four imaginary circles used to form the rounded corners. An imaginary circle is placed within each corner tangent to the rectangle on two sides.

This function differs from WinPaintRectangle() in that it always uses winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation). WinPaintRectangle uses the current drawing state transfer mode instead of winPaint.

WinDrawRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangular frame in the draw window using the current foreground color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawRectangleFrame (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of frame to draw (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The frame is drawn outside the specified rectangle.

This function differs from WinPaintRectangleFrame() in that it always uses winPaint mode (see WinDrawOperation). WinPaintRectangleFrame uses the current drawing state transfer mode instead of winPaint.

WinDrawTruncChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw the specified characters in the draw window, truncating the characters to the specified width.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinDrawTruncChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y,
   Coord maxWidth
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to draw.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to draw.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to draw (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to draw (top bound).
→ maxWidth: Maximum width in pixels of the characters that are to be drawn.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Before calling this function, consider calling WinSetUnderlineMode() and FntSetFont().

If drawing all of the specified characters requires more space than maxWidth allows, WinDrawTruncChars draws one less than the number of characters that can fit in maxWidth and then draws an ellipsis (...) in the remaining space. (If the boundary characters are narrower than the ellipsis, more than one character may be dropped to make room.) If maxWidth is narrower than the width of an ellipsis, nothing is drawn.

Use this function to truncate text that may contain multi-byte characters.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.1 New Feature Set is present. To use this function in code intended to be run on earlier versions of Palm OS, link with the PalmOSGlue library and call WinGlueDrawTruncChars. For more information, see Chapter 80, "PalmOSGlue Library."

WinEraseChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Erase the specified characters in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinEraseChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to erase.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to erase.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to erase (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to erase (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The winMask transfer mode is used to erase the characters. See WinDrawOperation for more information. This has the effect of erasing only the on bits for the characters rather than the entire text rectangle. This function only works if the foreground color is black and the background color is white.

WinEraseLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a line in the draw window using the current background color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinEraseLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line start point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line start point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinErasePixel Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a pixel in the draw window using the current background color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinErasePixel (
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinEraseRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangle in the draw window using the current background color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinEraseRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   UInt16 cornerDiam
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to erase.
→ cornerDiam: Radius of rounded corners. Specify zero for square corners.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The cornerDiam parameter specifies the radius of four imaginary circles used to form the rounded corners. An imaginary circle is placed within each corner tangent to the rectangle on two sides.

WinEraseRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangular frame in the draw window using the current background color.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinEraseRectangleFrame (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of frame to draw (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinEraseWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Erase the contents of the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinEraseWindow (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

WinEraseRectangle() is used to erase the window. This routine doesn't erase the frame around the draw window. See WinEraseRectangleFrame() and WinGetWindowFrameRect().

WinFillLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Fill a line in the draw window with the current pattern.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinFillLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line start point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line start point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

You can set the current pattern with WinSetPattern().

WinFillRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangle in the draw window with current pattern.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinFillRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   UInt16 cornerDiam
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to draw.
→ cornerDiam: Radius of rounded corners. Specify zero for square corners.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

You can set the current pattern with WinSetPattern().

The cornerDiam parameter specifies the radius of four imaginary circles used to form the rounded corners. An imaginary circle is placed within each corner tangent to the rectangle on two sides.

WinGetActiveWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the window handle of the active window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinGetActiveWindow (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns the handle of the active window. All user input is directed to the active window.

WinGetBitmap Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return a pointer to a window's bitmap, which holds the window contents.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

BitmapType *WinGetBitmap (
   WinHandle winHandle
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of window from which to get the bitmap.

Returns

Returns a pointer to the bitmap or NULL if winHandle is invalid.

Comments

For onscreen windows, the bitmap returned always represents the whole screen. Thus, the top-left corner of the returned bitmap may not be the top-left corner of the window.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinGetBounds Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the bounds of a window in display-relative coordinates.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetBounds (
   WinHandle winH,
   RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ winH: Handle to a window.
← rP: Pointer to a rectangle.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function returns in rP the bounds of the window represented by winH. This corresponds to the convention used by WinSetBounds(), because it takes a window handle as an argument.

Compatibility

The implementation of this function changed in Palm OS version 4.0. If 4.0 New Feature Set is present, it works as documented here.

Prior to Palm OS 4.0, WinGetBounds returned the bounds of the draw window, and did not take a window handle as an argument. If an application needed to determine the bounds of an arbitrary window, the application would call WinSetDrawWindow() to temporarily set the draw window to the desired window, then WinGetBounds would be called to get the bounds of the draw window, then WinSetDrawWindow() would be called again to restore the draw window. This is no longer necessary.

As of Palm OS 4.0, an application should use WinGetDrawWindowBounds() to get the bounds of the draw window.

WinGetClip Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the clipping rectangle of the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetClip (
   RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

← rP: Pointer to a structure to hold the clipping bounds.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinGetCoordinateSystem Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Get the coordinate system

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UInt16 WinGetCoordinateSystem (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns a value representing the current coordinate system. See "Window Coordinate System Constants" for the values that this function can return.

Comments

Use this function to determine the active coordinate system. Armed with this information, an application can properly initialize graphic primitive coordinates and dimensions, or can modify the coordinate system with WinSetCoordinateSystem().

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinGetDisplayExtent Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the width and height of the display (the screen).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetDisplayExtent (
   Coord *extentX,
   Coord *extentY
)

Parameters

← extentX: Pointer to the width of the display in pixels.
← extentY: Pointer to the height of the display in pixels.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinGetDisplayWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the window handle of the display (screen) window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinGetDisplayWindow (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns the handle of display window.

Comments

The display window is created by the system at start-up; it has the same size as the Palm OS drawable area of the physical display (screen).

WinGetDrawWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the window handle of the current draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinGetDrawWindow (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns handle of draw window.

WinGetDrawWindowBounds Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the bounds of the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetDrawWindowBounds (
   RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

← rP: Pointer to the window bounds.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

A pointer to the bounds of the draw window is returned. This function is equivalent to WinGetBounds() that was in Palm OS prior to 4.0.

WinGetFirstWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return a pointer to the first window in the linked list of windows.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinGetFirstWindow (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns handle of first window.

Comments

This function is usually used by the system only.

Compatibility

If Palm OS Cobalt Feature Set is present this function is unimplemented.

WinGetFramesRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the rectangle that includes a rectangle together with the specified frame around it.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetFramesRectangle (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP,
   RectangleType *obscuredRect
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of rectangle frame (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.
← obscuredRect: Pointer to the rectangle that includes both the specified rectangle and its frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Frames are always drawn around (outside) a rectangle.

WinGetPattern Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the current fill pattern.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetPattern (
   CustomPatternType *patternP
)

Parameters

← patternP: Buffer where the current pattern is returned (see CustomPatternType).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The fill pattern is used by WinFillLine() and WinFillRectangle().

This function returns the value of patternData in the current drawing state. (See DrawStateType.) The patternData field is only set if the pattern field is customPattern. Therefore, it's a good idea to use WinGetPatternType() instead of this function on systems that support WinGetPatternType().

WinGetPatternType Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the current pattern type.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

PatternType WinGetPatternType (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns the current draw window pattern type (see PatternType). If the return value is customPattern, you can retrieve the pattern with WinGetPattern().

Comments

The fill pattern is used by WinFillLine() and WinFillRectangle().

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinGetPixel Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the color value of a pixel in the current draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

IndexedColorType WinGetPixel (
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.

Returns

Returns the indexed color value of the pixel. See IndexedColorType. A return value of 0 means either that the coordinates do not lie in the current draw window or that they do and the color of that pixel is index 0 (typically white).

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinGetPixelRGB Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the RGB color values of a pixel in the current draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinGetPixelRGB (
   Coord x,
   Coord y,
   RGBColorType *rgbP
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.
← rgbP: RGB color components of the pixel.

Returns

Returns errNone or sysErrParamErr. sysErrParamErr is returned when the x or y arguments are < 0 or when they are outside the bounds of the draw window.

Comments

The RGB color values of the pixel are returned as an RGBColorType. This function can be used with both indexed or direct color modes. A return value of sysErrParamErr means that the coordinates do not lie in the current draw window.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 4.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinGetScalingMode Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Get the current scaling mode.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UInt32 WinGetScalingMode (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns the current scaling mode. See the description of WinSetScalingMode() for information on interpreting the returned scaling mode value.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the 1.5x Display Feature Set is present.

WinGetSupportedDensity Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Enumerate the various display densities supported by the blitter.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinGetSupportedDensity (
   UInt16 *densityP
)

Parameters

↔ densityP: Pointer to a supported density value. Set this value to zero before calling this function for the first time. Subsequent calls cause this value to be set to one of the display densities supported by the handheld.

Returns

Returns errNone unless the value you supply in *densityP isn't a supported density and isn't zero, in which case this function returns SysErrParamErr.

Comments

Initialize *densityP to zero before your application calls this function for the first time. Repeated calls to WinGetSupportedDensity will cause the value pointed to by densityP to change; these values represent the supported display densities, in order from low to high density. After the last supported density value, this function sets *densityP back to zero.

NOTE: The densities reported by this function are those that are supported by the blitter. These densities are not necessarily supported by the underlying hardware. A handheld with a low-density screen that is able to scale high-density bitmaps will report that it can handle both high and low density bitmaps. Use WinScreenGetAttribute() to determine the density of the handheld's screen.

Density values are defined in Bitmap.h; see the DensityType enum. Only those values supported by a given handheld will be returned by WinGetSupportedDensity,. For example, on a handheld with a double-density display this function returns kDensityLow, followed by kDensityDouble, followed by 0. For each supported density, the inverse scaling factor is supported. In this example, the blitter supports pixel-doubling low-density data for a double-density destination, and the blitter supports pixel-halving high-density data for a low-density destination.

The value pointed to by densityP should only be zero or one of the density values supported by the handheld. If it has any other value when you call WinGetSupportedDensity, this function will simply return sysErrParamErr.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinGetWindowExtent Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return the width and height of the current draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetWindowExtent (
   Coord *extentX,
   Coord *extentY
)

Parameters

← extentX: Pointer to the width in pixels of the draw window.
← extentY: Pointer to the height in pixels of the draw window.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinGetWindowFrameRect Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return a rectangle, in display-relative coordinates, that defines the size and location of a window and its frame.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinGetWindowFrameRect (
   WinHandle winHandle,
   RectangleType *r
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of window whose coordinates are desired.
← r: Pointer to the coordinates of the window.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinIndexToRGB Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert an index in the currently active color table to an RGB value.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinIndexToRGB (
   IndexedColorType i,
   RGBColorType *rgbP
)

Parameters

→ i: A color index value. See IndexedColorType.
← rgbP: Pointer to an RGB color value corresponding to the index value i. See RGBColorType.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinInvertChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Invert the specified characters in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinInvertChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to invert.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to invert.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to invert (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to invert (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function applies the winInvert operation of WinDrawOperation to the characters in the draw window.

To perform color inverting, use WinSetTextColor() and WinSetBackColor() to choose the desired colors, and call WinPaintChar().

WinInvertLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Invert a line in the draw window (using the WinDrawOperation winInvert).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinInvertLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line start point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line start point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinInvertPixel Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Invert a pixel in the draw window (using the WinDrawOperation winInvert).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinInvertPixel (
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinInvertRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Invert a rectangle in the draw window (using the WinDrawOperation winInvert).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinInvertRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   UInt16 cornerDiam
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to invert.
→ cornerDiam: Radius of rounded corners. Specify zero for square corners.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The cornerDiam parameter specifies the radius of four imaginary circles used to form the rounded corners. An imaginary circle is placed within each corner tangent to the rectangle on two sides.

The operating system itself does not use the inverting routines. Instead, it uses the winSwap transfer mode, or it changes the color selection and uses the WinPaint... routines.

WinInvertRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Invert a rectangular frame in the draw window (using the WinDrawOperation winInvert).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinInvertRectangleFrame (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of frame to draw (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinModal Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return true if the specified window is modal.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Boolean WinModal (
   WinHandle winHandle
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of a window.

