Handling Notebook Pages
The pages of a notebook are implemented by the class
IlvNotebookPage, which you can subclass to meet specific requirements. Instances of
IlvNotebookPage can encapsulate an
IlvGadgetContainer or any other type of view. See
Displaying the Contents of a Page.
This section covers the following topics:
Adding and Removing a Notebook Page
When created, a notebook has no pages. A notebook must contain at least one page.
To add a page to a notebook, use one of the
addPage member functions:
IlvNotebookPage* addPage(IlvNotebookPage* page,
IlUShort idx = IlvNotebookLastPage);
IlvNotebookPage* addPage(const char* label,
IlvBitmap* bitmap = 0,
IlBoolean transparent = IlTrue,
const char* filename = 0,
IlUShort idx = IlvNotebookLastPage);
The first
addPage member function lets you add a subclass of
IlvNotebookPage. The second one creates a new instance of
IlvNotebookPage. The
idx parameter specifies the position at which the page is to be added.
An
IlvNotebookPage is always related to a specific notebook, which means that you cannot share an
IlvNotebookPage between two notebooks. You can retrieve the notebook related to a page using
getNotebook.
To know how many pages there are in a notebook, use
getPagesCardinal.
To retrieve the internal notebook page array, use
getPages. To retrieve the first page, call:
page = notebook->getPages()[0];
To remove a specific page, use
removePage.
Displaying the Contents of a Page
The member function
createView creates a view of type
IlvGadgetContainer to display the contents of the page, which you can retrieve with
getView.
You can load an
.ilv file into a notebook page with the member function
setFileName and retrieve this file with
getFileName.
The member function
setFileName assumes that the view is an
IlvGadgetContainer or one of its subclasses. You will have to override it if you use another type of view.
Customizing a Notebook Page
You can change the view held by an
IlvNotebookPage using the member function
setView. You can also redefine the member function
createView in a subclass of
IlvNotebookPage. See
Displaying the Contents of a Page.
This member function instantiates an invisible view with the size given as its parameter. It also loads an .ilv file (result of getFileName) into the new view.
For example, to have notebook pages encapsulate IlvScrolledView instances, subclass IlvNotebookPage as follows:
class myNotebookPage : public IlvNotebookPage
{
public:
myNotebookPage(IlvNotebook* gadget,
const char* label,
Ilvbitmap* bitmap,
IlBoolean transparent,
const char* filename)
: IlvNotebookPage(gadget, label, bitmap, transparent, filename) {}
virtual IlvView* createView(IlvAbstractView* parent,
const IlvRect& size);
};
IlvView* myNotebookPage::createView(IlvAbstractView* parent,
const IlvRect& size)
{
IlvScrolledView* scview = new IlvScrolledView(parent,size);
IlvGadgetContainer* child = new IlvGadgetContainer(scview->getClipView(),
IlvRect(0,0,100,100));
if (_filename && _filename[0])
child->readFile(_filename);
child->fitToContents();
return scview;
}
Then create a new notebook page and add it to the notebook:
myNotebookPage* np5=
new myNotebookPage(nb,”Page5”,0,IlFalse,”../snbook.ilv”);
nb->addPage(np5);
If your view can read an
.ilv file, you can overload the member function
setFileName.
If you need to add more drawings to your page, you can overload the draw method:
void draw(IlvPort* dst,
const IlvRect& pageRect,
const IlvTransformer* t,
const IlvRegion* clip) const;
You also need to create the following constructors for your page:
MyNotebookPage::MyNotebookPage(IlvNotebook* notebook);
MyNotebookPage::MyNotebookPage(IlvNotebook* notebook,
const char* label,
IlvBitmap* bitmap,
IlBoolean transparent,
const char* filename);
MyNotebookPage::MyNotebookPage(const MyNotebookPage& source);
MyNotebookPage::MyNotebookPage(IlvNotebook* notebook,
IlvInputFile&);
The member function
write and the constructor that takes an
IlvInputFile as a parameter let you extend the
.ilv format of the page.
Changing the Color of a Notebook Page
Each page of the notebook can have a different background color. To change this color, use the member function
setBackground. When you change the background color of a notebook page, this color is applied to the background of its view.
Setting the Content of Tabs
The notebook tab can contain a label and/or a bitmap. To set the label that appears in a notebook tab, use the member function
setLabel. Use
getLabel to retrieve this label.
To set the bitmap that appears in a notebook tab, use the member function
setBitmap. Use
getBitmap to retrieve this bitmap.
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