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<chapter id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.1">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.1">Handling Events in Help Dialogs</title>
<para>This chapter describes several Help dialog events that an application
must be equipped to handle.</para>
<informaltable id="HRDC.DiaEv.itbl.1" frame="All">
<tgroup cols="1">
<colspec colname="1" colwidth="4.0 in">
<tbody>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Supporting Help Dialog Events229'--><xref
role="JumpText" linkend="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.2"></para></entry></row>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Responding to Hyperlink Events230'--><xref
role="JumpText" linkend="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.3"></para></entry></row>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Detecting When Help Dialogs Are Dismissed232'--><xref
role="JumpText" linkend="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.5"></para></entry></row>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry><para><!--Original XRef content: 'Using the Application-Configured
Button233'--><xref role="JumpText" linkend="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.6"></para></entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
<sect1 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.2">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.2">Supporting Help Dialog Events</title>
<indexterm><primary>help dialog</primary><secondary>handling events in</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>event</primary>
<secondary>in help dialog, handling</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>dialog</primary><secondary>handling event in</secondary></indexterm>
<para>Like other widgets within your application, help windows have some behavior
that must be supported by the application.</para>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.3">
<title>Hyperlink Events</title>
<para>Most standard hyperlink events are handled internally by the Help System.
However, there are four types of hyperlinks that your application is responsible
for handling:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para><emphasis>Jump-new-view hyperlinks</emphasis> &mdash;Your application must create a new help dialog to honor
the author's request for a topic to be displayed in a new help window.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><emphasis>Man page links</emphasis>&mdash;Your
application must create a new quick help dialog (or get one from your cache)
to display a man page. Typically, the size of man page windows is different
from all other help windows.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><emphasis>Application-defined links</emphasis>&mdash;Your
application must interpret the data associated with these links. Application-defined
links exist only if you and the author have collaborated to create them.
</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><emphasis>Text file links</emphasis>&mdash;Your
application must create a quick help dialog (or get one from you cache) to
display the text file.</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.4">
<title>When Dialogs Are Dismissed</title>
<para>When the user closes a help dialog, your application needs to know so
it can store the dialog in its cache, or destroy it. The general help dialog
supports a help closed callback. To detect when a quick dialog is dismissed,
add a callback to its Close button.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.5">
<title>Quick Help Buttons</title>
<para>The behavior for some of the buttons in quick help dialogs must be handled
by your application. These buttons can be managed and unmanaged as needed.
You add behavior just like any other push button: using an activate callback.
</para>
<sect3 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.6">
<title>See Also</title>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para><link linkend="HRDC.WrTop.div.33" endterm="HRDC.WrTop.mkr.14"></link>describes the types of links supported by the Help System
and explains how to create them.</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.7">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.3">Responding to Hyperlink Events</title> <indexterm><primary>responding to</primary><secondary>hyperlink event</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>hyperlink</primary><secondary>event, responding to</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>event</primary><secondary>hyperlink, responding to</secondary></indexterm>
<para>Your application needs to provide support only for the types of hyperlinks
used within the help volume to be displayed. In general, it is recommended
that you provide support for all link types.</para>
<para>For your application to be notified when a hyperlink is chosen, it must
add a <emphasis>hyperlink callback</emphasis> to the help dialog. You must
write a callback function that handles the hyperlink appropriately.</para>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.8" role="Procedure">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.4">To Provide a Hyperlink Callback<indexterm><primary>hyperlink</primary><secondary>callback, providing</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>callback</primary><secondary>hyperlink, providing</secondary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>&lt;Filename | Command>XtAddCallback &lt;Default Para Font></primary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>function</primary><secondary>&lt;Filename | Command>XtAddCallback() &lt;Default Para Font></secondary></indexterm></title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Add a hyperlink callback to each help dialog
as shown:</para>
<programlisting>XtAddCallback ( <symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol>, DtNhyperlLinkCallback,
<symbol role="Variable">HyperlinkCB</symbol>, (XtPointer)NULL);</programlisting>
<para>Where <symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol> is the widget ID of
the help dialog and <symbol role="Variable">HyperlinkCB</symbol> is the name
of the callback function for handling hyperlinks.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Write the <symbol role="Variable">HyperlinkCB</symbol>
function to handle the hyperlink events that can occur within the dialog.