Returns

Returns true if the window is modal, otherwise false.

Comments

A window is modal if it cannot lose the focus.

WinPaintBitmap Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a bitmap in the current draw window at the specified coordinates with the current draw mode.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintBitmap (
   BitmapType *bitmapP,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ bitmapP: Pointer to a bitmap.
→ x: The x coordinate of the top-left corner.
→ y: The y coordinate of the top-left corner.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Using WinPaintBitmap is now recommended instead of the previous practice of rendering bitmaps into an offscreen window and then using WinCopyRectangle() to draw them on screen.

The current draw mode is set by WinSetDrawMode().

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintChar Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a character in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintChar (
   WChar theChar,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ theChar: The character to draw. This may be either a single-byte character or a multi-byte character.
→ x: x coordinate of the location where the character is to be drawn (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the location where the character is to be drawn (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintChars Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw the specified characters in the draw window with the current draw state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintChars (
   const Char *chars,
   Int16 len,
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ chars: Pointer to the characters to draw.
→ len: Length in bytes of the characters to draw.
→ x: x coordinate of the first character to draw (left bound).
→ y: y coordinate of the first character to draw (top bound).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

WinPaintChars draws the on bits in the text color and the off bits in the background color, with underlines (if any) drawn in the foreground color using the current drawing mode.

Before calling this function, consider calling WinSetUnderlineMode() and FntSetFont().

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintLine Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a line in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintLine (
   Coord x1,
   Coord y1,
   Coord x2,
   Coord y2
)

Parameters

→ x1: x coordinate of line beginning point.
→ y1: y coordinate of line beginning point.
→ x2: x coordinate of line endpoint.
→ y2: y coordinate of line endpoint.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintLines Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw several lines in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintLines (
   UInt16 numLines,
   WinLineType lines[]
)

Parameters

→ numLines: Number of lines to paint.
→ lines: Array of lines. See WinLineType.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintPixel Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Render a pixel in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintPixel (
   Coord x,
   Coord y
)

Parameters

→ x: Pointer to the x coordinate of a pixel.
→ y: Pointer to the y coordinate of a pixel.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintPixels Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Render several pixels in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintPixels (
   UInt16 numPoints,
   PointType pts[]
)

Parameters

→ numPoints: Number of pixels to paint.
→ pts: Array of pixels.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangle in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   UInt16 cornerDiam
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to draw.
→ cornerDiam: Radius of rounded corners. Specify zero for square corners.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The cornerDiam parameter specifies the radius of four imaginary circles used to form the rounded corners. An imaginary circle is placed within each corner tangent to the rectangle on two sides.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangular frame in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintRectangleFrame (
   FrameType frame,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ frame: Type of frame to draw (see FrameType).
→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The frame is drawn outside the specified rectangle.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPaintRoundedRectangleFrame Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Draw a rectangular frame with rounded corners in the draw window using the current drawing state.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintRoundedRectangleFrame (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   Coord width,
   Coord cornerRadius,
   Coord shadowWidth
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to frame.
→ width: The width of the frame, interpreted using the active coordinate system.
→ cornerRadius: The radius of the rectangle's rounded corners, interpreted using the active coordinate system.
→ shadowWidth: The shadow offset, interpreted using the active coordinate system.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function allows you to draw a rectangle with a frame width and corner radius specified in the active coordinate system. It is necessary because WinPaintRectangleFrame() doesn't allow you to draw rounded rectangles with a frame width greater than 2. Note that because there isn't a function that parallels either WinDrawRectangleFrame(), WinEraseRectangleFrame(), or WinInvertRectangleFrame(), you must set the drawing mode and colors as appropriate and use WinPaintRoundedRectangleFrame to achieve the desired effect.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinPaintTiledBitmap Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Fill a rectangle with a pattern defined by a bitmap.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPaintTiledBitmap (
   BitmapType *bitmapP,
   RectangleType *rectP
)

Parameters

→ bitmapP: Pointer to the bitmap that contains the desired pattern.
→ rectP: Pointer to the rectangle that is to be filled.

Returns

Returns nothing. On a debug ROM, if either bitmapP or rectP are NULL, an error is displayed.

Comments

This function makes it possible for an application to define a pattern that is larger than the standard 8 by 8 custom pattern, and to define high-density custom patterns.

The pattern is scaled by the blitter using the density of bitmapP and the density of the screen bitmap. bitmapP can be a bitmap family; if it is, the Window Manager selects a bitmap using the same algorithm used by WinPaintBitmap(). As with other patterns, the tiled pattern is anchored to the window's origin.

If bitmapP does not match the depth or density of the destination bitmap, the blitter converts the bitmap using a temporary buffer. Note that if there isn't enough heap space for the temporary buffer, WinPaintTiledBitmap will be slow.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinPalette Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set or retrieve the palette for the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinPalette (
   UInt8 operation,
   Int16 startIndex,
   UInt16 paletteEntries,
   RGBColorType *tableP
)

Parameters

→ operation: Specify one of the following values:
→ startIndex: Identifies where in the palette to start reading or writing. Specify WinUseTableIndexes to indicate that the entries are not to be set or read sequentially; instead, the index value in each RGBColorType entry in tableP determines which slot in the palette is to be set or read. You can use this technique to get or set several discontiguous palette entries with a single function call.
→ paletteEntries: Number of palette entries to get or set.
↔ tableP: A pointer to a buffer of RGBColorType entries that is either read from or written to, depending on the operation parameter; the table entries from 0 to paletteEntries – 1 are affected by this routine.

Returns

Returns one of the following values:

errNone: Success.
winErrPalette: The current draw window does not have a color table, a set operation has overflowed the color table, or one of the entries in tableP has an invalid index value
sysErrParamErr: The startIndex value is invalid.

Comments

Here are some examples of how this routine works:

If startIndex is 0 and paletteEntries is 10, the first 10 elements of the palette will be set from tableP or will be copied into tableP.
If startIndex is 10 and paletteEntries is 5, then entries 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 in the palette will be set from or copied to elements 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 in tableP.
If startIndex is WinUseTableIndexes and paletteEntries is 1, then the index value in the RGBColorType of element 0 of tableP will be read from or copied to tableP; in this case, the index field of the RGBColorType will not change.

