Elements in RptGui

Windows

Windows represent artboards that are primarily used for design. Windows are displayed with the properties set by 'Mode'. The detailed properties are covered in the manual.

Keypicks

Keypicks are graphic elements that have similar properties to Windows, but have additional features. The essential feature is that a keypick can trigger a command or change its appearance on a mouse click. Each keypick has a normal and an alternative display.

Objects

Objects represent complex elements such as: sliders, instruments and diagram fields

Commands

Commands are functions that can be triggered by the following activities. Mouse key down, mouse key up, mouse key pressed, at application start, at application end and in application loop.

activities

Activities are reactions of keypicks to the status of the program interface. An action forces the alternative representation of a keypick. The triggering can take place through the following events: Bit set, value lower than default, value equal to default and value greater than default Furthermore, the following properties of a keypick can be changed through external access: color of the keypick, X position of the keypick, Y position of the keypick, width of the keypick and height of the keypick.

RptGui Interface

The interface of the program is formed by a shared memory segment that is accessed internally by commands and activities. The data exchange between the elements of an application and with the elements of several applications as well as the data exchange with user programs takes place via this interface.