Member variable XbpBrowse():drawMode Foundation

Specifies the drawing mode of the browse object.

Attribute: EXPORTED
Data type: Numeric (XBP_DRAW_NORMAL)
Description

The :drawMode instance variable specifies the mode used to display the XbpBrowse on the screen. In the default draw mode (XBP_DRAW_NORMAL), the operating system takes full control over the drawing process. In this mode, a browser object is displayed using default imagery and the object's appearance cannot be controlled by the application. However, this default behaviour can be overriden. If the value XBP_DRAW_OWNER or XBP_DRAW_OWNERADVANCED is assigned to the :drawMode instance variable, no drawing is performed by the operating system. Instead, the Xbase++ runtime system uses xbeP_CustomDrawCell()events to notify the application whenever cells of the XbpBrowse need to be redrawn. The application is responsible for processing this event, and for creating the cell on-screen visualization. For this, the Graphics Engine commands can be used.

This protocol is called owner-drawing because it is the responsibility of the browser's owner to display the browse. Using owner-drawing, an application can customize the visualization and the behaviour of an XbpBrowse object.

Possible values for instance variable :drawMode
Value Effect
XBP_DRAW_NORMAL *) Cells of the browse object are drawn by the system
XBP_DRAW_OWNER Caption or image within the cells of the object may be drawn by the application.
XBP_DRAW_OWNERADVANCED All elements of the browse object may be drawn by the application.
  1. Default value

The drawing mode must be assigned to :drawMode before the method :create() is executed.

An XbpBrowse uses XbpColumn objects to maintain column data. Changing the drawing mode of an XbpBrowse object also affects the way its columns are being drawn. Enabling owner-drawing for an XbpBrowse object implicitly makes all columns owner-drawn. If this behaviour is not desired, owner-drawing may be selectively enabled or disabled for each column by changing the XbpCellGroup:drawMode setting.

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