B4J Library FormUtils

Here are some formutilities that I find useful pretty often. So I put them all in one static class And I thought I'd share it.

The most important one, I just found (GetIcons in the lib) allows you to add an icon to display it in the taskbar when the form is minimized (Iconified), I've been looking for that for a while. It has the bonus of also adding the Icon to the form.

The attached Is the source code, plus a FUtils_KeyCombinations class that can be used with the SetFullScreenExitKeyCode. Did I mention that it also has methods To set full screen (And a method To display a hint For how To get out of it) and Set Iconified. There are other methods that I use regularly too.

Being a static code module, you need To pass the Target Form object To each method along with any other required parameters.

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jFormUtils

Author: Stevel05
Version: 0.1

• FUtils_KeyCombinations
  • Fields:
    • KC_ALT As String
    • KC_CONTROL As String
    • KC_SHIFT As String
    • KC_SHORTCUT As String
  • Functions:
    • GetKeyCombination (Combination As String()) As Object
    • Process_Globals As String
• FormUtils
  • Functions:
    • GetIcons (F As Form) As List
      Gets the icon images to be used in the window decorations and when minimized.
      Also adds the icon to the form
      <code>Dim Img As Image = fx.LoadImage(File.DirAssets,"icon.png")
      FormUtils.GetIcons(MainForm).Add(Img)</code>
    • GetMinHeight (F As Form) As Double
      Gets the value of the property minHeight.
    • GetMinWidth (F As Form) As Double
      Gets the value of the property minWidth.
    • IsAlwaysOnTop (F As Form) As Boolean
      Gets the value of the property alwaysOnTop.
    • IsFullScreen (F As Form) As Boolean
      Gets the value of the property fullScreen.
    • IsIconified (F As Form) As Boolean
      Gets the value of the property iconified.
    • IsMaximized (F As Form) As Boolean
      Gets the value of the property maximized.
    • IsResizable (F As Form) As Boolean
      Gets the value of the property resizable.
    • Process_Globals As String
    • SetFullScreen (F As Form, Value As Boolean) As String
      Sets the value of the property fullScreen.
    • SetFullScreenExitHint (F As Form, Value As String) As String
      Specifies the text to show when a user enters full screen mode, usually used to indicate the way a user should go about exiting out of full screen mode.
    • SetFullScreenExitKeyCombination (F As Form, TKeyCombination As Object) As String
      Specifies the KeyCombination that will allow the user to exit full screen mode.
    • SetIconified (F As Form, Value As Boolean) As String
      Sets the value of the property iconified.
    • SetMaxHeight (F As Form, Value As Double) As String
      Sets the value of the property maxHeight.
    • SetMaximized (F As Form, Value As Boolean) As String
      Sets the value of the property maximized.
    • SetMaxWidth (F As Form, Value As Double) As String
      Sets the value of the property maxWidth.
    • SetMinHeight (F As Form, Value As Double) As String
      Sets the value of the property minHeight.
    • SetMinWidth (F As Form, Value As Double) As String
      Sets the value of the property minWidth.
    • ToBack (F As Form) As String
      Send the Window to the background.
    • ToFront (F As Form) As String
      Bring the Window to the foreground.

Requires JavaObject

 

[DRLDEV]

Thank you for sharing your skills and discoveries. Very much appreciated.

 

[souzafo]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing

 

[MathiasM]

Wow, thanks bro, this is exactly what I need. Works perfectly!

 

[Nokia]

how do you disable screen hints..?

I don't want anything to tell hem how to exit screen...

 

[stevel05]

Try setting the hint as an empty string FormUtils.SetFullScreenExitHint(MainForm,"")