QuickWin Library Routines (W*S)

The following table lists Quickwin library routines.

Programs that use these routines must access the appropriate library with USE IFQWIN. These routines are restricted to Windows* systems.

Name	Routine Type	Description
ABOUTBOXQQ	Function	Adds an About Box with customized text.
APPENDMENUQQ	Function	Appends a menu item.
CLICKMENUQQ	Function	Sends menu click messages to the application window.
DELETEMENUQQ	Function	Deletes a menu item.
FOCUSQQ	Function	Makes a child window active, and gives focus to the child window.
GETACTIVEQQ	Function	Gets the unit number of the active child window.
GETEXITQQ	Function	Gets the setting for a QuickWin application's exit behavior.
GETHWNDQQ	Function	Gets the true windows handle from window with the specified unit number.
GETWINDOWCONFIG	Function	Returns the current window's properties.
GETWSIZEQQ	Function	Gets the size of the child or frame window.
GETUNITQQ	Function	Gets the unit number corresponding to the specified windows handle. Inverse of GETHWNDQQ.
INCHARQQ	Function	Reads a keyboard input and return its ASCII value.
INITIALSETTINGS	Function	Controls initial menu settings and initial frame window settings.
INQFOCUSQQ	Function	Determines which window is active and has the focus.
INSERTMENUQQ	Function	Inserts a menu item.
INTEGERTORGB	Subroutine	Converts a true color value into its red, green and blue components.
MESSAGEBOXQQ	Function	Displays a message box.
MODIFYMENUFLAGSQQ	Function	Modifies a menu item state.
MODIFYMENUROUTINEQQ	Function	Modifies a menu item's callback routine.
MODIFYMENUSTRINGQQ	Function	Changes a menu item's text string.
PASSDIRKEYSQQ	Function	Determines the behavior of direction and page keys.
REGISTERMOUSEEVENT	Function	Registers the application-defined routines to be called on mouse events.
RGBTOINTEGER	Function	Converts a trio of red, green and blue values to a true color value for use with RGB functions and subroutines.
SETACTIVEQQ	Function	Makes the specified window the current active window without giving it the focus.
SETEXITQQ	Function	Sets a QuickWin application's exit behavior.
SETMESSAGEQQ	Subroutine	Changes any QuickWin message, including status bar messages, state messages and dialog box messages.
SETMOUSECURSOR	Function	Sets the mouse cursor for the window in focus.
SETWINDOWCONFIG	Function	Configures the current window's properties.
SETWINDOWMENUQQ	Function	Sets the Window menu to which current child window names will be appended.
SETWSIZEQQ	Function	Sets the size of the child or frame window.
UNREGISTERMOUSEEVENT	Function	Removes the callback routine registered by REGISTERMOUSEEVENT.
WAITONMOUSEEVENT	Function	Blocks return until a mouse event occurs.