During a set operation, this function broadcasts the sysNotifyDisplayChangeEvent to notify any interested observer that the color palette has changed.

One use for this function is if you need to display a bitmap that uses a color table other than the one in use by the system. You can attach a custom color table to a bitmap, and if you do, the bitmap is drawn using that color table. However, this is a performance drain. As an optimization, you can use WinPalette to change the system color table to match that used by the bitmap, display the bitmap, and use WinPalette to reset the color table when the bitmap is no longer visible.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPopDrawState Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Restore the draw state values to the last saved set on the stack.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPopDrawState (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Use this routine to restore the draw state saved by the previous call to WinPushDrawState().

After you call this function, the current draw window's drawStateP field points to the restored drawing state.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinPushDrawState Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Save the current draw state values onto the draw state stack.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinPushDrawState (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

Use this routine to save the current draw state before making changes to it using the functions listed in the DrawStateType structure's description. Call WinPopDrawState() to restore the saved settings.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinResetClip Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Reset the clipping rectangle of the draw window to the portion of the draw window that is within the bounds of the display.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinResetClip (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinRestoreBits Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Copy the contents of the specified window to the draw window and delete the passed window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinRestoreBits (
   WinHandle winHandle,
   Coord destX,
   Coord destY
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of window to copy and delete.
→ destX: x coordinate in the draw window to copy to.
→ destY: y coordinate in the draw window to copy to.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This routine is generally used to restore a region of the display that was saved with WinSaveBit().

WinRGBToIndex Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert an RGB value to the index of the closest color in the currently active color lookup table (CLUT).

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

IndexedColorType WinRGBToIndex (
   const RGBColorType *rgbP
)

Parameters

→ rgbP: Pointer to an RGB color value.

Returns

Returns the index of the closest matching color in the CLUT.

Comments

Palm OS 3.5 supports a maximum of 256 colors. The number of possible RGB colors greatly exceeds this amount. For this reason, an exact match may not be available for rgbP. If there is no exact RGB match, then a luminance best-fit is used if the color lookup table is entirely gray scale (red, green, and blue values for each entry are identical), or a shortest-distance fit in RGB space is used if the palette contains colors. RGB shortest distance may not always produce the actual closest perceptible color, but it's relatively fast and works for the system palette.

WinRGBToIndex uses the draw window's color table to return the appropriate color table index. If the draw window does not have a color table, the default color table of the current screen is used.

If the draw window does not have a color table, and if the depth of the draw window and the depth of the screen are different, this function will return an inappropriate index. If this situation exists, the application should either define a color table for the draw window, or use WinScreenMode() to set the screen depth to the same depth as the draw window before calling WinRGBToIndex.

NOTE: The bitmap data will not be blitted properly if the depth of the screen is changed using WinScreenMode() and the new window uses a bitmap that does not define the bitmap's color table. See WinScreenMode() for information on how to work around this limitation.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSaveBit Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Create an offscreen window and copy the specified region from the draw window to the offscreen window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinSaveBits (
   const RectangleType *source,
   UInt16 *error
)

Parameters

→ source: Pointer to the bounds of the region to save, relative to the display.
← error: Pointer to any error encountered by this function.

Returns

Returns the handle of the window containing the saved image, or zero if an error occurred.

Comments

The offscreen window is the same size as the region to copy.

This function tries to copy the window's bitmap using compressed format if possible. It may display a fatal error message if an error occurs when it tries to shrink the pointer for the compressed bits.

WinScaleCoord Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a single coordinate from the standard coordinate system to the active coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Coord WinScaleCoord (
   Coord coord,
   Boolean ceiling
)

Parameters

→ coord: A coordinate in the standard coordinate system.
→ ceiling: Pass true to round up, false to truncate the fractional part when scaling.

Returns

Returns the coordinate scaled to the active coordinate system.

Comments

This function converts a coordinate by multiplying it by the coordinate scaling factor, and then truncating or rounding the result to an integer value depending on the value of ceiling.

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, the returned coordinate is equal to the supplied coordinate.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

On Palm OS Cobalt, the scaling algorithm is slightly different. After the coordinate scale factor is applied, what happens next depends upon the value of ceiling:

if ceiling == true {

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor < 1

else

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor < 1

}

The objective of this algorithm is to ensure that for any Coord, Point, or Rectangle "x", x = unscaled(scaled(x)).

WinScalePoint Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a point from the standard coordinate system to the active coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinScalePoint (
   PointType *pointP,
   Boolean ceiling
)

Parameters

↔ pointP: Pointer to a PointType structure that, before the call, should contain a point's standard coordinate system coordinates. After this function is called the PointType structure contains the coordinates of the point scaled to the active coordinate system.
→ ceiling: Pass true to round up, false to truncate the fractional part when scaling.

Returns

Returns nothing. The coordinates of the point indicated by pointP are converted to the active coordinate system.

Comments

This function converts a point by multiplying its x and y coordinates by the coordinate scaling factor and then truncating or rounding the results depending on the value of ceiling.

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, pointP is not changed by this function.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

On Palm OS Cobalt, the scaling algorithm is slightly different. After the coordinate scale factor is applied, what happens next depends upon the value of ceiling:

if ceiling == true {

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor < 1

else

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor < 1

}

The objective of this algorithm is to ensure that for any Coord, Point, or Rectangle "x", x = unscaled(scaled(x)).

WinScaleRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a rectangle from the standard coordinate system to the active coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinScaleRectangle (
   RectangleType *rectP
)

Parameters

↔ rectP: Pointer to a RectangleType structure that, before the call, should contain a rectangle's standard coordinate system coordinates. After this function is called the RectangleType structure contains the coordinates of the rectangle scaled to the active coordinate system.

Returns

Returns nothing. The coordinates of the rectangle indicated by rectP are converted to the native coordinate system.

