A Delphi Class to provide IDE positiion and Window state changes.

[johngb]

This is for Delphi plugin developers which I guess are few and far between but someone out there might be interested.

I have developed a class which will track positional and size changes of windows in the IDE. This will enable you to write plug-ins which will exactly sit over the Explorer, Editing or Results windows in the IDE appearing as if they are and integral part of the IDE.

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These are the public functions and events the class delivers.

Initialisation/Finalisation:
constructor Create(pOwner: tComponent; IdeName: String; TrackingRate: Integer = 0);
Destructor Destroy; override;

Update: (Not generally required)
procedure Refresh;

Window size/position Functions - each function returns a TWindows structure see above
function ApplWindow: tWindows;
function MainForm: tWindows;
function EditWindow: tWindows;
function ExplWindow: tWindows;
function ResultsWindow: tWindows;

Window States
function IDEIsMinimized: Boolean;
function IDEIsMaximized: Boolean;
function IDEIsActive: Boolean;

Events:
property On_ApplWindowChange: tWinChangeEvent Read f_OnApplWinChange write f_OnApplWinChange;
property On_MainFormChange: tWinChangeEvent Read f_OnMainFormChange write f_OnMainFormChange;
property On_EditWindowChange: tWinChangeEvent Read f_OnEditWinChange write f_OnEditWinChange;
property On_ExplWindowChange: tWinChangeEvent Read f_OnExplWinChange write f_OnExplWinChange;
property On_ResultsWindowChange: tWinChangeEvent Read f_OnRestWinChange write f_OnRestWinChange;
property On_Appl_StateChange: tWinStateEvent Read f_OnApplStateChange write f_OnApplStateChange;

TWindows = record
Handle: Hwnd;
Title: string;
Owner: Hwnd;
ClassName: String;
WinRect: TRect;
ClientRect: TRect;
GutterWidth: Integer;
Visible: Boolean;

If developers find this useful I could make it into a DLL which could then be used by VB or Delphi programmers. I will decide based on the response I get from this posting.

[fanie]

Hello John,

I have no idea what it is you are doing, but it sounds good

[normnet]

Hello John,

I have no idea what it is you are doing, but it sounds good

Simply place a plugin window on top of one of the Proton IDE windows ie Explorer, Editor or Results window.
Very cool.

Norm

[johngb]

I will shortly be releasing a new fuse configuator which looks like it is part of the IDE. For a brief preview see my earlier call for beta testers.