IlvDvFormView Class Reference

Application Framework form document view. More...

#include <ilviews/appframe/dialog/formvw.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlvDvFormView:

Public Member Functions
	IlvDvFormView (IlvDisplay *, const IlSymbol *inspectorName=0)
	Constructs an IlvDvFormView object. More...
IlvAbstractView *	getDvView ()
	Gets the IlvAbstractView of the document view. More...
virtual IlvGraphic *	getGraphic ()
	Gets the graphic object of the document view. More...
virtual void	initializeView ()
	Initializes the document view. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from IlvDvDocViewInterface
IlvDvDocument *	getDocument () const
	Gets the document associated with the view. More...
IlvDvApplication *	getDvApplication () const
	Gets the application in which the document view is displayed. More...
IlvDvViewContainerInterface *	getViewContainer () const
	Gets the document view container that owns the view. More...
virtual void	serialize (IlvDvStream &)
	Serializes the object in the stream stream. Typically, the body of the method has the following form: More...
Public Member Functions inherited from IlvDvInterface
IlBoolean	callMethod (const IlSymbol *methodName, IlvDvValue *returnedValue,...)
	Generic method for calling a method that is exported in a class interface. More...
IlvDvValue &	getFieldValue (const IlSymbol *fieldName, IlvDvValue &value) const
	Gets a field value. More...
virtual IlBoolean	isProcessingAction (const IlSymbol *methodName) const
	Returns IlTrue if the given action can be processed by the class. More...
virtual IlBoolean	processAction (const IlSymbol *actionName)
	Processes an action. More...
virtual IlBoolean	refreshAction (const IlSymbol *actionName, IlvDvActionDescriptor *desc) const
	Refresh all the menu items that reference the action given by the parameter actionName. More...
void	setFieldValue (const IlSymbol *fieldName, const IlvDvValue &value)
	Sets a field value. More...

Detailed Description

Application Framework form document view.

Library: ilvappframe

IlvDvFormView is a subclass of IlvGadgetContainerRectangle and implements the IlvDvDocViewInterface interface. It is used for displaying and editing the data of the document, within a form that is a set of gadgets contained in the view.

Gadgets of the view are built by specifying a Rogue Wave Views .ilv file using the method IlvGadgetContainerRectangle::setFilename. It can be invoked either in the constructor of the view or in the overridden initializeView method.

Classes that inherit from the IlvDvFormView class must be declared and implemented with specific macros, which allow instances of these classes to be created automatically by the document templates.

The following code sample shows how to derive from the IlvDvFormView class:

class MyFormView : public IlvDvFormView
{
    IlvDvDeclareGadgetViewCreate();
public:
    MyFormView(IlvDisplay* display) : IlvDvFormView(display) {}
    virtual void initializeView();
    ...
};

// Implementation file
IlvDvBeginInterface(MyFormView)
IlvDvEndInterface1(IlvDvFormView)

void
MyFormView::MyFormView()
{
 // Specify here your ILV file
 setFilename("myform.ilv");
}

void
MyFormView::initializeView()
{
    IlvDvFormView::initializeView();
    // My initialization code here
}
...
IlvDvPreRegisterGadgetViewClass(MyFormView, IlvDvFormView);
IL_BEGINMODULEINITDEF(mymodule)
    IlvDvPostRegisterGadgetViewClass(MyFormView, IlvDvFormView);
IL_ENDMODULEINITDEF(mymodule)

Application Framework provides two macros that allow a form view to easily manage its gadgets:

• CallbackNotification is a useful macro that invokes a given method when a given callback is triggered.
• InitializeGadget specifies a method that will initialize a gadget given by its name.

These macros must be used in the interface declaration of the view, between macros IlvDvBeginInterface and IlvDvEndInterface1, as shown in the following example:

Suppose that a form view contains a text field of name "name" and a button with a callback of name "EraseCB". We want the text field to be initialized with the text "Default Name" and we want this text to be erased when the user clicks the button. This is shown here:

IlvDvBeginInterface(MyFormView)
 CallbackNotification("EraseCB", eraseName)
 InitializeGadget("name", initializeName, IlvTextField)
IlvDvEndInterface1(IlvDvFormView)

void
MyFormView::eraseName()
{
 IlvTextField* fd = (IlvTextField*)getContainer()->getObject("name");
 fd->setLabel("");
 fd->reDraw();
}
void
MyView::initializeName(IlvTextField* fd)
{
 fd->setLabel("Default Name");
 fd->reDraw();
}

See Also

CallbackNotification, InitializeGadget

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

IlvDvFormView::IlvDvFormView	(	IlvDisplay *	,
		const IlSymbol *	inspectorName = 0
	)

Constructs an IlvDvFormView object.

This constructor creates an instance of IlvDvFormView whose display is given by the parameter display.

Member Function Documentation

IlvAbstractView* IlvDvFormView::getDvView ( )

virtual

Gets the IlvAbstractView of the document view.

Must be redefined by the class that implements the interface if the class inherits from the IlvAbstractView class. In this case, the redefined method must only return this object. For example, the IlvDvView class redefines the method to return (IlvView*)this object. By default, the method returns 0.

Returns

The abstract view of the document view.

Reimplemented from IlvDvDocViewInterface.

virtual IlvGraphic* IlvDvFormView::getGraphic ( )

virtual

Gets the graphic object of the document view.

Must be redefined by the class that implements the interface if the class inherits from the IlvGraphic class. In this case, the redefined method only returns this object. For example, the IlvDvTextView class redefines this method to return (IlvText*)this object. By default, the method returns 0.

Returns

The graphic object of the document view.

Reimplemented from IlvDvDocViewInterface.

virtual void IlvDvFormView::initializeView ( )

virtual

Initializes the document view.

Called by the document associated with the view to initialize its contents. Typically, gadget classes that implement the IlvDvDocViewInterface interface initialize the gadget using the associated document data.

Reimplemented from IlvDvDocViewInterface.