| Re: PropertySheet Widget Question [message #36372 is a reply to message #36371] |
Mon, 15 September 2003 12:06   |
JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:47:56 -0700, David Fanning wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
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>> I want to set the font type. I have three choices: Hershey, Hardware,
>> and True-Type. I've used an enumerated property:
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>> self->RegisterProperty, 'FONT', 9, NAME="Font Type", $
>> ENUMLIST=['Hershey', 'Hardware', 'True-Type']
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>> But on the property sheet, the list shows up blank initially. The three
>> choices are there. And it works correctly, but I just don't see the
>> initial selection. I see the initial selection appears on iTools
>> enumerated lists, so I know it is possible. But two hours of looking
>> hasn't been of much help. Does anyone know how to do this?
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> I ask questions on this newsgroup so infrequently that it seems a shame
> to answer my own question, but there you go...
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> Thanks to the guys at RSI, who appear to get to work even before I do,
> I've figured out what my problem was. It's the ol' Hershey font is -1
> instead of the normal 0 for the default case problem. If the initial
> value of an ENUMLIST property is -1, then it doesn't put anything into
> its "default value" space initially.
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> Now I've got it all sorted out and the property widget works like a
> champ. I'll be working on a training program today, though, to get all
> my users used to using FONT=0 if they want a Hershey font. :^)
Without having taken the time to look into it, I was wondering if you can
use properties and property sheets essentially for any object widget,
independent of the iTools functionality. I.e., can you just INHERIT from
a suitable property parent class, and get all the functionality for free?
JD
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