New Native Windows UI possibilities in Cincom Smalltalk ObjectStudio

New Native Windows
UI Possibilities in
Cincom® ObjectStudio®
By Andreas Hiltner

-  Non-rectangular windows
-  Taskbar Notification
-  Monitor(s)
-  WindowPlacement
-  Security Identifier
-  Filename
-  Workspace
-  And much more
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Topic

Create a non-rectangular Window using a
Region
A region is a rectangle, polygon, or ellipse
(or a combination of two or more of these
shapes) that can be filled, painted,
inverted, framed, and used to perform hit
testing (testing for the cursor location).
Non rectangular windows - Region

Create a non-rectangular Window using
transparent Window.
Using an image with transparent areas,
the window can assume any shape or
form
Non rectangular windows - Transparency

The notification area is a portion of the
taskbar that provides a temporary source
for notifications and status.
It can also be used to display icons for
system and program features that have no
presence on the desktop, such as battery
level, volume control, and network status.
The notification area has been known
historically as the system tray or status
area.
Taskbar Notification

Class UIDeferredMoveList allows to move several Windows in one
fell swoop, which can reduce flicker in contrast to moving each
window individually.
Simply add the Windows to the list, together with the target
rectangle and any possible flags.
Calling #moveAll will then move all those Windows to their desired
location
Deferred-Move-List

Class UIMonitor returns all available
monitors, currently attached to the
computer.
The display rectangle specifies
the display monitor rectangle,
expressed in virtual-screen
coordinates.
Monitor(s)

Work area rectangle specifies the
work area rectangle of the display
monitor that can be used by
applications, expressed in
virtual-screen coordinates. Windows
uses this rectangle to maximize an
application on the monitor. The rest
of the area in rcMonitor contains
system windows such as the task
bar and side bars.
Monitor(s)

Class UITitleBarInfo contains the size (rectangle) and state for the
TitleBar and each button on it, e.g. Minimize/Maximize/Help/Close
States are one or more of the following values
-  Focusable
-  Invisible
-  Offscreen
-  Unavailable
-  Pressed
TitleBar-Info

Class UIWindowPlacement Contains information about the placement
of a window on the screen.
-  Current show state of the window: maximized/minimized/hidden
-  The coordinates of the window's upper-left corner when the
window is minimized.
-  The coordinates of the window's upper-left corner when the
window is maximized.
-  The window's coordinates when the window is in the restored
position.
(Perfect way to store the current state of a window and restore later)
WindowPlacement

Class WndSID wraps the Security Identifier (SID) of a user/group/computer
account.
A SID is a data structure of variable length that identifies user, group, and
computer accounts. Every account on a network is issued a unique SID
when the account is first created.
Internal processes in Windows refer to an account's SID rather than the
account's user or group name.
(Check, if the process is running with Admin rights, if those rights are
needed or not recommended)
Security Identifier

Extensions to class PCFilename
-  Added known folders, e.g.
-  Desktop
-  Documents
-  Music
-  Pictures
-  Program Data
-  Program Files
-  Temp
-  Videos
Filename

-  Added known folders, e.g. Desktop, Documents,
Music, Pictures, Program Data, Program Files,
Temp, Videos
-  Create a temporary file in a certain folder (preferably
the Temp folder), with a certain prefix and
Filename cont’d

-  Retrieve the name of and handle to the executable
(.exe) file associated with a specific document file.
-  Extract the system icon for a file
Filename cont’d

Class PowerState provides access to Windows power management
features.
The power management functions and messages retrieve the system
power status, notify applications of power management events, and
notify the system of each application's power requirements.
Power State

-  displayRequired Forces the display to be on by resetting the display
idle timer. Windows 8: This flag can only keep a display turned on, it
can't turn on a display that's currently off.
-  hibernate/suspend/forceHibernate/forceSuspend Suspends the
system by shutting power down. The system either enters a suspend
(sleep) state or hibernation (S4).
-  systemRequired Forces the system to be in the working state by
resetting the system idle timer.
Power State

Class OSMemInfo contains information about the current state of both
physical and virtual memory, including extended memory.
-  memoryLoad A number between 0 and 100 that specifies the
approximate percentage of physical memory that is in use (0 indicates
no memory use and 100 indicates full memory use).
-  totalPhysical The amount of actual physical memory, in bytes.
-  availablePhysical The amount of physical memory currently available,
in bytes. This is the amount of physical memory that can be
immediately reused without having to write its contents to disk first. It is
the sum of the size of the standby, free, and zero lists.
Memory Info

-  totalPageFile The current committed memory limit for the system or the
current process, whichever is smaller, in bytes.
-  availablePageFile The maximum amount of memory the current
process can commit, in bytes. This value is equal to or smaller than the
system-wide available commit value.
-  totalVirtual The size of the user-mode portion of the virtual address
space of the calling process, in bytes. This value depends on the type
of process, the type of processor, and the configuration of the operating
system.
-  availableVirtual The amount of unreserved and uncommitted memory
currently in the user-mode portion of the virtual address space of the
calling process, in bytes.
Memory Info

OSPerformanceCounter
Counters are used to provide information as to how well the operating
system or an application, service, or driver is performing.
The counter data can help determine system bottlenecks and fine-tune
system and application performance.
The operating system, network, and devices provide counter data that an
application can consume to provide users with a graphical view of how
well the system is performing.
Performance Counter

Class Keyboard loads a new input locale identifier (formerly called
the keyboard layout) into the system.
Prior to Windows 8: Several input locale identifiers can be
loaded at a time, but only one per process is active at a time.
Loading multiple input locale identifiers makes it possible to
rapidly switch between them.
Beginning in Windows 8: The input locale identifier is loaded for
the entire system. This function has no effect if the current
process does not own the window with keyboard focus.
Keyboard

New Workspace with multiple tabs.
Text- or Class-Files can be dropped
on the Workspace and are opened in
any available buffer or a new buffer is
created.
Workspace

Namespaces can be imported into
Workspace scripts.
-  Script
-  Dialog
Various pre-defined variables
-  #__currentEnvironment
-  #__currentEditor
-  #__currentBuffer
Each tab/buffer has its own set of
imports.
Workspace

Questions?

Thank You
Contact:

Arden Thomas:
athomas@cincom.com
Suzanne Fortman:
sfortman@cincom.com
Andreas Hiltner
ahiltner@cincom.com

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