Comments

This function scales the rectangle's topLeft and extent points by multiplying their x and y coordinates by the coordinate scaling factor. All values are then truncated, but if either topLeft.x or extent.x had a fractional part, extent.x is incremented by 1 (and, similarly, if either topLeft.y or extent.y had a fractional part, extent.y is incremented by 1).

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, rectP is not changed by this function.

You can use this function when your gadget handler draws using a more precise coordinate system than the Form Manager and needs to convert the form-based bounds of the gadget to the high-density bounds used by the gadget's drawing function.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinScreenGetAttribute Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Get various attributes of the screen.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinScreenGetAttribute (
   WinScreenAttrType selector,
   UInt32 *attrP
)

Parameters

→ selector: A value indicating which attribute to return. See the description of WinScreenAttrType in the Comments section, below, for the values you can supply to this parameter.
← attrP: Pointer to a UInt32 into which the specified attribute value is placed by this function.

Returns

Returns errNone if the function successfully retrieved the specified attribute, or sysErrParamErr if selector doesn't represent a screen attribute.

Comments

This function returns many of the attributes that can be obtained with WinScreenMode(). Unlike WinScreenMode, however, this function can also return the number of bytes used by each row in the screen buffer as well as the number of pixels per inch on the screen's x and y axes.

Unlike WinScreenMode, you cannot set any attributes with this function. Also, you cannot use this function to obtain the "color enabled" attribute. And unlike WinScreenMode, this function always returns the true screen dimensions; WinScreenMode converts the dimensions to the active coordinate system.

Applications can use the screen resolution information to make intelligent decisions about how to draw primitives on Palm Powered handhelds with different screen resolutions.

WinScreenAttrType

This enum defines the selectors that can be used with the WinScreenGetAttribute() function.

Prototype

typedef enum {
  winScreenWidth,
  winScreenHeight,
  winScreenRowBytes,
  winScreenDepth,
  winScreenAllDepths,
  winScreenDensity,
  winScreenPixelFormat,
  winScreenResolutionX,
  winScreenResolutionY
} WinScreenAttrType;

Constants

winScreenWidth: The width of the screen, in pixels.
winScreenHeight: The height of the screen, in pixels.
winScreenRowBytes: The number of bytes used by each row in the screen buffer.
winScreenDepth: The screen depth.
winScreenAllDepths: All screen depths (in bitmap format).
winScreenDensity: The screen bitmap's density.
winScreenPixelFormat: The PixelFormatType appropriate for the screen.
winScreenResolutionX: The number of pixels per inch along the screen's x axis.
winScreenResolutionY: The number of pixels per inch along the screen's y axis.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinScreenLock Function ^TOP^

Purpose

"Lock" the current screen by switching the UI concept of the screen base address to an area that is not reflected on the display.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UInt8 *WinScreenLock (
   WinLockInitType initMode
)

Parameters

→ initMode: Indicates how to initialize the new screen area. Specify one of the following values:

Returns

Returns a pointer to the new screen base address, or NULL if this routine fails.

Comments

This routine can be used to "freeze" the display while doing lengthy drawing operations to avoid a flickering effect. Call WinScreenUnlock() to unlock the display and cause it to be updated with any changes. The screen must be unlocked as many times as it is locked to actually update the display.

Because this function copies the screen, using it is a relatively expensive operation.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinScreenMode Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Sets or returns display parameters, including display geometry, bit depth, and color support.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinScreenMode (
   WinScreenModeOperation operation,
   UInt32 *widthP,
   UInt32 *heightP,
   UInt32 *depthP,
   Boolean *enableColorP
)

Parameters

The widthP, heightP, depthP, and enableColorP parameters are used in different ways for different operations. See Comments at the end of this description for details.

→ operation: The work this function is to perform, as specified by one of the following selectors:
↔ widthP: Pointer to new/old screen width. For backward compatibility, when operation is winScreenModeGet or winScreenModeGetDefaults, a single-density width is returned, even if the handheld has a double-density display. Use WinScreenGetAttribute() to retrieve the true hardware dimensions of the display.
↔ heightP: Pointer to new/old screen height. For backward compatibility, when operation is winScreenModeGet or winScreenModeGetDefaults, a single-density height is returned, even if the handheld has a double-density display. Use WinScreenGetAttribute() to retrieve the true hardware dimensions of the display.
↔ depthP: Pointer to new/old/available screen depth.
↔ enableColorP: Pass true to enable color drawing mode. The returned value (when using an operation that returns a value through this parameter) simply indicates whether or not the hardware supports color; its value does not change based on the current screen depth.

Returns

If no error, returns values as specified by the operation argument. Various invalid arguments may cause this function to return a sysErrParamErr result code. In rare cases, a failed allocation can cause this function to return a memErrNotEnoughSpace error.

Comments

The widthP, heightP, depthP, and enableColorP parameters are used in different ways for different operations. All "get" operations overwrite these values with a result when the function returns. The winScreenModeSet operation changes current display parameters when passed valid argument values that are not NULL pointers. The winScreenModeSetToDefaults operation ignores values passed for all of these parameters.

Table 59.1 summarizes parameter usage for each operation this function performs.

Table 59.1 Use of parameters to WinScreenMode function

Operation `winScreenMode...`	widthP	heightP	depthP	enableColorP
`...Get`	returned	returned	returned	returned
`...GetDefaults`	returned	returned	returned	returned
`...GetSupportedDepths`	ignored	ignored	returned	pass in
`...GetSupportsColor`	ignored	ignored	pass in	returned
`...Set`	pass in	pass in	pass in	pass in
`...SetToDefaults`	ignored	ignored	ignored	ignored

This function ignores NULL pointer arguments to the widthP, heightP, depthP, and enableColorP parameters; thus, you can pass a NULL pointer for any of these values to leave the current value unchanged. Similarly, when getting values, this function does not return a value for any NULL pointer argument.

If you change the display depth, it is recommended that you restore it to its previous state when your application closes, even though the system sets display parameters back to their default values when launching an application.

Note that none of the other operations interprets the depth parameter the same way that winScreenModeGetSupportedDepths does. For example, to set the display depth to 8-bit mode, you use 8 (decimal) for the display depth, not 0x80 (128 decimal).

