WbObjects/createWindow

createWindow is used to create an application window. This window will either be a child of wbSystem of another window.

Syntax:

wbWindow & createWindow($class, $name, = null,  $caption = null,  $xpos = null, $ypos = null, $width = 0,  $height = 0,  $style = null, $param1 = null)

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return Value 3 Objects with this method 4 Examples 4.1 Example 1 4.2 Example 2

Parameters

class	WinBinder window class type class may also be an array of the parameters indexed by their variable name (eg array('class'=>AppWindow,'name'='window...). This array may have an additional element: controls, which is itself an array of arrays. The subarray is an array of the parameters of createControl. (see example for a better understanding of this feature.
name	wbObjects name for this window
caption	Window title
xpos	Horizontal position of the window in pixels
ypos	Vertical position of the window in pixes
width	Width of the window in pixels
height	Width of the window in pixels
style	WinBinder style flag
param1	Defines which events the window will throw

Return Value

createWindow returns a reference to the newly create wbWindow object.

Objects with this method

• wbWindow
• wbSystem

Examples

Example 1

$window = createWindow(AppWindow, 'theWindow', 'Test Window', 200, 300, 300, 400);

Example 2

$main = $wb->createWindow(
   array(
      'class'     => ResizableWindow,
      'name'      => 'main',
      'caption'   => 'Main Window',
      'xpos'      => WBC_CENTER, 
      'ypos'      => WBC_CENTER,
      'width'     => 700,
      'height'    => 240,
      'controls'  =>
         array(
            array(PushButton, 'UpdateButton','Update', 630, 10, 125, 42),
            array(Label,      'DriveLabel', 'Drive letter', 275, 13, 125, 42),
            array(PushButton, 'AddButton', 'Add to list',   10, 35, 90, 22),
            array(PushButton, 'DelButton', 'Delete Selected',   110, 35, 120, 22),
            array(EditBox,    'Edit', "",  10, 10, 200, 22, WBC_LEFT),
            array(EditBox,    'Drive', "",  250, 10, 22, 22, WBC_LEFT),
            array(ListView,   'List', "", 0, 70, 10, 10, WBC_VISIBLE | WBC_ENABLED | WBC_SORT | WBC_LINES ),
            array(StatusBar,  'Status')
         )                        
   )
); 

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