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Ferenc Nagy
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Why does the automatically generated code create the toolbars in differently?

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Hi,
The status line toolbar is generated simply.
The project toolbar is create in the brackets of a whenCreated call.
Place: generatedOnShow

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statusLine::create(getVPIWindow()),
Place: generatedInitialize

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whenCreated({ :- projectToolbar::create(getVPIWindow()) }),
Why?
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Frank Nagy
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Thomas Linder Puls
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Unread post by Thomas Linder Puls »

getVPIWindow will raise an exception if the window is not actually created/shown.

whenCreated postpones the call until the window is created. If is is already created it just run the code.

In a show-handler the window is created, in the constructor/generatedInitialize the window is not yet created.

So in a show handler whenCreated is not necessary, but in the constructor/generatedInitialize it is necessary.

In a new project (created today) the toolbars are created in generatedInitialize like this:

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predicates     generatedInitialize : (). clauses     generatedInitialize():-         setText("testGUI"),         setDecoration(titlebar([closebutton(),maximizebutton(),minimizebutton()])),         setBorder(sizeBorder()),         setState([wsf_ClipSiblings]),         whenCreated({ :- projectToolbar::create(getVpiWindow()), statusLine::create(getVpiWindow()) }),         addSizeListener({ :- vpiToolbar::resize(getVpiWindow()) }),         setMdiProperty(mdiProperty),         menuSet(resMenu(resourceIdentifiers::id_TaskMenu)),         addShowListener(onShow),         addSizeListener(onSizeChanged),         addDestroyListener(onDestroy),         addMenuItemListener(resourceIdentifiers::id_help_about, onHelpAbout),         addMenuItemListener(resourceIdentifiers::id_file_exit, onFileExit).
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Ferenc Nagy
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WhenCreated vs. e_Create

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Thomas, I uderstand your answer.
Is this code equivalent

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whenCreated({ :- projectToolbar::create(getVpiWindow()), statusLine::create(getVpiWindow()) }
with the same predicate calls within the handling of the Create event?


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task_win_eh(_Win,e_Create(_),0):-!, projectToolbar::create(getVpiWindow()), statusLine::create(getVpiWindow(),         !.
Is the Show event sent to a window exactly once?
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Thomas Linder Puls
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Unread post by Thomas Linder Puls »

Yes, the show event is sent (exactly once) in the e_create handler.
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Ferenc Nagy
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What do you recommend to put in whenCreated(), onCreate() and onShow()?

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As I see the VIP team has changed the strategy of automatically created code since version 5.2,
and you have invented the whenCreated procedure which gathers the todolist for onCreate event handler.

Please give me some examples of actions for which the best / only place is
a) the actual parameters of whenCreated(....),
b) the clauses of the classic onCreate(...) event handler,
c) the clauses of the classic onShow(...) event handler,
respectively.
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Frank Nagy
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Thomas Linder Puls
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Unread post by Thomas Linder Puls »

There are only whenCreated and show listeners, create belongs to the vpi world.

It is not possible to give best/only advices.

but in some cases you may consider the execution order: whenCreated actions are performed before the show listeners are invoked. (If you want something to take place after all show listeners you can use a postAction).
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