</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
<para>Within the hyperlink callback, you have access to the following callback
structure (which is declared in <filename>&lt;Dt/Help.h></filename>):<indexterm>
<primary>&lt;Filename | Command>DtHelpDialogCallbackStruct &lt;Default Para Font></primary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>structure</primary><secondary>&lt;Filename | Command>DtHelpDialogCallbackStruct &lt;Default Para Font></secondary></indexterm></para>
<programlisting>typedef struct
{
int reason;
XEvent *event;
char *locationId;
char *helpVolume;
char *specification;
int hyperType;
int windowHint;
} DtHelpDialogCallbackStruct;</programlisting>
<para>The <command>hyperType</command> element indicates which type of link
was executed. Its possible values are: <filename>DtHELP_LINK_TOPIC</filename> <command>,</command> <filename>DtHELP_LINK_MAN_PAGE</filename><command>,</command> <filename>DtHELP_LINK_APP_DEFINE</filename><command>, or</command> <filename>DtHELP_LINK_TEXT_FILE</filename><command>. For a description of which structure elements are valid
for different types refer to the</command> <filename moreinfo="RefEntry">DtHelpDialog</filename>(3) man page.</para>
<para>The <computeroutput>windowHint</computeroutput> element indicates a
window type. Its possible values are: <systemitem>DtHELP_CURRENT_WINDOW</systemitem>, <systemitem>DtHELP_POPUP_WINDOW</systemitem>, or
<systemitem>DtHELP_NEW_WINDOW.</systemitem></para>
<sect3 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.9">
<title>Example</title>
<para>The following function, <filename>HyperlinkCB()</filename>, illustrates
the general structure needed to handle hyperlink callbacks.</para>
<programlisting>XtCallbackProc
HyperlinkCB (widget, clientData, callData)
Widget widget;
XtPointer clientData;
XtPointer callData;
{
DtHelpDialogCallbackStruct *hyperData =
(DtHelpDialogCallbackStruct *) callData;
switch ((int)hyperData-> hyperType)
{
case DtHELP_LINK_TOPIC:
/* <symbol role="Variable">Handles &ldquo;jump new view&rdquo;hyperlinks.</symbol> */
break;
case DtHELP_LINK_MAN_PAGE:
/* <symbol role="Variable">Handles &ldquo;man page&rdquo; hyperlinks.</symbol> */
break;
case DtHELP_LINK_APP_DEFINE:
/* <symbol role="Variable">Handles &ldquo;application-defined&rdquo; hyperlinks.</symbol> */
break;
case DtHELP_LINK_TEXT_FILE:
/* <symbol role="Variable">Handles &ldquo;text file&rdquo; hyperlinks.</symbol> */
break;
default:
break;
}</programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.10">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.5">Detecting When Help Dialogs Are Dismissed<indexterm>
<primary>help dialog</primary><secondary>detecting when dismissed</secondary>
</indexterm><indexterm><primary>dialog</primary><secondary>detecting when
dismissed</secondary></indexterm></title>
<para>To detect when a general help dialog is closed, add the following callback
to the dialog:</para>
<programlisting>XtAddCallback (<symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol>, DtNcloseCallback,
<symbol role="Variable">HelpCloseCB</symbol>, (XtPointer)NULL);
</programlisting>
<para><indexterm><primary>callback</primary><secondary>close callback example</secondary></indexterm>Where <symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol>
is the widget ID for the help dialog and <symbol role="Variable">HelpCloseCB</symbol> is the name of the callback procedure you've written to handle
closing dialogs.</para>
<para>To detect when a quick help dialog is closed, add the following callback
to the dialog's OK button:</para>
<programlisting>XtAddCallback (DtHelpQuickDialogGetChild ( <symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol>,
DtHELP_QUICK_OK_BUTTON), XmNactivateCallback, <symbol role="Variable">HelpCloseCB</symbol>,
(XtPointer)NULL);</programlisting>
<para>Where <symbol role="Variable">helpDialog</symbol> is the widget ID for
the help dialog and <symbol role="Variable">HelpCloseCB</symbol> is the name
of the callback procedure you've written to handle closing dialogs.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.11">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.6">Using the Application-Configured Button<indexterm>
<primary>button, application-configured</primary></indexterm></title>
<para>The quick help dialog's application-configured button lets you add custom
behavior to any quick help dialog. This button can be used for anything you
want, but its intended purpose is to provide a path to more help in one of
these two ways:</para>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para>Lets the user progressively
ask for more information. This is sometimes called progressive disclosure.
