windowbox
COORDINATES
The windowbox statement specifies the dimensions (size and location) of the next window that is opened (with openform, opensheet, openprocedure etc.).
Parameters
This statement has one parameter:
coordinates – is a text item that must contain four numbers within the item. The four numbers are the top, left, bottom, and right coordinates (in points, where 72 points = 1 inch) of the new rectangle.
This parameter may also contain window options, which must be at the end (after the four numbers). If the text contains NoPalette, the window will not have a tool palette. If the text contains NoVertScroll, the window will not have a vertical scroll bar. If the text contains NoHorzScroll, the window will not have a horizontal scroll bar. If the text contains NoDragBar, the window will not have a drag bar across the top (the window will look like a dialog box). The parameter may contain several of these options separated by spaces.
Description
This statement specifies the dimensions (size and location) of the next window that is opened (with openform, opensheet, openprocedure etc.). It can also specify window options, for example whether the tool bar or scroll bars should be included in the window.
When a new window opens it normally reappears in the same position it last appeared in. By using the windowbox statement before opening the window, the procedure can explicitly control where the window appears on the screen.
This simple example opens a new window for the Credit Card form. The top is 120 points down, the left side at 70 points in, the bottom at 280 points down and the right side at 440 points in.
windowbox "120 70 280 440"
openform "Credit Card"
This example opens the same window but without a tool bar or horizontal scroll bar.
windowbox "120 70 280 440 noPalette noHorzScroll"
openform "Credit Card"
Note: Panorama now allows the size and location to be specified directly in the the openform, openprocedure, opendialog and opendialogsheet statements – you no longer need a separate windowbox statement. You can also set the window options directly in the openform statement.
Note: This statement is obsolete, and should not be used in new applications. Use the setwindowrectangle statement instead, or simply add additional parameters to the openform or other statements.
See Also
- closeclonewindow -- is an alternative method to close the current window, works even if the window has no close box.
- closedialog -- closes a form window that was previously opened with the opendialog statement.
- closewindow -- closes the current window.
- datafocus -- makes sure that Panorama is focused on data, not on a property panel.
- formtodatamode -- switches the current form window to data mode.
- formtographicsmode -- switches the current form window to graphics mode.
- getmaxwindow -- retrieves the position and size of the largest possible window on the main screen.
- getwindow -- retrieves the position and size of the current window.
- goform -- switches the current window to a different form.
- hideaccessorypanel -- closes the current window's accessory panel.
- info("accessorypanelisopen") -- returns the status of the current window's accessory panel, if any.
- info("accessorypanelwidth") -- returns the current width of the current window's accessory panel, if any.
- info("clickedwindownumber") -- returns the window number of that was just clicked.
- info("clonewindow") -- returns true if the current window was opened as a "clone" window.
- info("datasheetwindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open data sheet windows.
- info("datasheetwindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open Data Sheet windows.
- info("dialogsheet") -- returns true if the currently active window is a dialog sheet.
- info("dropwindownumber") -- returns the number of the window that contains the form data was dropped on.
- info("formwindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open form windows.
- info("formwindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open form windows.
- info("horizontalscrollbar") -- returns true if the current window's horizontal scrollbar is enabled, false if it is disabled.
- info("magicwindow") -- returns the name of the currently designated "magic window," if any.
- info("procedurewindownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open procedure windows.
- info("procedurewindows") -- returns a carriage return separated list of all open procedure windows.
- info("toolbar") -- returns true if the current window's toolbar is visible, false if it is hidden.
- info("toolbarvisible") -- returns true if the current window has a visible tool bar.
- info("typeofwindow") -- determines what type of view the current window contains.
- info("verticalscrollbar") -- returns true if the current window's vertical scrollbar is enabled, false if it is disabled.
- info("windowdepth") -- returns the color depth of the current window.
- info("windowname") -- returns the name of the current window.
- info("windownumber") -- returns the unique ID number of the current window.
- info("windownumbers") -- returns the unique ID numbers of all open windows.
- info("windowoptions") -- returns the names of any currently enabled window options,
- info("windowrectangle") -- returns a rectangle defining the edges of the current window. The rectangle is in screen relative coordinates.
- info("windows") -- builds a carriage return separated text array containing a list of all the currently open windows.
- info("windowtype") -- returns a numeric value based on what type of view the current window contains.
- info("windowvariables") -- returns a carriage return separated text array listing the windowglobal variables defined for the current window.
- info("windowview") -- determines what type of view the current window contains.
- listwindownumbers( -- builds a text array containing a list of window ID numbers for all the open windows associated with a particular file.
- listwindows( -- builds a text array containing a list of all the open windows associated with a particular file.
- magicformwindow -- designates an open window as the temporary active window for the purposes of info( functions and graphic statements.
- magicwindow -- designates an open window as the temporary active window for the purposes of info( functions and graphic statements.
- makesecret -- makes the current database disappear, while leaving it open in memory.
- openclonewindow -- opens a clone of the current window.
- opendialog -- opens a form from the current database as a modal dialog box.
- opendialogsheet -- opens a form from the current database as a sheet dialog (attached to the current window).
- openform -- opens a form in the current database in a new window.
- openprocedure -- opens a procedure in the current database in a new window.
- opensavedwindows -- opens windows that were open the last time file was saved.
- opensheet -- opens the data sheet window for the current database in a new window.
- originalwindow -- goes back to the window remembered by the RememberWindow statement.
- rememberwindow -- remembers the currently active window, so that you can get back to it later.
- setactivedatabase -- makes a database active (without changing the configuration of the windows).
- setwindow -- specifies the dimensions (size and location) of the next window that is opened (with openform, opensheet, openprocedure etc.).
- setwindowoptions -- changes the attributes of the current window (tool bar, scroll bars, etc.).
- setwindowrectangle -- specifies the dimensions of the next window that is opened by a procedure.
- showaccessorypanel -- opens the current window's accessory panel.
- showrecordcounter -- forces Panorama to redisplay the record counter in all windows in the current database.
- showrectangle -- refreshes all or part of the current form window.
- size -- changes the data sheet text size.
- toggleaccessorypanel -- opens and closes the current window's accessory panel.
- topdatawindow -- brings the topmost data window in the specified database to the front.
- updatingwindow( -- returns true if in a formula that is being displayed on a form, otherwise false.
- views( -- lists views in open databases.
- window -- brings a Panorama window to the front. It can also open a "secret" invisible window.
- Window ID Numbers -- ID numbers for identifying windows.
- windowcornerinitialize -- shifts a window to an edge or corner of the main screen.
- windowinfo( -- returns information about an open window: its name, type, database, location, etc.
- windowname -- changes the name of the current window.
- windowtoback -- sends a Panorama window to the back, behind all other windows (including non-Panorama windows).
- windowtocorner -- shifts a window to an edge or corner of the main screen.
- zoomalign -- moves the current window to one of 9 positions on the computer's primary screen: *top left, top center, top right*, etc.
- zoomwindow -- moves (*"zooms"*) the current window to a new position and size.
- zoomwindowrectangle -- modifies the size, location, and options of the current window.
History
| 10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0. |