When a window is created, and if the window's associated bitmap does not have its own color table, the window will use the system's default color translation tables when a blitting operation occurs to that window. When the system's bit depth changes, the system's default color translation tables are recalculated based on the new screen depth. When the blit occurs at the new screen depth to the offscreen window, the color translation tables are out of sync.

To work around this system limitation, developers should either:

allocate offscreen windows after changing the depth, or
use WinCreateBitmapWindow() so that it uses a bitmap with a defined color table.

The latter workaround causes the system to perform color matching when blitting, so the first workaround may be preferred.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present. In OS versions prior to 3.5, this function is called ScrDisplayMode. The prototype for ScrDisplayMode is similar to WinScreenMode:

Err ScrDisplayMode ( ScrDisplayModeOperation operation,
DWordPtr widthP, DWordPtr heightP,
DWordPtr depthP, BooleanPtr enableColorP)

The only other difference between ScrDisplayMode and WinScreenMode is that the ScrDisplayModeOperation constants begin with the prefix scrDisplayMode rather than winScreenMode.

Example

Here are some additional examples of return values provided by the winScreenModeGetSupportedDepths mode of the WinScreenMode function.

This function indicates support for 4-bit drawing by returning a value of 0x08, or 23, which corresponds to a binary value of 1000. Support for bit depths of 2 and 1 is indicated by a return value of 0x03. Support for bit depths of 4, 2, and 1 is indicated by 0x0B, which is a binary value of 1011. Support for bit depths of 16, 8, 4 and 2 is indicated by 0x808A. The figure immediately following depicts this final example graphically.

WinScreenUnlock Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Unlock the screen and update the display.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinScreenUnlock (
   void
)

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The screen must be unlocked as many times as it is locked to actually update the display.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinScrollRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Scroll a rectangle in the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinScrollRectangle (
   const RectangleType *rP,
   WinDirectionType direction,
   Coord distance,
   RectangleType *vacatedP
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to the rectangle to scroll.
→ direction: Direction to scroll (winUp, winDown, winLeft, or winRight).
→ distance: Distance to scroll in pixels.
← vacatedP: Pointer to the rectangle that needs to be redrawn because it has been vacated as a result of the scroll.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The rectangle scrolls within its own bounds. Any portion of the rectangle that is scrolled outside its bounds is clipped.

WinSetActiveWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Make a window the active window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetActiveWindow (
   WinHandle winHandle
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of a window.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The active window is not actually set in this routine; flags are set to indicate that a window is being exited and another window is being entered. The routine EvtGetEvent sends a winExitEvent and a winEnterEvent when it detects these flags. The active window is set by EvtGetEvent when it sends the winEnterEvent. The draw window is also set to the new active window when the active window is changed.

The window is enabled before it is made active.

All user input is directed to the active window.

WinSetBackColor Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the background color to use in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

IndexedColorType WinSetBackColor (
   IndexedColorType backColor
)

Parameters

→ backColor: Color to set; specify a value of type IndexedColorType.

Returns

Returns the previous background color index.

Comments

This function changes the current drawing state. If necessary, use WinPushDrawState() to preserve the current drawing state before you set this function and use WinPopDrawState() to restore it later.

To set the foreground color to a predefined UI color default, use UIColorGetTableEntryIndex() as an input to this function. For example:

curColor = WinSetBackColor
(UIColorGetTableEntryIndex(UIFieldBackground));

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetBackColorRGB Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the background color to use in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetBackColorRGB (
   const RGBColorType *newRgbP,
   RGBColorType *prevRgbP
)

Parameters

→ newRgbP: Color to set; specify a value of type RGBColorType.
← prevRgbP: Previous color; specify a value of type RGBColorType.

Returns

Returns nothing

Comments

This function takes new and previous RGBColorType arguments. It is okay to set newRgbP or prevRgbP to NULL. If an application only wants to get the current color, the newRgbP argument is set to NULL. If the application does not care about the previous color, prevRgbP can be set to NULL.

This function sets the backColorRGB field of the DrawStateType structure to the value specified by newRgbP. It then sets the index field of backColorRGB to the 8 bit system palette entry that most closely matches the RGB components. Finally, it sets the backColor index field of DrawStateType to this index value.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 4.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetBounds Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the bounds of the window to display-relative coordinates.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetBounds (
   WinHandle winHandle,
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle for the window for which to set the bounds.
→ rP: Pointer to a rectangle to use for bounds.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

A visible window cannot have its bounds modified.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 2.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetClip Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the clipping rectangle of the draw window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetClip (
   const RectangleType *rP
)

Parameters

→ rP: Pointer to a structure holding the clipping bounds.

Returns

Returns nothing.

WinSetConstraintsSize Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Sets the maximum, preferred, and minimum size constraints for a window.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Err WinSetConstraintsSize (
   WinHandle winHandle,
   Coord minH,
   Coord prefH,
   Coord maxH,
   Coord minW,
   Coord prefW,
   Coord maxW
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: A handle to a window.
→ minH: The minimum height to which this window can be sized in standard coordinates. This value must be less than or equal to 160 pixels.
→ prefH: The preferred height for this window in standard coordinates.
→ maxH: The maximum height for this window in standard coordinates.
→ minW: The minimum width for the window in standard coordinates.
→ prefW: The preferred width for the window in standard coordinates.
→ maxW: The maximum width for the window in standard coordinates.

Returns

Returns one of the following error codes:

errNone: Success.
pinErrNoSoftInputArea: There is no dynamic input area on this device.
pinErrInvalidParam: You have specified an invalid parameter.

Comments

Applications must call this function in response to a frmLoadEvent or frmOpenEvent to set the size constraints for the window. If the application does not call this function, it is assumed that both the minimum and maximum values for the window are 160 pixels by 160 pixels.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the Pen Input Manager Feature Set is present.

WinSetCoordinateSystem Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Establish the coordinate system to be used for subsequent drawing operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UInt16 WinSetCoordinateSystem (
   UInt16 coordSys
)

Parameters

→ coordSys: The desired coordinate system. Supply one of the values defined in "Window Coordinate System Constants."

Returns

Returns the previous coordinate system value.

