Namespace: Consultingwerk.Util
Class 
FormHelper Copy to Clipboard
Parent classes:
Progress.Lang.Object
Consultingwerk.Util.FormHelper

Inherits: Progress.Lang.Object


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Options Name Purpose
ActivateForm (Form) Activates a Form by un-Minimizing and Activating it
System.Windows.Forms.Control FindActiveChildControl (Form) Finds the active child control in a Form
System.Windows.Forms.Control FindParentOfType (Control, Type) Seeks the Control hierarchie up for a Parent of the given type
Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (character) Locates a running instance of a Form Class in the SESSION:FIRST-FORM chain of Progress.Windows.Form objects
Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (Class) Locates a running instance of a Form Class in the SESSION:FIRST-FORM chain of Progress.Windows.Form objects
Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (raw) Locates a running instance of a Form based on a RAW hash value
System.Windows.Forms.Screen GetScreenOfPoint (integer, integer) Getting the Screen Object of a Point indentificated by piTop and piLeft.
LOGICAL IsActive (Form) Determines if a Form is active
LOGICAL IsFormOnValidDisplay (integer, integer, integer, integer) Test whether the given Point indentificated by piTop and piLeft is on a valid Display. If these Points are on a valid Display but the right side is not on a valid one. The Form is repositioned by setting new values for piTop and piLeft.
LOGICAL IsFormOnValidDisplay (integer, integer) Test whether the given Point indentificated by piTop and piLeft is on a valid Display.
ShowDialog (Form, DialogResult) Shows a Form as a dialog

Top Constructor Summary
Options Name Purpose
FormHelper () Protected default constructor.


Method Detail
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ActivateForm (Form)
Purpose: Activates a Form by un-Minimizing and Activating it
Notes:

Parameters:
poForm Progress.Windows.Form
The Progress.Windows.Form to Activate
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System.Windows.Forms.Control FindActiveChildControl (Form)
Purpose: Finds the active child control in a Form
Notes:

Parameters:
poForm System.Windows.Forms.Form
The reference to the Form
Returns System.Windows.Forms.Control
The reference to the active Control
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System.Windows.Forms.Control FindParentOfType (Control, Type)
Purpose: Seeks the Control hierarchie up for a Parent of the given type
Notes:

Parameters:
poControl System.Windows.Forms.Control
The reference to the Control to return the Parent for
poType System.Type
The reference to the type of the parent control to return
Returns System.Windows.Forms.Control
The reference to the parent control
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Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (character)
Purpose: Locates a running instance of a Form Class in the SESSION:FIRST-FORM
chain of Progress.Windows.Form objects
Notes:

Parameters:
pcFormType CHARACTER
The Form's fully qualified class name
Returns Progress.Windows.Form
The reference to the running Form
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Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (Class)
Purpose: Locates a running instance of a Form Class in the SESSION:FIRST-FORM
chain of Progress.Windows.Form objects
Notes:

Parameters:
poClass Progress.Lang.Class
The Form's class reference (Progress.Lang.Class instance)
Returns Progress.Windows.Form
The reference to the running Form
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Progress.Windows.Form FindRunningFormInstance (raw)
Purpose: Locates a running instance of a Form based on a RAW hash value
Notes: Forms need to implement the IFormWithHash interface

Parameters:
prFormHash RAW
The hash value of the Form
Returns Progress.Windows.Form
The reference to the running Form
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System.Windows.Forms.Screen GetScreenOfPoint (integer, integer)
Purpose: Getting the Screen Object of a Point indentificated by
piTop and piLeft.
Notes:

Parameters:
piTop INTEGER
The top coordinate of the point
piLeft INTEGER
The left coordinate of the point
Returns System.Windows.Forms.Screen
The reference to the Screen the point is located on
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LOGICAL IsActive (Form)
Purpose: Determines if a Form is active
Notes: For MDI Child Forms, this is only True, when the Form and the MDI
Container Form are Active

Parameters:
poForm System.Windows.Forms.Form
The reference to the Form
Returns LOGICAL
Logical value indicating if the Form is active
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LOGICAL IsFormOnValidDisplay (integer, integer, integer, integer)
Purpose: Test whether the given Point indentificated by piTop and
piLeft is on a valid Display. If these Points are on a valid
Display but the right side is not on a valid one. The Form
is repositioned by setting new values for piTop and piLeft.
Notes: If these Points are on a valid Display but the right side is not on a
valid one. The Form is repositioned by setting new values for piTop and piLeft.

Parameters:
piTop INTEGER
The top coordinate of the point, INPUT-OUTPUT as it may require to move the Form when it's to large
piLeft INTEGER
The left coordinate of the point, INPUT-OUTPUT as it may require to move the Form when it's to large
piWidth INTEGER
The width of the Form
piHeight INTEGER
The height of the Form
Returns LOGICAL
Logical value indicating if the Form is on a valid display
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LOGICAL IsFormOnValidDisplay (integer, integer)
Purpose: Test whether the given Point indentificated by piTop and
piLeft is on a valid Display.
Notes:

Parameters:
piTop INTEGER
The top coordinate of the point
piLeft INTEGER
The left coordinate of the point
Returns LOGICAL
Logical value indicating if the Form is on a valid display
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ShowDialog (Form, DialogResult)
Purpose: Shows a Form as a dialog
Notes: Useful to circumvent missing -IOEverywhere 1 parameters during compile
time

Parameters:
poForm System.Windows.Forms.Form
The System.Windows.Forms.Form to show
poDialogResult System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult
OUTPUT The DialogResult of the Form


Constructor Detail
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FormHelper ()
Purpose: Protected default constructor.
Notes: There's no need to create instances of the helper classes



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