In this case, the default button label (More) is appropriate.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><emphasis>L</emphasis>ets the user open a general
help dialog for general browsing of the application's help volume. In this
case, Browse&hellip; is the most appropriate button label.</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.12" role="Procedure">
<title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.7">To Enable the Application-Configured Button<indexterm>
<primary>application-configured, button enabling</primary></indexterm></title>
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Get the button's ID.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Add an activate callback to the button.</para>
</listitem><listitem><para>Manage the button.</para>
</listitem></orderedlist>
<sect3 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.13">
<title>Example</title>
<para>The following code segment gets the button's ID, assigns a callback,
and manages the button. It assumes that <command>quickHelpDialog</command>
was just created.</para>
<programlisting>Widget moreButton;
moreButton = DtHelpQuickDialogGetChild (quickHelpDialog,
DtHELP_QUICK_MORE_BUTTON);
XtAddCallback (moreButton, XmNactivateCallback,
MoreHelpCB, NULL);
XtManageChild (moreButton);</programlisting>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.14">
<title>See Also</title>
<itemizedlist remap="Bullet1"><listitem><para><!--Original XRef content: '&ldquo;To
Create a Quick Help Dialog&rdquo; on page&numsp;211'--><xref role="SecTitleAndPageNum"
linkend="HRDC.CrDia.mkr.7"></para>
</listitem><listitem><para><filename moreinfo="RefEntry">DtHelpDialog</filename>(3)
man page</para>
</listitem><listitem><para><filename moreinfo="RefEntry">DtHelpQuickDialog</filename>(3) man page</para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="HRDC.DiaEv.div.12a" role="Procedure"><title id="HRDC.DiaEv.mkr.7a">To Access DtInfo by Using the "More" Button</title>
<para>As an extension to the desktop DtHelp facility, an application may add a local callback for the "More" button on the quick help dialog, which subsequently invokes dtinfo for additional information related to the quick help presentation, and/or directly invokes DtInfo for detailed help (such as for "On Application" or "On Window").</para>
<para>If you want your application to provide the user access to a local information corpus at a specific point of relevance, you use the built-in function <command>DtActionInvoke()</command>. The anchor point may be as broad as the top of a bookcase, or as fine as a specific section. Targets within sections are also possible, as long as they have been given externally unique link IDs during construction of the data.</para>
<sect3><title>Example</title>
<para>This section describes the use of the CDE desktop action API to invoke (or connect to) DtInfo.</para>
<para>Before <command>DtActionInvoke</command> is called, the application must first call <command>DtInitialize</command> to initialize the desktop services library, and <command>DtDbLoad</command> to load the actions and datatypes database. Since the DtInfo actions and datatype entries are part of the CDE desk top, there is no need to use the <command>DtDbReloadNotify</command> function for these alone.</para>
<programlisting>#include &lt;Dt/Action.h>
#include &lt;limits.h>
#include &lt;locale.h>
...
int info_bridge( char * infolib, char* uulocator)
{
char info_uuid[ MAXFQLOCATORBUFSIZE ];
char exec_host[ MAXHOSTNAMESIZE ];
DtActionArg* args = NULL;
Xegetshorthostname(localhost, MAXHOSTNAMESIZE);
args = (DtActionArg*) XtCalloc( 2, sizeof(DtActionArg) );
...
args[0].argclass = DtACTION_BUFFER;
args[0].u.buffer.bp = (void*) infolib;
args[0].u.buffer.size = strlen( infolib) + 1;
args[0].u.buffer.writable = False;
...
sprintf( info_uuid, "%s%s", "mmdb:LOCATOR=", uulocator );
args[1].argclass = DtACTION_BUFFER;
args[1].u.buffer.bp = (void*) info_uuid;
args[1].u.buffer.size = strlen( info_uuid) + 1;
args[1].u.buffer.writable = False;
actionId = DtActionInvoke(
w,
"DtShowInfoAtLOC",
args,
2,
NULL,
exec_host,
NULL,
True,
NULL,
NULL
);
...
XtFree( args );
}
</programlisting>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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