Comments

This function modifies the scale field in the draw state (a DrawStateType structure). As when making other modifications to a window's draw state, applications should call WinPushDrawState() before modifying the coordinate system. To restore the coordinate system, your application can then call WinPopDrawState().

To calculate the draw state scale field, the Window Manager divides the density of the bitmap associated with the draw window by coordSys. If coordSys is kCoordinatesNative, the Window Manager sets the scale field to 1.0, which to enables 1-to-1 mapping of coordinates to pixels.

If you supply a value of kCoordinatesStandard for coordSys, subsequent drawing will use the standard coordinate system.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinSetDrawMode Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the transfer mode to use in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinDrawOperation WinSetDrawMode (
   WinDrawOperation newMode
)

Parameters

→ newMode: Transfer mode to set; specify one of the WinDrawOperation values.

Returns

Returns the previous transfer mode.

Comments

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetDrawWindow Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the draw window. (All drawing operations are relative to the draw window.)

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

WinHandle WinSetDrawWindow (
   WinHandle winHandle
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: Handle of a window.

Returns

Returns the previous draw window.

Compatibility

OS versions before 3.5 allowed you to use NULL as a parameter to this function to set the draw window to the display window (or screen window). In version 3.5 and higher, this practice is discouraged. If winHandle is NULL, the debug ROM sets the draw window to badDrawWindowValue, and you are warned if you try to draw to it.

WinSetForeColor Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the foreground color to use in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

IndexedColorType WinSetForeColor (
   IndexedColorType foreColor
)

Parameters

→ foreColor: Color to set; specify a value of type IndexedColorType.

Returns

Returns the previous foreground color index.

Comments

To set the foreground color to a predefined UI color default, use UIColorGetTableEntryIndex() as an input to this function. For example:

curColor = WinSetForeColor
  (UIColorGetTableEntryIndex 
  (UIObjectForeground));

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetForeColorRGB Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the foreground color to use in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetForeColorRGB (
   const RGBColorType *newRgbP,
   RGBColorType *prevRgbP
)

Parameters

→ newRgbP: Color to set; specify a value of type RGBColorType.
← prevRgbP: Previous color; specify a value of type RGBColorType.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function sets the foreColorRGB field of the DrawStateType structure to the value specified by newRgbP. It then sets the index field of foreColorRGB to the 8 bit system palette entry that most closely matches the RGB components. Finally, it sets the foreColor index field of DrawStateType to this index value.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 4.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetPattern Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the current fill pattern.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetPattern (
   const CustomPatternType *patternP
)

Parameters

→ patternP: Pattern to set (see CustomPatternType).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The fill pattern is used by WinFillLine() and WinFillRectangle().

WinSetPatternType Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the current pattern type.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetPatternType (
   PatternType newPattern
)

Parameters

→ newPattern: Pattern type to set for the draw window (see PatternType).

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function sets the pattern field of the drawing state to newPattern and sets the patternData field to NULL. To set patternData to a custom pattern use WinSetPattern().

The fill pattern is used by WinFillLine() and WinFillRectangle().

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetScalingMode Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Controls the scaling of bitmaps and fonts, and the spacing between text glyphs.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UInt32 WinSetScalingMode (
   UInt32 mode
)

Parameters

→ mode: Specifies whether bitmaps and fonts should be scaled, and whether text glyphs should be aligned on standard coordinates. See the Comments section, below, for details on how to construct the mode value.

Returns

Returns the previous scaling mode.

Comments

If you need to display a large, low-density bitmap—for instance, a map or a photograph—you can use WinSetScalingMode to draw your bitmap unscaled, allowing the user to see more of the bitmap at one time. If you want to draw more, but smaller, text on a handheld that has a high-density display (including 1.5 and double-density), you can use WinSetScalingMode to draw text unscaled. Finally, when the window coordinate system is set to kCoordinatesOneAndAHalf you can use this function to draw text without padding pixels between glyphs, resulting in more consistent kerning for text.

On a handheld with a high-density display, if the bitmap being drawn, or the font being used, is part of a family that contains both low- and high-density members, WinSetScalingMode controls which member is used. If kTextScalingOff is set, for instance, the low-density font is used, unscaled, when drawing subsequent text.

Scaling Mode Values

Depending on how bitmaps and text should be scaled, OR the appropriate constants from the following table to construct the appropriate scaling mode value.

Constant	Value	Description
`kBitmapScalingOff`	`1`	Turning bitmap scaling off causes the blitter to draw the low-density bitmap family member, unscaled, when the application subsequently calls `WinDrawBitmap()` or `WinPaintBitmap()` (even if the bitmap family contains a bitmap who's density matches the window's). This causes your bitmaps to be drawn smaller, as if they were being viewed from a distance. The application uses the coordinates passed to `WinDrawBitmap` and `WinCopyRectangle()` to determine where the unscaled low-density bitmap is placed within the larger footprint of the high-density bounds.
`kTextScalingOff`	`2`	Turning text scaling off causes the blitter to render text using the low-density family member of the appropriate font, unscaled, when the application subsequently draws text (even if the font family contains a font who's density matches the window's). This results in smaller-sized text being drawn on the screen.
`kTextPaddingOff`	`4`	When text padding is turned off, the blitter does not insert pixels between glyphs in order to align glyphs on standard coordinates. (Text padding is on by default.) By setting the `kTextPaddingOff` bit, an application can lay out text using high density coordinates and preserve the native font's internal kerning. This unpadded mode provides the best appearance of text, but requires the application to use the high-density coordinate system.

When an application calls WinSetCoordinateSystem() to use native coordinates for a high-density window, the operating system turns off text padding. When an application calls WinSetCoordinateSystem to use standard coordinates, the operating system turns text padding on. To use standard coordinates with pixel padding turned off, or to use native coordinates with pixel padding turned on, call WinSetScalingMode after calling WinSetCoordinateSystem(). Note that using standard coordinates with padding off is not recommended since the Font Manager API that measures character widths will return inaccurate widths.

The scaling mode flags are part of the window's draw state. In order to ensure that the draw state is properly restored, save that state using WinPushDrawState() before calling functions that alter the draw state—such as WinSetScalingMode or WinSetCoordinateSystem. After drawing is completed, restore the draw state with WinPopDrawState().

