HOW TO MOVE A GUI-OBJECT:





Select a gui-object , then navigate the object by using the


4 direction-keys: UP , DOWN , LEFT or RIGHT.


If you press the SHIFT-Key too , the object will move 10 times faster.








PROPERTIES-DIALOG-WINDOW:





"dimensions(pix): size:" = square-size of the gui-objects in pixels.


"dimensions(pix)(pix): width: height:" = width & height of the rectangular


            gui-object in pixels.


"selectable dimensions(pix): size:" = square-size of the selectable top-left


            corner of my_canvas in pixels.


"flash-time(ms)(ms): hold:" = flash-hold-time in msec = duration of activity,


            if a bang-object was activated by any message-event


            or by a mouse-click.


"flash-time(ms)(ms): intrrpt:" = flash-interrupt-time in msec = duration


            of inactivity , if an already activated bang is activated 


            once more.


"output-range: left: right:" = hslider-bounds for input- as well as


            output-values.


"output-range: bottom: top:" = vslider-bounds for input- as well as


            output-values.


"non-zero-value: value:" = toggle has 2 value-states: zero and this value.


"visible_rectangle(pix)(pix): width: height:" = width & height of a visible,


            deactivated rectangle in pixels.


"init" or "no init" = if "init"-mode is selected , the object displays and puts


                out its previously saved value.


            if "no init"-mode is selected, nothing will happen.


"new&old" or "new-only" = the radiobutton-object changes its state in 2 ways:


            "new&old"-mode: output sends previous state off, current state on;


            "new-only"-mode: output sends only current state on.


"number:" = number of buttons of a radiobutton.


"steady on click" or "jump on click" = the 2 slider-objects


                react to mouse-click in 2 ways:


            "steady on click"-mode: slider-knob stays in position,


                mouse and knob will move parallel;


            "jump on click"-mode: slider-knob jumps immediately to new


                mouse-position, positions of mouse and knob will be identical.


"send-symbol:" = an output-message can be received by a receive-object


            with the same send-symbol-name.


"receive-symbol:" = a send-object with the same symbol-name can send


            an input-message to the gui-object.


"label: name:" = visible name of a gui-object; it will be moved together with


            the gui-object.


"label: x_off: y_off:" = coordinates of the label in relation to top-left


            corner of gui-object.


"label: font: fontsize:" = font-properties of label.


"colors:" = a click on radiobuttons "background:", "front-color:" or


            "label-color:" activates the color-fields on the right side


             which display the current color of the item;


            to select a different color, click on one of the 30 small


                preset-color-buttons;


            each color (background, front, label) can be tuned by its


                RGB-values (0 .. 252, step 4) and a click on the set-buttons.








THE DOLLAR-THING:





if you want to send to, or to receive from gui-objects in abstractions,


            you have to write into the property-entry:


                #1-label (instead of $1-label).





if you want a unique send-receive-symbolname:


            type #0-uniquelabel (instead of $0-uniquelabel).








GUI-MESSAGES:





all gui-objects (bng, hsl, vsl, tgl, rdb, cnv and vu)


            understand input-messages which change their properties.


            except cnv has no input, so you have to send messages


                to its receive-label (edit properties).





"size 15 128" = change width & height of sliders and vu in pixels.


"size 15" = change square-size of rdb, bng and tgl in pixels.


"vis_size 800 600" = change width & height of visual rectangle


            of my_canvas in pixels.


"range 0.1 10.0" = change slider-boundaries for


            input- as well as output-values.


"nonzero 127.0" = change the nonzero-value of toggle.


"flashtime 50 600" = change flash-interrupt- and


            flash-hold-time of bng-object.


"pos 150 170" = change the x-y-position of the top-left


            corner of a gui-object in pixels;


            "pos 0 0" is the top-left corner of your window;


             the positive directions of x- and y-axes are right and down.


"delta 15 17" = move the gui-object in relation to its


            current position (in pixels).


"color 0 22 22" = change background-, front- and


            label-color of object with one of 30 presets.


"color 0 22" = change background- and label-color


             of vu and my_canvas with one of 30 presets.


"color -16777216 (-1) -1" = change background-, (front-)


            and label-color of object with RGB-values.


            the RGB-value will be calculated:


                -65536*RED-value (0 .. 255)


                - 256*GREEN-value (0 .. 255)


                        - BLUE-value (0 .. 255) - 1.


"number 10" = change number of buttons of radio-button.


"steady 1" change slider-knob-behaviour on mouse-click.


"single_change" change radio-button-behaviour


            to output only the new state.


"double_change" change radio-button-behaviour


            to first release the previous button,


            then output the state of the new button.


"send fromgui" = change send-name of gui-objects,


            except vu and cnv.


"receive togui" = change receive-name of object.


"label its_me" = change label-text of object.


"label_pos 20 8" = change offset-coordinates of label-text.


"label_font 0 10" = change font and fontsize of label-text.


"init 1" = change initial loadbang-mode of gui-objects


            except vu and cnv.


"set 64" = change only the inner state and display


            of gui-objects, except bng and cnv;


            no output will result.


"lin" = change scale-mode of slider to linear.


"log" = change scale-mode of slider to logarithmical.


"get_pos" = if my_canvas has a receive-name and a send-name


            and you send the message "get_pos" to it,


            you receive the current x- and y-coordinates.


