evloop.h File Reference

#include <ilviews/macros.h>
#include <ilog/list.h>

Classes
class	IlvEventLoop
	Event loop class. More...

Typedefs
typedef IlBoolean(*	IlvIdleProc) (IlAny userArg)
typedef IlAny	IlvIdleProcId

Enumerations
enum	IlvInputMask {   IlvInputNone, IlvInputEvent, IlvInputTimer, IlvInputExternal,   IlvInputAll }
	Sources of input in the event loop. More...

Functions
void	IlvExit (int exitCode)
	Exits the application. More...
void	IlvMainLoop ()
	Starts the event loop. More...

Detailed Description

Library: xviews or winviews or mviews (mutually exclusive)
Event loop related declarations

Typedef Documentation

IlvIdleProc

IlvIdleProc

Function type for user idle procedures.

Defines a function type for a user idle procedure that takes a user argument as its parameter. This type is used in IlvEventLoop::addIdleProc.

IlvIdleProcId

IlvIdleProcId

Identifier for idle procedure entries.

This type is an opaque type used by the event loop to identify an idle procedure entry.

See also

IlvEventLoop::removeIdleProc.

Enumeration Type Documentation

IlvInputMask

enum IlvInputMask

Sources of input in the event loop.

Type used to indicate the different sources of input in the event loop. It is possible to use OR combinations of IlvInputEvent, IlvInputTimer, and IlvInputExternal to specify several types of input. For this reason, IlvInputMask is defined in such a way that: IlvInputNone == 0 and IlvInputAll == (IlvInputEvent | IlvInputTimer | IlvInputExternal).

Enumerator
IlvInputNone	No input. Indicates no source of input.
IlvInputEvent	Events. Indicates windowing system events, that is, IlvEvent as source of input.
IlvInputTimer	Timers. Indicates IlvTimer objects as source of input.
IlvInputExternal	External input. Indicates external sources of input, that is, input channel used by IlvEventLoop::registerInput
IlvInputAll	All sources of input. Indicates a combination of all the sources of input.

Function Documentation

IlvExit()

void IlvExit

(

int

exitCode

)

Exits the application.

This function is a Rogue Wave Views version of the regular C runtime function exit, but performs more cleanups.

Parameters

exitCode

A value that is returned to the system for possible error handling.

See also

IlvMainLoop.

IlvMainLoop()

void IlvMainLoop

(

)

Starts the event loop.

This global function starts the main Rogue Wave Views event loop. It gives control of your application to the event loop.
It then waits for incoming events from all the created instances of IlvDisplay and dispatches the event to the appropriate handlers. This function does not return. The only way to stop a Rogue Wave Views application is to exit the program, using IlvExit, in one of the application callbacks.
You can replace this function with system-specific function calls that better fit your application requirements:

• On Windows: The IlvMainLoop function is equivalent to the following code:

  MSG message;
  while (IlvEventLoop::getEventLoop()->nextEvent(&message))
         IlvEventLoop::getEventLoop()->dispatchEvent(&message);

  You can replace the call to IlvMainLoop by any other code directly written with Windows function calls, provided that you do not use any Rogue Wave Views top windows. If you do use top windows and need to rewrite the Windows event loop, you can either use the member function IlvEventLoop::nextEvent instead of GetMessage, or explicitly call the member function IlvAbstractView::show of your top window after it has been created.

• On Unix: The function IlvMainLoop is equivalent to the following code:

  XEvent xEvent;
  while (1) {
      IlvEventLoop::getEventLoop()->nextEvent(&xEvent);
      IlvEventLoop::getEventLoop()->dispatch(&xEvent);
  }

See also

IlvExit