When an application quits, the draw state is restored to the default settings.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the 1.5x Display Feature Set is present.

WinSetTextColor Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the color to use for drawing characters in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

IndexedColorType WinSetTextColor (
   IndexedColorType textColor
)

Parameters

→ textColor: Color to set; specify a value of type IndexedColorType.

Returns

Returns the previous text color index.

Comments

To set the foreground color to a predefined UI color default, use UIColorGetTableEntryIndex() as an input to this function. For example:

curColor = WinSetTextColor 
  (UIColorGetTableEntryIndex(UIFieldText));

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.5 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetTextColorRGB Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the color to use for drawing characters in subsequent draw operations.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinSetTextColorRGB (
   const RGBColorType *newRgbP,
   RGBColorType *prevRgbP
)

Parameters

→ newRgbP: Color to set; specify a value of type RGBColorType.
← prevRgbP: Previous color; specify a value of type RGBColorType.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

This function sets the textColorRGB field of the DrawStateType structure to the value specified by newRgbP. It then sets the index field of textColorRGB to the 8 bit system palette entry that most closely matches the RGB components. Finally, it sets the textColor index field of DrawStateType to this index value.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 4.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinSetUnderlineMode Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Set the graphic state to enable or disable the underlining of characters.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

UnderlineModeType WinSetUnderlineMode (
   UnderlineModeType mode
)

Parameters

↔ mode: New underline mode type; see UnderlineModeType.

Returns

Returns the previous underline mode type.

Comments

WinUnscaleCoord Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a single coordinate from the active coordinate system to the standard coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Coord WinUnscaleCoord (
   Coord coord,
   Boolean ceiling
)

Parameters

→ coord: A coordinate in the active coordinate system.
→ ceiling: Pass true to round up, false to truncate the fractional part when scaling.

Returns

Returns the coordinate scaled to the standard coordinate system.

Comments

This function converts a coordinate by dividing it by the coordinate scaling factor, truncating or rounding the result to an integer value depending on the value of ceiling.

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, the returned coordinate is equal to the supplied coordinate.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

On Palm OS Cobalt, the scaling algorithm is slightly different. After the coordinate scale factor is applied, what happens next depends upon the value of ceiling:

if ceiling == true {

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor < 1

else

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor < 1

}

The objective of this algorithm is to ensure that for any Coord, Point, or Rectangle "x", x = unscaled(scaled(x)).

WinUnscalePoint Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a point from the active coordinate system to the standard coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinUnscalePoint (
   PointType *pointP,
   Boolean ceiling
)

Parameters

↔ pointP: Pointer to a PointType structure that, before the call, should contain a point's coordinates using the active coordinate system. After this function is called the PointType structure contains the coordinates of the point scaled to the standard coordinate system.
→ ceiling: Pass true to round up, false to truncate the fractional part when scaling.

Returns

Returns nothing. The coordinates of the point indicated by pointP are converted to the standard coordinate system.

Comments

This function converts a point by dividing its x and y coordinates by the coordinate scaling factor, truncating or rounding the results to integer values depending on the value of ceiling. For instance, the input coordinates (11, 13) are transformed to (6, 7) if the input values represent native coordinates on a handheld with a double-density screen and ceiling is set to true. If ceiling is set to false, the same input coordinates are transformed to (5, 6).

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, pointP is not changed by this function.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

On Palm OS Cobalt, the scaling algorithm is slightly different. After the coordinate scale factor is applied, what happens next depends upon the value of ceiling:

if ceiling == true {

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor < 1

else

use lceilf() function when scaleFactor > 1

use lfloorf() function when scaleFactor < 1

}

The objective of this algorithm is to ensure that for any Coord, Point, or Rectangle "x", x = unscaled(scaled(x)).

WinUnscaleRectangle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a rectangle from the active coordinate system to the standard coordinate system.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinUnscaleRectangle (
   RectangleType *rectP
)

Parameters

↔ rectP: Pointer to a RectangleType structure that, before the call, should contain a rectangle's coordinates using the active coordinate system. After this function is called the RectangleType structure contains the coordinates of the rectangle scaled to the standard coordinate system.

Returns

Returns nothing. The coordinates of the rectangle indicated by rectP are converted to the standard coordinate system.

Comments

This function scales the rectangle's topLeft and extent points by dividing their x and y coordinates by the coordinate scaling factor. All values are then truncated, but if either topLeft.x or extent.x had a fractional part, extent.x is incremented by 1 (and, similarly, if either topLeft.y or extent.y had a fractional part, extent.y is incremented by 1).

If the active coordinate system is kCoordinatesStandard, rectP is not changed by this function.

Compatibility

Implemented only if the High-Density Display Feature Set is present.

WinValidateHandle Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Return true if the specified handle references a valid window object.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

Boolean WinValidateHandle (
   WinHandle winHandle
)

Parameters

→ winHandle: The handle to be tested.

Returns

Returns true if the specified handle references a non-NULL pointer to a window in the active window list, false if the handle references a window whose values are out of sync with the current system state.

Comments

For debugging purposes only. Do not include this function in commercial applications.

Compatibility

Implemented only if 3.0 New Feature Set is present.

WinWindowToDisplayPt Function ^TOP^

Purpose

Convert a window-relative coordinate to a display-relative coordinate.

Declared In

Window.h

Prototype

void WinWindowToDisplayPt (
   Coord *extentX,
   Coord *extentY
)

Parameters

↔ extentX: Pointer to x coordinate to convert.
↔ extentY: Pointer to y coordinate to convert.

Returns

Returns nothing.

Comments

The coordinate passed is assumed to be relative to the draw window.

59 Windows

Window Data Structures ^TOP^

CustomPatternType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

Compatibility

DrawStateFlagsType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

Fields

Compatibility

DrawStateType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

Fields

Compatibility

FrameBitsType Struct ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

Fields

FrameType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

IndexedColorType Typedef ^TOP^

Purpose

Prototype

Compatibility

PatternType Enum ^TOP^

Purpose