United States-English

Common Desktop Environment: Programmer's Guide

Part II Part 2 — Recommended Integration

»

Technical documentation


»	Feedback

» Table of Contents

» Glossary

» Index

Part 2 — Recommended Integration

Chapters 2 through 5 describe how to perform the following recommended integration tasks:

Use standard font aliases so that your application uses the closest matching font on any desktop-compliant system.
Display and log messages from your application.
Integrate with the Session Manager to preserve the state of the application at logout.

Implement drag and drop in your application as a direct-manipulation accelerator for existing functionality.

Chapter 2 “Integrating Fonts”

Chapter 3 “Displaying and Logging Messages from Your Application”

Chapter 4 “Integrating with Session Manager”

Chapter 5 “Integrating with Drag and Drop”

Table of Contents

2 Integrating Fonts

Standard Interface Fonts

Default Font Names
Point Sizes for Standard Interface Fonts
Patterns for the Standard Interface Font Names

Using Fonts in CDE Configuration Files

Standard Application Fonts

Default Font Names
Point Sizes for Standard Application Fonts
Standard Application Font Names in app-defaults files

3 Displaying and Logging Messages from Your Application

How to Present Error Messages

Information to Present in Error Dialogs

Linking Message Dialogs to Online Help

Recovery Routines

Using Message Logging

Format of Log Entries
The Message Logging API

4 Integrating with Session Manager

How Session Manager Saves Sessions and Applications

How to Program the Application for Session Management

Setting the Program Environment

How Session Manager Restores a Session

5 Integrating with Drag and Drop

Library and Header Files
Demo Program
Using Drag and Drop

Drag-and- Drop User Model

Drag and Drop Capability
Drag Icons
Drags from Inside Windows
Visual Feedback
Drag-and-Drop Sources
Drag-and-Drop Destinations

Drag-and-Drop Convenience API

Simplify Use for Developers
Establish Policy
Provide Common Functionality
Leverage Existing Motif API

Drag-and-Drop Transaction

Integration Action Plan

Review Drag-and-Drop API and Sample Code
Review Your Application for Possible Drop Zones
Review Your Application for Possible Drag Sources

API Overview

DtSvc Library and Header File
Functions
The DtDndContext Structure
Protocols
Operations

How Drag Sources Are Used

Starting a Drag
Dragging from Lists or Icons
Drag Threshold
Btransfer or Badjust
Initiating a Drag
Using Convert Callbacks

How Drop Zones Are Used

Registering a Drop Zone
Using the Transfer Callback
Using Data Typing

Printable version


Privacy statement	Using this site means you accept its terms	Feedback to webmaster

© Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.