Script Interface Section

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General description
Component description (common)
Component description (type depending)
Component description (WinBuilder 077 and later)
Known issue

General description

The Interface section contains one ore more single lines describing the components shown on the GUI.

Format of a line:
<name>=<description>

<name> is generated by WinBuilder containing the component type and an enumeration number. <name> can be changed by the script author individually.

<description> is an enumeration of fields, separated by commas.
If a single field contains a space, it is enlosed in quotes.

Component Types

There are 15 different types, internally represented by a number between 0 and 14

cmpTextBox = 0,
cmpTextLabel = 1,
cmpNumberBox = 2,
cmpCheckBox = 3,
cmpComboBox = 4,
cmpImage = 5,
cmpTextFile = 6,
cmpEditValues = 7, // not implemented
cmpButton = 8,
cmpCheckList = 9,
cmpWebLabel = 10,
cmpRadioButton = 11,
cmpBevel = 12,
cmpFileBox = 13,
cmpRadioGroup = 14

Component description (common)

These first 7 fields are common to all implemented components:

Text

cmpTextBox: Caption
cmpTextLabel: Caption
cmpNumberBox: <Component name>
cmpCheckBox: Caption
cmpComboBox: <Choice>
cmpImage: <File name>
cmpTextFile: <File name>
cmpButton: Caption
cmpWebLabel: Caption
cmpRadioButton: Caption
cmpBevel: <Component name>
cmpFileBox: <File name> or <Directory name>
cmpRadioGroup: Caption

Visibility (1=shown, 0=hidden)
Type of component (see above)
x-coordinate of component upper left
y-coordinate of component upper left
width of the component
height of the component

Component description (type dependent)

Fields 8 and higher (if present) depend on the component type:

cmpTextBox: <Value>
cmpTextLabel: <Font size>,<Font weight>
cmpNumberBox: <Value>, <Min>,<Max>,<Increment>
cmpCheckBox: <Value>[,<Section to run>]
cmpComboBox<Caption 1>, ... ,<Caption n>
cmpButton: <Section to run>,<Picture>
cmpWebLabel: <URL>
cmpRadioButton: <Value>[,<Section to run>]
cmpFileBox: 'FILE' in case of file, nothing in case of directory
cmpRadioGroup: <Caption 1>, ... ,<Caption n>,<Selected index, starting with 0>

Additional since WinBuilder 077 RC 2

Two additional fields are optional:

For cmpCheckBox, cmpRadioButton and cmpButton: <Show progress window when running>
For all: Tooltip. This field starts with a double underscore __ as marker.

Known issue

If you change a script containing WB 077 features with WinBuilder 076 or lower, the features are lost!

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